Reflexiones en Adviento: Ano C Recibamos a Jesus con alegria

by Irma Chavez

Overview

Celebra el verdadero sentido de este tiempo litúrgico con Reflexiones en Adviento, un recurso pastoral diseñado para ayudarte durante esta época de preparación y espera. Estos libros ofrecen una reflexión basada en las lecturas dominicales en el tiempo del Adviento, preguntas para compartir la fe, actividades para realizar durante la semana, así como explicaciones sencillas con el fin de darte a conocer más a fondo el significado del tiempo y de los símbolos del Adviento.

Ya sea en tu pequeña comunidad eclesial, con tu familia o individualmente, este recurso pastoral promueve, de manera concreta, una vivencia plena y significativa.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015559804
Publisher:	RENEW International
Publication date:	10/05/2012
Series:	Reflexiones en Adviento , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	64
File size:	4 MB
Language:	Spanish

About the Author

Dr. Irma Chavez is fluent in many fields: languages, academics, international relations and a broad spectrum of spiritual outreach encounters.

Working with Plainfield-based RENEW International for the past 25 years in areas such as her native El Salvador, Chavez has been to the poorest communities in Central America, spreading the Gospel. Interaction with dangerous young gang members in rural El Salvador is a far cry from her previous role traveling the globe as a diplomat's wife, college professor and poet.

Born to an Irish-American mother and a Nicaraguan/Spanish father in Cojutepeque, El Salvador, Chavez speaks Spanish, English, Italian, French and German. She was educated in Europe, earned a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Bologna, Italy, and master's degree in theology from Saint John's University, New York.

Chavez and her husband, Waldo Chavez Velasco, were married in front of the tomb of Saint Francis of Assisi in Italy. Although a significant Catholic landmark, Chavez, at the time, was not devoutly religious. "I was only a social Catholic," she confessed. "I never had a Bible in my hand. The notion of God was very far way from me. I was always a career-oriented person."

Her husband, who passed away three years ago, was a lawyer and diplomat who worked in Europe and America. While negotiating a busy social calendar, she taught philosophy at the National University in El Salvador and was the founding director of National Education TV. Chavez's home country was wracked by civil war from 1980 to 1992.

While working in El Salvador, Chavez had a "Paul-at-Damascus experience," a spiritual awakening where she felt a yearning for something more in her life.

"Everyone said I was crazy," she recalled. "I had this big call from Jesus and went to study theology at Saint John's University in New York. I am not a degree collector; I just fell in love with Jesus."

Chavez also taught philosophy at the National University in El Salvador, was Dean of the School of Theology at The Salesian University of Don Bosco and taught theology in the United States at the College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown. She has published many faith-sharing materials and poems. All the education and training has been essential while working at RENEW.

"Whatever I did before was preparation for my mission today. I was always a teacher and I feel that God was preparing me to be a servant of the Lord.