Catholic Mass in English San Juan de Dios Church Sundays at 10:30am San Antonio Abad Zona Centro Father Dante WEBSITE Sunday Masses Mass in English 10:30 am Spanish 8:00 am 6:15 pm Daily Masses Tuesday – Saturday 8:00 and 6:00 pm (Spanish) Confessions (bilingual) 15 minutes before every Mass and by appointment Adoration Monday through Saturday 8:30 am-1:00 pm and 2:00 pm -6:00 The English-speaking Catholics whose home is San Juan de Dios church are a small but close-knit and growing community We are always pleased and happy to welcome visitors and new residents of San Miguel to join us at Mass Find us: Corner of San Antonio Abad & San Rafael (across from Warren Hardy Spanish School) Barrio de San Juan de Dios San Miguel de Allende Pastor: Fr Dante Gabriel Jiménez Muñoz Ledo San Juan de Dios Church San Antonio Abad & San Rafael Contact Us WEBSITE ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC founder of the Hospitaller Order of the same name he was proclaimed patron saint of hospitals In 2025 the Order commemorates the 475th anniversary of his death with a Hospitaller Jubilee of Hope Front of the Basilica of San Juan de Dios in Granada (Spain) with the statue of the saint (Creative commons - Wikimedia commons) – Supernatural Hospital Order of St. John of God is commemorating this year 2025 the 475th anniversary of the death of St. John of God, for which reason the Holy See has granted to the institution the celebration of the Jubilee Year The official opening of the Jubilee and the Holy Door in the Basilica takes place today St. John of God, John the City, was born in 1495 in a small Portuguese village: Montemor o Novo, in the Alentejo (Kingdom of Portugal). In his adolescence he was a farmhand and cattle herder. Until the age of forty, already in Granada (Spain), he worked in various trades, and was a bookseller. One day he listened to St. John of Avila and suffered a spiritual upheaval They took him for a madman and he was admitted to the Royal Hospital Juan approaches the sick that almost nobody wants he turned to the spiritual direction of Master John of Avila and in Granada he began to receive the poor and the sick The bishop of Tuy suggested the name of Juan de Dios and to wear a tunic as a habit Subscribe to Omnes magazine and enjoy exclusive content for subscribers Credit: Daniel Flynn/Pillar Media.The pilgrims say they’ve come to pray together at the celebration of Holy Mass and to be strengthened in faith by the communion of Christians assembled together Those pilgrims have been welcomed by the bishops of Quito but some pilgrims have come from much further — from Oceania in the hills climbing towards Andean peaks in Quito’s poor southwest a small group of Catholics prepares — every single night— to welcome a different kind of traveler They’re the staff and volunteers at Albergue San Juan de Dios, a center for refugees, for families, and for the poor — for people who have no place to go, and are looking to come in from the cold of Quito’s night air. Guests at Albergue San Juan de Dios in Quito Credit: Daniel Flynn/Pillar Media.For the staff and volunteers at Albergue San Juan de Dios those people are Christ — and the center aims to welcome them as they might welcome the Lord Share —The center was founded in 1987 by the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God, a religious order with more than 1,000 vowed members around the world, most of them brothers. The order’s apostolic work is a kind of hospitality for the poor, and for the sick. The community’s namesake saint, its founder, had a dramatic religious conversion in the early 1500s, after spending his early years as a soldier. After he found Christ, John of God spent years caring for the indigent sick in hospitals and hospices. He died in 1550 of pneumonia, reportedly after plunging into a river to save a young man from drowning. John of God drew followers and companions to his way of life. In the decades after he died, those men saw their community approved by the Church as a mendicant institute of consecrated life. Their mission was to live the beatitudes, by caring for the indigent and the sick. In Quito, that mission is lived in a large center, where nearly 200 people are welcomed each evening into a shelter with clean dormitory-style rooms, family housing, psychological and medical services, job training, and a network of social workers able to provide guests with access to other community and government resources. A dormitory-style guest room at Guests at Albergue San Juan de Dios in Quito, Ecuador. Credit: Daniel Flynn/Pillar Media.Getting government grants is a byzantine process in Ecuador, and even when grants are secured, the money is often slow to come through. While it costs $120,000 a month to keep  Albergue San Juan de Dios running, the center is entirely privately funded, mostly by Quito residents who’ve committed to becoming monthly supporters of the project. Many guests — probably most, officials estimate — are refugees, coming to Ecuador to flee ongoing violence in Colombia, or the crushing poverty and food shortages of Venezuela. Some families have settled in Ecuador, making it their home, while other center guests will likely migrate eventually northward, with many hoping to eventually find a place in the United States. But regardless of their status, guests are welcomed each evening for a dinner cooked by the center’s professional kitchen, which churns out hundreds of meals daily, along with food packets distributed to families living in the neighborhood. Locals queue for a daily food distribution outside Albergue San Juan de Dios in Quito, Ecuador. Credit: Daniel Flynn/Pillar Media.The kitchen staff also run a three-month training program, through which participants learn the skills, and get the credentials, to find work in restaurants or bakeries.  A training kitchen at Albergue San Juan de Dios in Quito, Ecuador. Credit: Daniel Flynn/Pillar Media.There is no alcohol at Albergue San Juan de Dios, nor drugs, and violence is strictly prohibited. When they arrive each evening, center guests check in their bags and luggage into a locked area, before they shower and are offered clean clothes, donated by parishes in the area. Mass is offered only weekly, but the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God see to it that spiritual conversation and guidance is available in a small chapel whenever guests want to talk.  Perhaps the spiritual and social hub of the center is a wing on the second floor, where 37 adults with significant intellectual disabilities live permanently. They are the only permanent residents at the Albergue San Juan de Dios. Center staff members tell The Pillar that none of them have families able, or willing, to care for them.  Permanent residents pose for a photo at Albergue San Juan de Dios in Quito, Ecuador. Credit: Daniel Flynn/Pillar Media.At Albergue San Juan de Dios, those residents form a community of joy. When guests visit them soon after lunch, they offer warm greetings, blessings, handshakes, and effusive conversation. Permanent residents pose together at Albergue San Juan de Dios in Quito, Ecuador. Credit: Daniel Flynn/Pillar Media.Those residents spend time each day in physical therapy programs, in courses and catechetical sessions offered by local volunteers. An especially popular program couples hymn singing with clips shown from films about the life of Jesus. Permanent residents rest after lunch in a courtyard at Albergue San Juan de Dios in Quito, Ecuador. Credit: Daniel Flynn/Pillar Media.—On the first floor, families new to Albergue San Juan de Dios sit each day on benches in a large waiting area, for a meeting with a social worker, or a doctor, or even to see a therapist.  One family, recently arrived in Ecuador from Colombia, explains that a young daughter has cerebral palsy, and Albergue San Juan de Dios is the only place to provide medical care.  Guests at Albergue San Juan de Dios in Quito, Ecuador. Credit: Daniel Flynn/Pillar Media.Another, a family from Venezuela, says they’re hoping to participate in a job training opportunity. Guests at Albergue San Juan de Dios in Quito, Ecuador. Credit: Daniel Flynn/Pillar Media.Next to the waiting area, a children’s play center — a kind of a daycare — began operations in June. There are already plans to expand its offerings.  In fact, there are a lot of plans at Albergue San Juan de Dios. Staff see ways everywhere to do more for their guests, or to provide them more opportunities. There’s talk of a commercial laundry operation staffed by people living in the area. There are plans to make family guest rooms more accommodating to children. There are ways to pack more food for families, and to involve guests in the process. But all of that depends on fundraising. Everything at Albergue San Juan de Dios depends on fundraising — and fundraising, staff members insist, depends on Providence. One staff member tells The Pillar that the charism of hospitality — the charism of the entire center — is “to show guests their dignity, by the way we welcome them, and see their needs, and then try to meet those needs with love for them.” A statue of St. John of God at Albergue San Juan de Dios in Quito, Ecuador. Credit: Daniel Flynn/Pillar Media.Indeed, at Albergue San Juan de Dios, love seems to be the only thing never in short supply.  ‘The Pillar’ does Catholic journalism funded entirely by our subscribers. If you love dispatches like this, help us create them. Subscribe today: ReplyShare10 more comments...LatestNo posts Thousands of pilgrims have come to worship this week in a massive and modern convention center in the central district of Quito, Ecuador, during the Church\u2019s International Eucharistic Congress, a global gathering held once every four years.  Credit: Daniel Flynn/Pillar Media.The pilgrims say they\u2019ve come to pray together at the celebration of Holy Mass but some pilgrims have come from much further \u2014 from Oceania in the hills climbing towards Andean peaks in Quito\u2019s poor southwest a small group of Catholics prepares \u2014 every single night\u2014 to welcome a different kind of traveler They\u2019re the staff and volunteers at Albergue San Juan de Dios, a center for refugees, for families, and for the poor \u2014 for people who have no place to go, and are looking to come in from the cold of Quito\u2019s night air. those people are Christ \u2014 and the center aims to welcome them as they might welcome the Lord Share \u2014The center was founded in 1987 by the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God, a religious order with more than 1,000 vowed members around the world, most of them brothers. The order\u2019s apostolic work is a kind of hospitality for the poor, and for the sick. The community\u2019s namesake saint, its founder, had a dramatic religious conversion in the early 1500s, after spending his early years as a soldier. After he found Christ, John of God spent years caring for the indigent sick in hospitals and hospices. He died in 1550 of pneumonia, reportedly after plunging into a river to save a young man from drowning. A dormitory-style guest room at Guests at Albergue San Juan de Dios in Quito, Ecuador. Credit: Daniel Flynn/Pillar Media.Getting government grants is a byzantine process in Ecuador, and even when grants are secured, the money is often slow to come through. While it costs $120,000 a month to keep  Albergue San Juan de Dios running, the center is entirely privately funded, mostly by Quito residents who\u2019ve committed to becoming monthly supporters of the project. Many guests \u2014 probably most, officials estimate \u2014 are refugees, coming to Ecuador to flee ongoing violence in Colombia, or the crushing poverty and food shortages of Venezuela. Some families have settled in Ecuador, making it their home, while other center guests will likely migrate eventually northward, with many hoping to eventually find a place in the United States. But regardless of their status, guests are welcomed each evening for a dinner cooked by the center\u2019s professional kitchen, which churns out hundreds of meals daily, along with food packets distributed to families living in the neighborhood. Locals queue for a daily food distribution outside Albergue San Juan de Dios in Quito, Ecuador. Credit: Daniel Flynn/Pillar Media.The kitchen staff also run a three-month training program, through which participants learn the skills, and get the credentials, to find work in restaurants or bakeries.  Mass is offered only weekly, but the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God see to it that spiritual conversation and guidance is available in a small chapel whenever guests want to talk.  Perhaps the spiritual and social hub of the center is a wing on the second floor, where 37 adults with significant intellectual disabilities live permanently. They are the only permanent residents at the Albergue San Juan de Dios. Center staff members tell The Pillar that none of them have families able, or willing, to care for them.  Permanent residents rest after lunch in a courtyard at Albergue San Juan de Dios in Quito, Ecuador. Credit: Daniel Flynn/Pillar Media.\u2014On the first floor, families new to Albergue San Juan de Dios sit each day on benches in a large waiting area, for a meeting with a social worker, or a doctor, or even to see a therapist.  One family, recently arrived in Ecuador from Colombia, explains that a young daughter has cerebral palsy, and Albergue San Juan de Dios is the only place to provide medical care.  Guests at Albergue San Juan de Dios in Quito, Ecuador. Credit: Daniel Flynn/Pillar Media.Another, a family from Venezuela, says they\u2019re hoping to participate in a job training opportunity. Guests at Albergue San Juan de Dios in Quito, Ecuador. Credit: Daniel Flynn/Pillar Media.Next to the waiting area, a children\u2019s play center \u2014 a kind of a daycare \u2014 began operations in June. There are already plans to expand its offerings.  Staff see ways everywhere to do more for their guests, or to provide them more opportunities. There\u2019s talk of a commercial laundry operation staffed by people living in the area. There are plans to make family guest rooms more accommodating to children. There are ways to pack more food for families, and to involve guests in the process. But all of that depends on fundraising. Everything at Albergue San Juan de Dios depends on fundraising \u2014 and fundraising, staff members insist, depends on Providence. One staff member tells The Pillar that the charism of hospitality \u2014 the charism of the entire center \u2014 is \u201Cto show guests their dignity, by the way we welcome them, and see their needs, and then try to meet those needs with love for them.\u201D John of God at Albergue San Juan de Dios in Quito love seems to be the only thing never in short supply.  \u2018The Pillar\u2019 does Catholic journalism funded entirely by our subscribers Bnamericas Published: Wednesday, April 09, 2025 Government program Natural Gas Distribution 43,000+ global companies doing business in the region 102,000+ key contacts related to companies and projects news and interviews about your industry in English HomeNursing has been given permission to start teaching in SevilleNursing has been given permission to start teaching in SevilleThe Andalusian Government has approved the establishment of the School of Nursing in Seville and classes will begin in September The Andalusian Regional Government has authorised the Order of St John of God to start its activity in Seville with the new nursing school in Bormujos on the campus located 20 minutes from the centre of Seville this marks the beginning of a new phase for a centre that has been attached to the University of Seville for 35 years According to Julio de la Torre, director of the "San Juan de Dios" University School of Nursing and Physical Therapy at Comillas "it is committed to training students following the model of integral care that the order has been promoting throughout its five centuries of history always combining technical and humanistic training adapted to the changes and needs of today's society" it has a scholarship policy from which almost 30% of its students benefit De la Torre insists that the School of Nursing which is opening this academic year in Seville - the third branch along with those in Madrid in Ciempozuelos and Paseo de la Habana in the capital - has certain characteristics which make it special the promotion of voluntary work and the fact that students do clinical practice from the first year" Nursing is the most sought-after degree in Andalusia after Medicine. Now, the School is waiting for the Andalusian Government to grant the Physical Therapy degree, which could be launched in the 2025-2026 academic year. EUEF20 February 2024La EUEF celebra sus XIX Jornadas de Orientación Laboral en Enfermería y FisioterapiaRead more Investigación7 March 2024The "San Juan de Dios" University School of Nursing and Physical Therapy holds its awards ceremonyThe 44th Nursing Contest and the 15th Physical Therapy Contest bring together researchers The Andalusian Government has approved the establishment of the School of Nursing in Seville and classes will begin in September According to Julio de la Torre, director of the \\\"San Juan de Dios\\\" University School of Nursing and Physical Therapy at Comillas \\\"it is committed to training students following the model of integral care that the order has been promoting throughout its five centuries of history always combining technical and humanistic training adapted to the changes and needs of today's society\\\" the promotion of voluntary work and the fact that students do clinical practice from the first year\\\" It is no coincidence that the \\\"San Juan de Dios\\\" University School of Nursing and Physical Therapy has been providing training in health sciences for more than 60 years recognised both in teaching and in different professional contexts Its facilities include the Centre for Interprofessional Simulation and Research in Health Sciences (CSIICS) and the Simulated Hospital where students can complement their practical training by developing their skills in safe environments Nursing is the most sought-after degree in Andalusia after Medicine the School is waiting for the Andalusian Government to grant the Physical Therapy degree which could be launched in the 2025-2026 academic year Spring Campaign in Full Swing!Join us to reach our $60,000 goal Mass Propers for Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter: says the Lord; whoever comes to me will never hunger Preface II of Easter: It is truly right and just but in this time above all to laud you yet more gloriously when Christ our Passover has been sacrificed Through him the children of light rise to eternal life and the halls of the heavenly Kingdom are thrown open to the faithful; for his Death is our ransom from death and in his rising the life of all has risen every people exults in your praise and even the heavenly Powers sing together the unending hymn of your glory we believe that we shall also live with Christ Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter: O God who open wide the gates of the heavenly Kingdom to those reborn of water and the Holy Spirit pour out on your servants an increase of the grace you have bestowed they may lack nothing that in your kindness you have promised who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit » Enjoy our Liturgical Seasons series of e-books! After taking part in the Crusades against the Albigensians he used his inheritance to free Christian prisoners held by the Moors He later founded the Order of Our Lady of Mercy (Mercedarians) beginning in 1218 devoted to ransoming Christians John the Apostle was taken to Rome under the Emperor Domitian and plunged into a cauldron of boiling oil; by a striking miracle he came out safe and sound from this torture This disposition to forgive did not die with St but has continued to be one of the most characteristic virtues of the saint Benedict as related in the Dialogues of St that he was continuously and severely persecuted by a delinquent priest who lived in the neighborhood of the monastery in order to protect the virtue and the vocations of his disciples Benedict decided to abandon the site of his monastery and move to another location He and his monks had hardly left their monastery when word was brought that the persecutor had died suddenly Contrary to the expectation of the messenger who brought the news Benedict broke out in loud lamentations that his enemy had died suddenly and had not had an opportunity to repent The saints see so much more clearly than we the relative unimportance of the hardships and injustices we suffer in this world and the importance before all else of the sinner's being converted and repenting of his sins How long and how persistently we harbor grudges in our hearts against those who have offended us How difficult we find it to forgive freely and from our hearts Yet we proclaim ourselves to be Christians and to practice all the Christian virtues Do we forget that our Lord told us that if we expect our prayers to be heard and our sacrifices to be pleasing in the sight of God and go first and make peace with our brother Nor is the disposition to forgive our enemies peculiar only to the saints and martyrs of the ancient Church; nor should we expect it to be and if His disciples were commanded to forgive their enemies in His day Father Pro was executed in Mexico some years ago he was asked by his executioner if he had anything he wished to do or anything he wished to say before the sentence was executed Father Pro said that there was; he wished to be given an opportunity to pray for his executioners and to give them his blessing before he died During the persecutions in Spain during the late civil war one of the religious who was to be put to death by the communists was led to his death with his hands bound asked to be allowed to give his blessing to the members of the firing squad It is said that the officer in charge of the guard untied his hands and then swiftly struck off the hands of the priest with his sword raised his right arm and traced the sign of the cross over the heads of his murderers This is the true sign of the authentic martyr the characteristic mark of the true saint of the Church Who His own self bore our sins in His body upon the tree" (Epistle) The redemption of man as accomplished by Christ might have been accomplished in other ways but none of them would have been as perfect as the way Christ chose God might have forgiven man outright without requiring any satisfaction for sin This would have been a splendid manifestation of the infinite mercy of God but it would have ignored His infinite justice God might have refused redemption and forgiveness altogether and this would have been in complete conformity with His justice but it would not have satisfied His infinite mercy Perfect redemption required that both God's mercy and justice be satisfied Any act of satisfaction on his part would only have been of limited and finite value An act of reparation offered by a divine person would have been adequate since it would not have been offered by the offending party The only possibility of a perfect redemption was for the divine person to become incarnate could perform acts of infinite value; since he was a human being He could act in the name of the human race and offer an act of reparation which would be both adequate and authentic But the martyrdom of the latter Apostle called for a scene worthy of the event was not a sufficiently glorious land for such a combat whither Peter had transferred his Chair and where he died on his cross and where Paul had bowed down his venerable head beneath the sword alone deserved the honor of seeing the beloved disciple march on to martyrdom with that dignity and sweetness which are the characteristics of this veteran of the Apostolic College In the year 95 John appeared before the tribunal of pagan Rome the worship of a Jew who had been crucified under Pontius Pilate He was considered a superstitious and rebellious old man and it was time to rid Asia of his presence sentenced to an ignominious and cruel death A huge cauldron of boiling oil was prepared in front of the Latin Gate The sentence ordered that the preacher of Christ be plunged into this bath The hour had come for the second son of Salome to partake of his Master’s chalice the boiling liquid lost all its heat; the Apostle felt no scalding when they took him out again he felt all the vigor of his youthful years restored to him temporarily closed its neonatology services after a bacterial outbreak caused at least three deaths The serratia marcescens pathogen has infected at least six patients at the hospital the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) says The outbreak was detected during routine monitoring as part of the hospital’s infectious disease protocols the rooms and equipment will be thoroughly cleaned and monitored “The exhaustive cleaning and disinfection of the Neonatology service has already been completed,” the CCSS said “The intervention will continue with vigilance and the active search for cases for at least three to four weeks until there is evidence of three consecutive negative cultures for this bacteria and that no more cases appear.” Babies who were not exposed to the bacteria were taken to another room at the hospital or transferred elsewhere Serratia marcescens was discovered in 1819 and originally considered to be innocuous. However, its abundance makes it a common source of hospital-acquired infections across the world, and its resistance to some broad-spectrum antibiotics can complicate treatment More than 3,000 breast milk donations from all over Andalusia; this is the main result of the first phase of the ‘Hera Project’ an initiative promoted by the GC06 New Cancer Therapies Group (IMIBIC) led by Juan de la Haba and Silvia Guil in collaboration with a multidisciplinary network of professionals from the different services of the Reina Sofía Hospital and the San Juan de Dios Hospital and the Network of Health Centers of the Health District of Córdoba and Guadalquivir.  which is aimed at the study of molecular markers in breast milk that allow early diagnosis and the development of personalized treatments for Postpartum Breast Cancer has surpassed all the initial expectations based on the data presented at the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Córdoba which today hosts the last open days of milk donation with which this first phase will close.  samples were collected at the Maternal and Child Hospital of Malaga where for two full days 350 mothers who were supposed to generate in theory two samples one from each breast; a small percentage of the attendees could not donate and some could only do so from one breast so the final result of their passage through this hospital center was 558 samples that are already stored in the Biobank.  what started as a local project has grown to become a regional initiative touring all the Andalusian provinces and achieving an extraordinary welcome among nursing mothers and Andalusian society.  "The initial goal was to reach a minimum of 2,000 breast milk donations companies and media from all over Andalusia have managed to collect milk samples from more than 3,000 mothers which means having more than 6,000 samples stored in the Biobank A milestone of social participation in biomedical research that has resulted in the world's largest breast milk biobank.  "which has consolidated the Hera Project as a benchmark for social participation in biomedical research and has generated the largest breast milk biobank in the world".  Apart from the collaboration and generosity of the mothers who have participated as donors such as those of the Diputación de Córdoba Azahara Pacheco (Strong sweatshirts Children's hospitals in Malaga have collaborated with this project: San Cecilio de Granada; Virgen Macarena de Sevilla; Universitario de Jaén; Universitario Juan Ramón Jiménez; Materno Infantil Princesa Leonor de Almería Hospital Reina Sofía; Hospital San Juan de Dios; and the University Hospital of Jerez.  the Project Hera continues its trajectory with the aim of developing a non-invasive test based on breast milk to detect the risk of postpartum breast cancer the research team will carry out the monitoring and analysis of samples from donor mothers who are diagnosed with this disease between 25 and 30 female donors could receive this diagnosis; in fact the first two cases have already been identified in Cordoba.  the research team has been conducting omics studies on healthy and diseased tissue samples from women diagnosed with postpartum breast cancer These large-scale analyses allow us to delve into the characteristics of this disease through the study of genes All the information from the studies on breast milk and omics analyses will be processed by the team led by Joaquín Dopazo Through systems biology and intelligence integration artificial seeks to identify biomarkers that will predict the risk of developing postpartum breast cancer.  these biomarkers will be validated in the breast milk samples donated to the Hera Project using the same format that is intended to be used in the future test: a milk sample deposited on a special paper for collection of samples The research team has already validated the effectiveness of this support to ensure that it provides the necessary information and is working on a new phase of sample collection at the national level The goal is to reach the participation of 15,000 mothers with the intention of launching this phase before the summer.  This new stage will speed up the research and increase the reliability of the results the waiting time necessary to validate the biomarkers once they have been identified will be reduced.  The Hera Project is the natural evolution of a consolidated line of research in Spain that began 13 years ago with the EMBARCÁN Project coordinated at the national level by the Spanish Breast Cancer Research Group (GEICAM) Under the scientific direction of Juan de la Haba from the Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research of Córdoba (IMIBIC) this project has allowed us to deepen our knowledge of the relationship between breast cancer and pregnancy as well as the mechanisms that link this disease with pregnancy and lactation.  Over the years, this line of research has led to communications and reference publications both nationally and internationally. Among the main findings, it has been confirmed that pregnancy-associated breast cancer presents significant clinical and molecular differences with respect to breast cancer diagnosed in young women at other times in their lives (de la Haba et al., 2024 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39514034/).  Another key advance has been the biological differentiation between breast cancer that appears during pregnancy and that which develops in the breastfeeding stage identifying alterations in genes responsible for DNA repair (Peña collection of samples from the Hera Project as of today is distributed as follows: 3,291 requested appointments/ 6,216* samples stored in a biobank If we analyze the distribution by provinces and collection centers:  • Córdoba: 1097 appointments requested / 1,884 samples stored in biobank San Juan de Dios Hospital: 590 appointments II Jornadas El Corte Inglés 45 appointments • Granada – San Cecilio Clinical Hospital (III Conference on breast milk donation): 233 appointments / 395 samples stored in Biobank.  • Seville – Virgen Macarena University Hospital (IV Conference on breast milk donation): 352 appointments / 520 samples stored at Biobanco.  • Estepona – Palacio de Congresos (V Conference on breast milk donation): 109 appointments / 146 samples stored in Biobanco.  • Jaén – Jaén University Hospital (VI Conference on breast milk donation): 241 appointments / 370 samples stored in Biobank.  • Huelva – Juan Ramón Jiménez University Hospital (VII Conference on breast milk donation): 199 appointments / 316 samples stored in Biobank.  • Málaga – Maternal and Child Hospital of Málaga (VIII Conference on breast milk donation): 395 appointments / 350 donations / 558 samples stored in Biobank.  • Almería – Princesa Leonor Maternal and Child Hospital (IX Conference on breast milk donation): 389 appointments / 640 samples stored in Biobank.  • Jerez – Hospital University of Jerez (IX Conference on breast milk donation): 276 appointments / 450 samples stored in Biobank  A black SUV rammed into the departure area of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 on Sunday morning "Mayroong dalawang namatay kasama na 'yung batang-batang five-year-old daughter ng OFW," Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon said (There were two who died including a very young five-year-daughter of an overseas Filipino worker.) "3 ang injured na dinala sa San Juan de Dios Hospital.. (Three were injured and brought to San Juan de Dios Hospital I think they are okay based on the initial report.) Among the injured rushed to the hospital for treatment was the mother of the five-year-old child who died They were in the airport to send off the father In a statement issued on Saturday afternoon said there were four individuals who were injured "Nakakalungkot talaga 'yung nangyari. Nakikiramay tayo lalo sa OFW na namatayan ng anak niya ngayon Kausap ko ‘yung father kanina. Hinatid lang siya (OFW) nung anak niya We sympathize especially with the OFW who lost his child He was brought to the airport by his child NNIC said the company and its president Ramon Ang will extend assistance to the families of the victims Ang was seen on site at the accident area following the incident the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said in a post on Facebook a sports utility vehicle (SUV) crashed through the outer railing and walkway before slamming into the entrance of the Departure Area at NAIA Terminal 1 in Pasay City The incident tragically resulted in the deaths of two individuals—a male adult and a 4-year-old girl," the PRC said The PRC said it sent five ambulances and 18 volunteers to the area to respond to the incident "The driver of the Ford Everest is in custody right now," Dizon said The Land Transportation Office (LTO) preventively suspended for 90 days the driver’s license of the SUV driver LTO chief Vigor Mendoza II said a show cause order has also been issued against the registered owner of the vehicle and the driver "Rineview din namin ang CCTV kaya ako nagtagal kaunti ‘Yung driver ay may inihatid na pasahero. Right now mukhang [hindi] pumunta ‘yung driver para managasa (We reviewed the CCTV so it took me some time The driver brought a passenger to the airport it does not seem that the driver went to the airport to run over some people the driver panicked as he claimed he saw a vehicle passed in front of him and stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake pedal that there was no such vehicle at the time of the crash “(H)e told the police that he was about to leave the departure area after sending off a passenger when a sedan suddenly passed in front of him,” it said in a statement “This sent him to panic and instead of the brakes two people died and three others were injured,” it added Mendoza’s remarks were echoed by Transportation Secretary Dizon who said that initial investigation show that the driver had no intention of ramming people “‘Yung driver ay may hinatid na pasahero May isa siyang pasaherong hinatid at pagkababa ng pasahero tinulungan niyang ibaba ‘yung bag ng pasahero pumunta na ‘yung pasahero papasok ng NAIA at dun na biglang nakita namin ‘yung sasakyan na rumagasa,” he said in a report on GMA’s “24 Oras Weekend” on Sunday.“So right now mukha namang hindi pumunta dito ‘yung driver para managasa dahil nga nakita na meron talaga siyang hinatid na pasahero dito,” he added.(The driver brought a passenger He has one passenger and when the passenger alighted The passenger then entered NAIA and then suddenly the car razed it seems as though the driver did not come here to ram people as we saw that he really brought a passenger here.)GMA Integrated News has tried to reach out to the driver for comment on the matter and received a message from his wife indicating that they will not be granting interviews initial reports showed that the SUV was parked near the entrance of NAIA Terminal 1 then it "suddenly accelerated crashing through the outer railing and into the walkway." citing initial reports that the vehicle specifically crashed through the outer railing and into the walkway near the terminal entrance The SMC said that the individuals who sustained injuries were being treated the driver involved in the incident was placed under the custody of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and access is now limited to authorized personnel from New NAIA Infra Corp who are currently conducting a full investigation,” the company said we are awaiting official confirmation on the cause of the incident and reports of injuries We are closely coordinating with all concerned agencies to gather accurate information,” it added NNIC said its president Ramon Ang "will personally shoulder the medical expenses of the four individuals who were injured and provide financial assistance to the families of the two who died in the incident." Our priority now is to make sure the victims and their families receive the support and care they need,” Ang said The NNIC said it is working closely with authorities and is supporting ongoing response and investigation efforts "The company extends its deepest sympathies to the families of the deceased and wishes those injured a full and speedy recovery," it added Body bags were seen being removed from the scene of the accident A man wearing a red sweater was also seen in distress dela Cruz reported that the SUV was already removed from the departure area of NAIA Terminal 1 Heavy traffic was also observed around NAIA Terminal 1 PNP Scene of the Crime Operation personnel were on site to investigate the incident UPDATE: Sitwasyon sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 matapos bumangga ang isang SUV malapit sa departure area ng naturang paliparan ngayong Linggo ng umaga. | via Mao dela Cruz pic.twitter.com/sAkw7h1k0O  —Giselle Ombay and Jon Viktor Cabuenas/KG/RF {{gallery.imageDetails.images.0.description}} The historic cross which for so many years has occupied the centre of the Plazuela de San Juan de Dios in Malaga city was found lying broken on the ground on Thursday 1 August after an alleged act of vandalism a group of tourists climbed on top of the cross to have their photo taken causing the structure to give way and break is closely linked to the San Juan de Dios foundation and its work in the city The main objective of the foundation was the treatment and care of the sick and needy and a San Juan de Dios hospital was first established in the city in the 12th century This morning (Friday 2 August) Malaga city hall took the cross to the municipal offices for repair and subsequent reinstallation under the contract that the culture department has in place for the conservation of monuments Malaga city's Local Police have opened an investigation to clarify what happened Comentar es una ventaja exclusiva para registrados - Between traditions that resist time and new looks at heritage the Camagüey’s Culture Week (from February 1 to 7) opens a space for the homage and projection of the identity of a city that continues to beat in its history With dedications ranging from the 511th anniversary of the former Villa de Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe to the 300 years of San Juan Camagüeyano the event invites us to think about the past to strengthen the future revisiting its origins and reimagining its completion next June is Camagüey reaffirms its vocation as a living and heritage city said that the celebration pays tribute to fundamental milestones of Camagüeyan identity: the 175 years of the Principal Theater the 80th anniversary of the Los Comandos conga the 70th anniversary of the Ignacio Agramonte Provincial Museum and the 46th anniversary of the Alejo Carpentier universal art gallery the second edition of the National Handicraft Fair (FENAR for its acronym in Spanish) will take place from February 1 to 13 at the Fairgrounds consolidating itself as an essential space for art and creativity the Office of the Historian will mark the beginning of the birthday with the flag ceremony and the playing of the Diana Mambisa in five emblematic squares of the Historic Center: Ignacio Agramonte Park the Orchestra Maravilla de Florida will offer the Concert for the City in the Workers Square Visual art will have a prominent place with the XXXV Salón de la Ciudad which celebrates the career of Osvaldo Rodríguez Petit Santiago de Cuba and Villa Clara will compete while five collateral exhibitions will enrich the program The theoretical event will take place on the 4th will be dedicated to the centenary of Rolando Escardó and will feature the presence of the Chilean writer Luis E who will evoke Gabriela Mistral's connection with Cuba and has called for participants in two categories: covered music and composition for a duo the Avellaneda Theater will host the galas of artists from the amateur movement from the 5th to the 7th of February The Culture Week will also have a space for exchange and thought with the XXXVIII edition of the Camagüey’s Researchers Event dedicated to the centenary of Art Deco and the evolution of this style in the world will offer an academic view on the urban development of the city Radio Camagüey resumes its exchange with radio stations from the seven founding towns reinforcing the historical and cultural connection between the territories that marked the origins of Cuba there will be two open dance areas in Javier de la Vega and the Lenin neighborhood which will have power backup and will operate from 6:00 p.m the authorities have been clear in their call to the population: “We only ask for understanding and discipline It is not San Juan,” stressed Lázaro Ernesto Hechavarría the Camagüey’s Culture Week reaffirms itself as a space where the past present and future of the city meet in the same celebration (Yanetsy León González/Adelante Digital) (Photo: Leandro Pérez Pérez/Adelante Digital) Radio Cadena Agramonte es una emisora radial de Cuba con noticias y audios de Camagüey y el mundo April in San Miguel de Allende is a month filled with soul-stirring tradition one of the city’s most revered observances taking place this year from April 13 to April 20 the streets fill with powerful expressions of faith dramatic reenactments and moving ceremonies that immerse the town in a breathtaking display of spirituality and heritage This month also brings thought-provoking talks delicious festivals and opportunities to connect with nature and community Here’s a roundup of what’s happening in San Miguel de Allende this April Curious or maybe a little nervous about howartificial intelligence is changing the way we get our news You can dive into the topic with someone at the front lines for an enlightening talk on “My Journey with Artificial Intelligence: AI and Journalism.” Travis will share how AI is used behind the scenes at MND and what that really means for journalism Discover the Nimatullahi Spiritual School and the Iranian Sufi Path of Love through an enlightening talk that offers a deeper understanding of the Persian Sufi tradition rooted in spirituality This educational lecture explores the essence of the Nimatullahi Sufi order as a spiritual discipline dedicated to selfless service and love of all human beings Contemporary poems by Sufi masters will be recited accompanied by music to create a serene and reflective atmosphere It’s a unique opportunity to learn about its teachings and experience the beauty of its poetic and musical expressions Celebrate a decade of inspiring environmental education at the Rising Moon Concert and community in support of Audubon de México’s Niños y Naturaleza program This initiative brings public school children into direct contact with the natural world compassion and a lifelong commitment to protecting the Earth and its creatures Set in a stunning open-air amphitheater with sweeping views of the Picacho mountains the evening features live music by Karen Libby and guest musicians and a blanket to enjoy the concert under the stars Cushioned bench seating and some tables and chairs are available on a first-come basis but the grassy lawn is perfect for spreading out Fermente Fest is a unique event that brings together producers of natural This festival showcases beverages while celebrating clean agriculture and fermentation as an ancient yet evolving craft Conceived as a space for producers to connect with restaurateurs this festival highlights how these products nourish the body while respecting the environment and reflecting the region’s identity San Miguel de Allende honors one of its most cherished traditions: the Procession of Our Lord of the Column This annual pilgrimage sees a life-size statue of Christ made from traditional Chichimeca materials brought to the city by more than 25,000 faithful who walk the 12 kilometers from the Santuario de Jesús Nazareno in Atotonilco to the Templo de San Juan de Dios in San Miguel The journey begins at midnight with psalms and chants as lanterns and candles light the path adorned with balloons This religious procession has been a cherished local tradition since 1823 when residents brought the statue from Atotonilco in search of protection from an epidemic This pilgrimage has continued uninterrupted for over 200 years even during the Mexican Revolution and the Cristero War when the statue had to be transported secretly to avoid confiscation or destruction The most popular viewing spots include the city’s northern entrance El Señor de la Columna remains in San Miguel until the Wednesday after Easter when the faithful accompany the statue on its return journey to its home in Atotonilco You can join the local community in a beautiful act of devotion by helping create the monumental sawdust rug that welcomes El Señor de la Columna on his path to the Templo de San Juan de Dios along Calle San Antonio Abad on April 5 at 4 p.m Chorale San Miguel presents “Spiritual Journeys,” a moving spring concert of choral masterpieces in celebration of Lent and Holy Week at the Templo de la Tercera Orden Featuring Bach’s cantata “King of Heaven Orlando Gibbons’ “Hosanna to the Son of David,” the evocative choral works of San Miguel-based composer Michael Hoppé and Ola Gjeilo’s “Luminous Night of the Soul.” This performance will feature the Templo de la Tercera Orden’s historic 1875 Johnson organ accompanied by a chamber orchestra This concert offers an opportunity to experience sacred music spanning centuries performed in one of San Miguel de Allende’s most stunning venues This concert is intended to delight classical music enthusiasts and people looking for a meaningful way to embrace the spirit of the season For residents of San Miguel, Semana Santa starts with setting up elaborate altars dedicated to the Virgin of Sorrows in their homes, storefronts, and public spaces. These altars, filled with candles, flowers and symbolic elements, reflect Mary’s sorrow over Christ’s suffering. As you wander through town admiring the heartfelt displays, you’ll be treated to refreshing aguas frescas ice pops and traditional candied chilacayote The Oratorio de San Felipe Neri holds a special mass where the priest blesses images of the Virgin to be placed on these altars is a deeply meaningful observance that marks the beginning of Holy Week commemorating Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem there are many processions culminating at major churches including the Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel with the Procesión y Misa con el Señor del Triunfo followed by the Procesión y Bendición de las Palmas at 11 a.m Skillful artisans weave palm leaves into intricate designs that they sell in the streets around the churches the area in front of San Miguel de Allende’s Palacio Municipal bursts to life with the fiery spectacle known as the Burning of Judas Large crowds gather to watch as papier-mâché effigies representing devils infamous public figures or politicians are hung  and packed with fireworks Booms and triumphant cheers celebrate the symbolic destruction of evil and betrayal with a sense of collective catharsis and renewal Sandra Gancz Kahan is a Mexican writer and translator based in San Miguel de Allende who specializes in mental health and humanitarian aid. She believes in the power of language to foster compassion and understanding across cultures. She can be reached at [email protected] When the iron gates were padlocked at the entrance of the San Juan de Dios hospital in 2001 it marked the end of an era and centuries for a medical institution founded during the reign of King Philip V of Spain (1683-1746) As one of the first hospitals in the New World it witnessed the injuries inflicted on soldiers by the conquest of the Andes the first bouts of tropical disease among the inhabitants of  SantaFe de Bogotá as well as the dawn and hope of a new Republic San Juan de Dios was the city’s most visited hospital as it provided public health and services to some of the most destitute in a city whose numbers were growing fast with the arrival of farmers and their families from the countryside The proximity of the institution to some of Bogotá’s most dangerous streets thieves and prostitutes guaranteed a steady flow of victims of violent crime when workers received their “quincena” – or bimonthly pay  – San Juan de Dios went from  being a scientific research center to war hospital the Colombian government passed a controversial law – the Ley 100 – which marked the beginning of the end for several public hospitals More than two million medical files in San Juan de Dios of patients from all walks of life and from all corners of Colombia were packed into boxes and sold as scrap The history of medicine in Colombia gone to recyclers Medical cabinets were pillaged at night by intruders and the incubators in the large maternity ward used by vagrants as makeshift beds for their children Photographer Nicolas Van Hemelryck became aware of this story during the last year of the hospital and got access to the hospital around the same time the last client stepped out into the Cra Decima and the government issued the order for San Juan’s closure many of them homeless who instead of enduring city shelters took over the old offices of the medical staff Some former staff who now wait out the days hoping the government will reverse the decree and open the hospital again so they can collect their pay cheques Although declared Cultural Patrimony of the city the lack of political will has turned it into a ruin which covers two large city blocks Medical students from the Universidad Nacional have led protests during the last several years to demand some of the buildings reopen as they needed space to continue their studies Nicolas’ photographs are a testament to the golden age of medicine in Colombia and the indifference of many when it came to maintaining the social welfare While many modern and private hospitals operate across the metopolis the San Juan de Dios remains a name associated with forming some of the best doctors in the country many of whom went on to work and teach overseas research for a cure to malaria was conducted by doctor Manuel Elkin Patarroyo in a red-brick building of the hospital and if one could examine the birth records of many Bogotanos ten of thousands began their lives in the musty dorms of the San Juan de Dios Colombian photographer Nicolas van Hemelryck won the Colombo Swiss Award for Photography for documenting the decay of the San Juan de Dios Hospital and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" The City Paper was founded in 2008 as Colombia’s first free English language newspaper it was awarded the country’s Manuel Murillo Toro medal in communications for contributing to informed and objective coverage of Colombia Copyright © 2024 The City Paper | Terms and Conditions Guatemala is in mourning after a tragic bus accident claimed the lives of at least 54 people beneath the Belice Bridge in the capital, Prensa Libre reports Emergency crews continue rescue operations at the site where an extra-urban bus plunged into a river in the La Paz roadway sector lost control for unknown reasons before careening into the ravine Rescue teams have transported survivors to the General Hospital San Juan de Dios and the Guatemalan Institute of Social Security for treatment The impact left the bus completely destroyed with several victims’ bodies recovered from the polluted river below According to a report from the Volunteer Firefighters including 51 victims recovered at a temporary morgue The General Directorate of Transport (DGT) confirmed that the vehicle identified as a 1995 International model with license plate C-898BHR had an active operating permit valid until May 24 The bus followed a regular route from the village of Estancia de la Virgen in San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán and returning from Guatemala City at 4:30 p.m The DGT expressed condolences to the victims’ families and joined the national mourning declared by President Bernardo Arévalo Authorities have called for a thorough investigation to determine the cause of the crash and any possible legal liabilities Rescue operations and investigations are ongoing with further updates expected in the coming hours regarding the final death toll and any factors that may have contributed to the tragedy Ⓒ document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) Great Belize Productions Ltd. | Website Development by Idealab Studios Digital Marketing Every product is independently selected by editors Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission During these long months of visiting and revisiting the familiar landscapes within walking distance of my home my mind has kept circling back to one work of architecture I saw shortly before the pandemic hit — not a baroque church or a UNESCO World Heritage site but the main public market in Guadalajara and a central node filled with lunch counters and family restaurants also known as the Mercado San Juan de Dios embodies the communal life that so much of the world has had to suspend Most of its thousands of vendors have stayed away for months as have the tens of thousands of shoppers who The quiet must hit tapatíos (residents of Guadalajara) especially hard because the market structure is a hive of the city’s social life it also feels like a wellspring of inspiration They share a similar aesthetic of pendant lighting Knickknackeries and specialty grocers flank a free-for-all takeout zone hunting for somewhere to set down their rapidly cooling orders There are plenty of options and never enough seating and so is the ratio of disposable packaging to each $6 microwaved mouthful Mexican urban markets have a different vibe crammed with necessities as well as trinkets they serve virtually everyone except the frequent-flier elites who stick to air-conditioned malls at the city’s edge Step inside the Mercado Libertad and it’s like entering a roofed Turn this way and you find yourself in a neighborhood of watchmakers where pig carcasses and plucked chickens dangle from hooks It’s a cinch to get lost among stall after stall of plastic toys Objects churned out of Chinese factories mingle promiscuously with those crafted in nearby villages beneath fluorescent lights In the center of all this abundance is a whole district devoted to lunch customers sit down and dine como Dios manda (like civilized people) either at counters that wrap each open kitchen or at proper tables The food at Mexican market stalls can be good or bad and sometimes memorable: tamales cocooned in masa so soft and light it practically melts; squash blossoms and mushrooms wrapped in a fresh blue corn tortilla guisados — a range of short-order marvels that varies by region and makes New York’s global-capital-of-imported-food-fads schtick seem amateurish There has been a market on this spot in Guadalajara since at least the 16th century Farmers and artisans converged on the banks of a creek named San Juan de Dios (long since channeled underground) in an open area framed by the three landmarks of a growing city: a church The first two attempts to coax vendors indoors Vendors soon overflowed the structure and sprawled back outdoors cramming the streets with stalls and open fires under flammable canopies the city took the kind of approach to commerce that authorities all over the world did to public housing and cultural centers: they razed several blocks and hired a modernist architect the grandest in Latin America: 430,000 square feet Zohn had the perfect combination of local and European credentials Born in Vienna in 1930 to a Jewish family that escaped just in time he arrived in Guadalajara as a 9-year-old and studied engineering and architecture at the city’s university Still in his 20s when he received the commission for the municipal market he fulfilled it with a tour de force of showy rationalism and a nod to Frank Lloyd Wright part Johnson Wax Headquarters.) From the exterior the building’s three levels wind around in ribbons of glazed ochre brick The whole structure is topped by a grid of hyperbolic paraboloids those swooping concrete canopies so popular at midcentury that they came to define the space age roofline and a footbridge that vaults an adjacent street (echoing the vanished bridge over the vanished river) and lands on a plaza ringed with stairs Zohn’s Cartesian orderliness merges with a distinctly Mexican sense of the fluidity between indoor and outdoor space between the single work of architecture and the rest of the city Vendors have multiplied and spilled beyond the perimeter again The carefully hidden wires and ducts have given way to a visible tangle The adjoining neighborhood has crept up around the structure and mariachi bands for hire mill riotously across the street messy accretion obscures an original design who died in 2000 after a career largely confined to the state of Jalisco had reason to be proud of a building that wove itself so tightly into the fabric of his adoptive hometown and fused with the private new Market Line downstairs American cities tend to segregate shopping the way they do housing and schools cheap generics from status-boosting brands but the cool urban marketplace rejects the family resemblance If real-estate investors are looking for a new/old less expensive or exclusionary way to get people buying they might forget about copying Europe and make a field trip to Guadalajara instead New Yorkers clearly relish the concept of a collective market which is why they’re willing to tolerate the cost and limitations of the local version Password must be at least 8 characters and contain: you’ll receive occasional updates and offers from New York a sunny city of 630,000 residents on Peru’s northern coast Chiclayo is the fourth largest city in Peru founded several centuries ago by the Spanish The area is rich in pre-colonial (and pre-Inca) history including giant pyramids and an ancient royal tomb that yielded an amazing array of gold Miranda and Jaime hope to find time to visit the museum where “El Señor de Sipán,” Peru’s King Tut Meanwhile they are very busy living and working in the quiet beach community of Pimentel Jaime and Miranda work with children at the Hogar Clínica San Juan de Dios The Catholic facility serves children diagnosed with cerebral palsy and other physical disabilities  The two Goshen students assist clinic staff with providing general care education and medical services to about 20 children in the residential care unit Miranda and Jaime reported that the first week was tough Miranda said she learned quickly that when a small child is crying for her mother In addition the education the children receive at the clinic is not what a school could offer A single teacher has four hours a day to teach a room full of special-needs students of all ages including some who have never attended school Miranda and Jaime sought the serenity to accept the things they couldn’t change the courage to change the things they could and the wisdom to know the difference to paraphrase Reinhold Niebuhr’s famous serenity prayer They talked it over with each other and their host parents This kind of mutual support is why Goshen students are generally sent to their service assignments in pairs Miranda and Jaime decided to seek small ways in which they could have a positive impact One was to work on teaching the children to share and to say “please” and “thank-you.” They say this small change made a big difference in the general atmosphere Another was to learn the children’s names and ages and try to give each one individual attention Both of them have found ways to use their experience and talents offered to give the children short music lessons This has become a daily event that the children clearly love Miranda and Jaime get up early to work out they walk or take a bus from the neighborhood where they live to the clinic about a kilometer away Jaime assists the physical therapist three mornings a week They take the children outside for a while then upstairs to the dining room to serve lunch and help feed those who need assistance to eat They play with the children and have taught some of them to play Uno “I am gaining a lot more patience,” wrote Miranda of her work at the clinic “I enjoy the kids (for the most part) at the clinic and they’re starting to feel like my children.” Jaime and Miranda’s host mothers are sisters who live a few blocks apart The Goshen students have enjoyed being part of this extended family Miranda says the highlights of her experience in Chiclayo are “smiles from kids and long talks with my host dad while eating fruit.” For Jaime one highlight was a trip she took to the mountain city of Cutervo with her host family She also loves visits to the nearby beach: “It’s beautiful there COSTA RICA'S LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER San Juan de Dios Hospital in San José has reached capacity for coronavirus patients the medical manager for the Costa Rican Social Security System (CCSS) 73 coronavirus patients were hospitalized at San Juan de Dios according to official Health Ministry data while the remaining 62 were in intermediate care Ruiz said that the hospital — which is responsible for some 800,000 people in the San José area including the heavily-affected cantons of Pavas and Alajuelita — had been receiving between 15 and 20 people each day requiring hospitalization with coronavirus symptoms “We took the decision that San Juan de Dios will not receive more COVID patients from the [CCSS] network to try to decongest the hospital and distribute patients to other hospitals,” Ruíz said we are doing everything possible to keep our network of services active.” Operations at San Juan de Dios Hospital have been further impacted by an outbreak of COVID-19 among surgical staff The CCSS has shut down all but two of the hospital’s 15 operation rooms after at least 31 workers tested positive for the coronavirus Nearly 40% of the 172-member surgery staff have either tested positive or have been asked to self-isolate “We are considering that those who today have a negative test and are asymptomatic could be presymptomatic and in the incubation period and present symptoms in three to five days,” said Mario Sibaja San Juan de Dios Hospital is dedicating one operating room for obstetrics with only other one responsible for all remaining emergencies “Since San Juan de Dios now has just one hall for these emergencies the rest of the CCSS system has to attend to these emergencies,” Ruiz said “It will take longer for patients to be attended to.” Staff at San Carlos Hospital also tested positive for the coronavirus meaning doctors and anesthesiologists from other CCSS hospitals — from Puntarenas Cartago and San José — will have to fill in “Our network has its limitations,” Ruíz said highlighting the logistical issues of treating increasing numbers of patients with the staff reductions The CCSS has announced plans for at least 159 more intensive-care beds and 134 intermediate-care beds for coronavirus patients over its June capacity of 24 ICU beds Much of the added capacity will come from a new tower at Calderón Guardia Hospital this new capacity in turn reduces the beds staff and equipment available for non-COVID health issues CCSS announced it was adding 48 intermediate-care beds thanks to a partnership with the National Insurance Institute’s (INS) trauma hospital Ruíz said CCSS is doing “everything possible” to enable the additional capacity though reallocating personnel has proven challenging Costa Rica had registered 62 COVID-19-related deaths Two-hundred and forty-one people were hospitalized at public hospitals with 44 in intensive care — both new highs It is a place where life could look like it is coming to an end Yet at the same time it is a place where there is as much or even more life than in other places The San Juan de Dios residential home for the elderly is a building made up of several floors and 7,000 square metres in the middle of the charming town of Antequera in the north of Malaga province a hairdressing service and flat rate fees for physiotherapy In front of the building there's a busy road that leads towards Los Dólmenes ancient burial sites where the dimension of time also takes on a different meaning Behind the building there is some green space small paths for taking a stroll and a space where they keep some animals There are chickens and a donkey called Capote we almost always dwell on their worries and illnesses But here at San Juan de Dios what matters is their take on life They are people who have been teachers or farm workers in this institution oriented on Christian values Stories from an old people's home are difficult to tell because hardly anyone wants to hear them Death is omnipresent and too much is left to the imagination as to what happens behind closed doors - all too often we envisage the worn-out figure of a helpless old person where the daily routine is much more than physical care and personal hygiene There is a ritual that is practised every day from Monday to Friday but instead it is based on the dissection of that daily feed of information that comes in the form of a newspaper The main common room of this residence becomes a place to comment on current affairs and spark debate with one key extra benefit: to exercise the brain What have been the latest moves in Juanma Moreno's regional government What happened at the illegal rave in Campanillas that led to all those arrests Why are house prices in Malaga becoming unaffordable and what are the consequences That person is holding the newspaper of the day and he goes by the name of José González "The SUR [newspaper] because it is very complete and because it is the newspaper of a lifetime," is his choice but his age does not really count as he is not a resident is from Salinas and works as a social educator at San Juan de Dios "My role is to make them happy in their last days and to make their last days last longer." José discovered on his arrival at the centre that the mental stimulation of the residents could be improved "They were looking at each other or watching a lot of television," he says He came up with the idea of setting up this reading club and started by buying the newspaper every day With the good reception of his initiative came the newspaper subscription and the ritual became a formal activity Watching José comment on the news with humour and tenderness is a lesson in closeness and empathy Sometimes he adds a healthy dose of irony or takes advantage of the spiciest headlines to appeal directly to the elderly "I'm like the naughty grandson," he says with a smile If the crime page tells of a hit on a local drug dealer José asks "who here has ever smoked a joint." A few hands of octogenarians Attending the morning reading of the newspaper is also a live demonstration of the social function of a newspaper The people living in the San Juan de Dios residence are always aware of what is happening in the province and in the rest of the world Miguel Pérez has been over 80 years old for a few years now He still has some hair left and leans forward when asked a question although he has had his hearing aid changed a few times Miguel was a teacher and was known for having a prodigious memory The only annoyance he gets now is when he realises that his memory sometimes fails him He is one of the regulars attending every day to listen to the newspaper being read out loud a blitz of news or a flood of clickbait: all these concepts are alien to this honourable audience Information flows are based on the credibility offered by the traditional newspaper Not everyone was an avid reader of newspapers before arriving at the San Juan de Dios nursing home Magdalena Mayor took up the hobby thanks to this reading club even though he is sometimes a scoundrel," she says One of five works by Juan Mora acquired by the Smithsonian Five of San Antonio -based artist Juan de Dios Mora’s prints have entered the collection of The Smithsonian American Art in Washington San Antonio (UTSA) senior art lecturer’s works are inspired by the cultural mash-up Mora experienced as a young man Jalisco Mexican native emigrated at age 14 to Laredo with his family racism and other experiences affected the young Mora and also inspired him to imbue his subjects with the levity and humor of everyday Laredo life of the typical Mexican-American Chair of the Art and Art History department at UTSA states about the acquisition: “The inclusion and acquisition of Juan Mora’s prints in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection is an honor and dream that every artist hopes for It is an irrefutable acknowledgment of the quality and importance of an artist’s work.” He adds: “This honor also has great importance for our department college and university in that Juan holds his undergraduate B.F.A and his graduate terminal degree from UTSA El Animos es Primero (Encouragement is First) 2018 UTSA Today also quotes Mora: “Coming from Mexico going the extra mile for my students—I’ve always been about hard work Having that hard work pay off is an unbelievable feeling Mora’s lengthy exhibition CV includes recent shows at San Antonio’s McNay Art Museum (Glasstire’s Christina Rees wrote about that exhibition here) and the Mexic-Arte in Austin the Smithsonian’s Assistant Registrar in part: “We are excited to add these works to our permanent collection.” For more on Mora and his work, please go here HAA Cultural Events Calendar 2020 — The Smithsonian American Art Museum has acquired five pieces of artwork by printmaking artist and UTSA senior art lecturer Juan de Dios Mora ’09 The linocut prints will be added to the museum’s permanent collection in Washington “The inclusion and acquisition of Juan Mora’s prints in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection is an honor and dream that every artist hopes for It is an irrefutable acknowledgment of the quality and importance of an artist’s work,” said Gregory Elliott chair of the art and art history department at UTSA “This honor also has great importance for our department King de la Wirira (King of the Weed Eater) El Animos es Primero (Encouragement Is First) Montando a la Escoba Voladora (Riding the Flying Broom) Mora is the first artist with UTSA ties to be featured in the SAAM permanent collection His work is frequently inspired by people he’s met throughout his lifetime and the melding of cultures he experienced as an immigrant in adolescence His family moved back and forth between rural Yahualica and urban Aguascalientes several times before immigrating to the United States and settling down in Laredo in 1998 Living in Laredo gave Mora a heavy dose of culture shock racism and stereotypes made life difficult for him and other immigrants in the community Influenced by the playful and political black-and-white illustrations of Mexico’s Taller de Gráfica Popular Mora’s phenomenally detailed prints are often surreal portrayals of the kinds of “typical” Mexican-Americans you’d find in Laredo sentiment and a healthy amount of humor that wavers between satire and whimsy.  depicts a vaquero flying over a barrio on a broom affixed with junky motorcycle parts powered by a double-A battery and an aerosol can His father was a huge inspiration for the piece He fondly remembers when his dad would fix things up with random pieces of wood aluminum and scrapped parts from other objects “That’s something I wanted to put in my artwork as a way to honor my parents and to honor my community We take pride in being resourceful and resilient,” Mora said “Even when you don’t have the right tools or technology you can still be clever and creative.” The same goes for the subject of El Animos es Primero a brilliant paraplegic who finds ingenious uses for common objects.  American and European culture also have a major influence on Mora’s artwork heroic depictions of cowboys and renegades in the U.S and the regal portraits of centuries-past French English and Spanish kings posing with their prized possessions in their luxurious castles and palaces Mora wanted to lend that kind of iconic honor and self-confidence to the Latino people he so deeply appreciated That pride can be found in King de la Wirira a print centered around a majestic yard worker figurine emblazoned with the phrase “A Lo Derecho” (“The Right Way”) whose wild and free subject Mora described as “something out of Mad Max.”  Mora’s artwork has been displayed at several venues throughout Texas including a solo exhibition at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio in 2017 His contributions to a 2018 young Latinx artists showcase at Mexic-Arte in Austin are what initially put him on the radar of E SAAM’s deputy chief director of Latinx art The acquisition process took about a year and a half going the extra mile for my students—I’ve always been about hard work Mora has also remained incredibly humble as he continues to foster a passion for printmaking in his students and find local venues for them to showcase their artwork He doesn’t simply want them to attend class but also engage the community and draw insight from the local culture that’s the approach that gives each one of his outstanding prints such profound meaning.  “The style and subject matter of Juan Mora’s prints speak to a life spent straddling two worlds an experience shared by many of UTSA’s students is part of what makes him such an exceptional artist and teacher enabling him to connect in a deep way with his audience and his students,” said Rhonda Gonzales interim dean of UTSA’s College of Liberal and Fine Arts “It’s a great honor for his work to be acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection as well as elevating the College of 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Menu.page-135222387{--metaColor:#876821;--navColor:#876821}(Designers) Valencia’s under-the-radar but on-the-rise brand (which counts supermodel Karolina Kurkova as a fan) has been consistently turning out several collections a year of tasteful yet playful pieces featuring tropical prints inspired by the natural landscapes of Colombia The swimwear’s lush greens and vibrant oranges are the colors inspired by Valencia’s childhood in the coastal city of Cali Infusing her heritage into the label was crucial to the designer — in fact the brand’s namesake and one of Valencia’s favorite places on earth is a hidden treasure within a nature reserve just a few hours from her childhood home “It’s a virgin beach in the middle of the jungle I’ve been going there since I was little with my parents,” she says Globetrotting while outfitted in her own creations was always a dream of Valencia’s but it took a second-act pivot to get there and spent much of her childhood cutting up fabrics and styling them into new looks and even worked as a model for a few of her teenage years but took a detour when she got married and started a family — and made a career change in the most unlikely direction: a job at a pasta factory working with ravioli and spaghetti,” the designer says laughing as she remembers her life before founding Juan de Dios in 2017 “It was a full change of life: I got married so this is why I didn't do what I was expecting to do in the beginning But Valencia eventually enrolled in a design course that helped set her back on the path she’d envisioned for herself on a mission for what she calls her “soul fulfillment.” She wasn’t 100% certain of which direction she wanted to go in with her clothing but she knew she loved the beach and the ocean — so she decided on swimwear Her dreams started taking a more solid shape as she learned to cut her own patterns and found some early success selling the finished pieces in her local market The beauty of Colombia was all the inspiration Valencia needed to land on an aesthetic for Juan de Dios From weaving elements of the country’s natural environment into her designs to shooting campaigns on the Playa Juan de Dios itself the land has proven to be fertile ground for inspiration “It’s about telling the story of us through prints,” says Valencia of her company’s ethos the exotic fruits — the chontaduro [palm peach] It is a way of communicating our story and taking our culture to the world.” Their recent High Summer ‘22 campaign was a sartorial celebration of the brand’s five-year anniversary, telling the tale of Juan de Dios’s voyage as well as depicting a piece of Colombia’s culture through a sarong “The High Summer campaign was inspired by the San Juan River journey where people go in their canoes and they have their chontaduros,” Valencia says “Our first collection when we launched the brand was the print of chontaduros So this campaign for the five year celebration was all about the journey through the river Running a brand that’s essentially a love letter to Colombia Valencia is passionate about giving back to her country’s fellow residents in whatever way she could That’s why all Juan de Dios pieces are made by local women artisans Her employees are also heads-of-households responsible for supporting their entire families Valencia sees uplifting women in the area as one facet of the brand’s commitment to sustainability, right up there with making environmentally friendly choices, like their use of recycled yarn fabric. Excess material from the clothing is upcycled for use in the brand’s line of home items with plans to grow their market in the U.S and events organized on the west coast to boost visibility They’re also preparing new collections to debut later this year including resort wear in October and a ready-to-wear line slated for December Valencia is already looking ahead at next summer beaming as she mentions the knitwear and crochet she plans on featuring in 2023 While Valencia’s creations are all about paying homage to the rich traditions and landscapes of Colombia her own tastes and desires factors heavily into the design process as well Many of her pieces are born from the need to fill empty holes in her wardrobe “I’m always thinking about what I want to wear, so it completes the line,” Valencia says. “In a kind of way, I’m always designing for me, too. Like, what am I going to wear this summer I always want to be dressed by Juan de Dios.” Valencia describes her as someone who is effortless and craves versatility from her resort and swimwear The ability to add one element to a beachy outfit and shift its vibe completely for a different setting is a major emphasis for the label “We’ve always been a brand you can wear from the beach to the bar it’s part of our main idea since we launched,” Valencia says “Like you can wear your swimsuit to the beach and then just put a sarong and go out to wherever.” The relationship between swimwear and everyday-wear is intriguing to Valencia; she’s recently been playing with blending qualities of the two “It’s a sort of migration, what we are now building,” she says. “We’re growing our resort wear line by bringing in these iconic silhouettes from swim to the resort wear.” As she looks ahead, planning out both the label’s upcoming lines and expansion into new territories, Valencia’s mind is never far from home. She hopes the essence of her native land is felt in every stitch of the clothing Juan de Dios puts out, since in the end, she owes it all to Colombia. “Our country is always inspiring me,” she says. “I’m proud of being capable of starting a new life, and I’m proud of my team — I love them. Everything is possible because of them.” We at TZR only include products that have been independently selected by our editors. We may receive a portion of sales if you purchase a product through a link in this article. Christmas Song Aims to Inspire Peace in the Holy Land Pope’s Message of Hope Launched into Space to Orbit Earth Here is Pope Francis’ Schedule for World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon Marian Apparitions Must Always Point to Jesus By Mary Durran • Catholic News Service • Posted January 13 ramshackle collection of one-story buildings grouped around a tropical garden sits next to a small field where black pigs and hens run free Nothing about this dwelling on the edge of a rural suburb would suggest that its work is on the cutting edge of the battle against HIV in Yucatan the Mexican state that has the highest incidence of new cases among a section of the population The Oasis San Juan de Dios houses 24 orphans all either HIV-positive or somehow affected by HIV or AIDS All are here because they have nowhere else to go; all have endured the constant daily humiliations that accompany the social stigma attached to HIV falsely claiming the land belongs to someone else spreading myths about HIV-infected corpses being burned in the gardens Local restaurants have refused to serve them and children attending the local school have been called profane names is in the top five of the 31 Mexican states and the federal district for incidence of AIDS and HIV “People with AIDS and HIV endure an extra burden of suffering,” said Father Raul Lugo chaplain to the Oasis and a founder of the organization “Because AIDS and HIV are linked with sexuality Because of this double burden of suffering the church has an even greater duty to be present here.” The Oasis de San Juan de Dios was born in the early 1990s when a man living in a guesthouse in Merida became sick with AIDS could no longer work and stopped paying his rent The owners literally threw him out on the pavement in front of the guesthouse A group of Servants of Mary sisters and some Catholic laypeople rented space nearby and started to care for the man The group became aware of more cases and started to rent apartments and houses to take care of the sick “People were dying in inhumane conditions,” said Carlos Mendez Benavides “But the fear and stigma attached to AIDS were very powerful,” he said But as soon as owners knew that there were people with AIDS there they would do everything they could to get them to leave.” From a small group who felt compelled to address the suffering of the first victims of AIDS in this conservative southern state of Mexico in the early 90s the Oasis San Juan de Dios has grown from a work of mercy to a strong movement that has won considerable battles in terms of access to drugs for those with HIV we hesitated between works of mercy to the victims of AIDS and helping patients to die in comfort and dignity advocacy for access to appropriate drugs and education to prevent the spread of HIV,” said Mendez we decided we had to keep all three.” the latter two orientations were unpopular with both the church and the government After a Mass and a march in December 1998 to denounce the “administrative genocide” by which the Yucatan government was allowing people with HIV and AIDS to die without access to antiretroviral therapy the church expelled 18 Franciscan brothers and two priests from the Yucatan; they disobeyed the archbishop’s orders that the march should be turned into a procession in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe the case of Gerardo Chan Chan reinforced the need to continue the work in education to diminish the prejudice and fear surrounding HIV a homosexual Mayan man living in the village of Sitpach When he became sick with diarrhea and fevers in 2001 his father banished him to live in a pigsty in their yard painting a white line that Chan was not allowed to cross He was served food in used yogurt pots and was left naked outside to live like an animal He attempted suicide more than once before he was brought to live in the Oasis community he needed intensive psychiatric help to become a person again things have improved in the Yucatan for people with AIDS HIV-positive people have been allowed to marry and all patients now have access to antiretroviral therapy with a major push having come from the federal government But some aspects of care are still left to individual states the Yucatan health ministry announced it would no longer provide drugs for complications of AIDS Mendez said the North American Free Trade Agreement obliges Yucatan to buy patented drugs rather than cheaper generics and the process is riven with corruption and paybacks for high-placed health ministry officials Yucatan 450 recorded new cases of HIV in 2015 Mendez estimated there are many more unrecorded cases and explained the high incidence in the Yucatan by the prevalence of cultural sexual practices among Mayan men and the lack of a state-sponsored education and prevention campaign There is no sex education in state schools in Yucatan “It’s not enough to hand out condoms,” Mendez said “Young people need to be taught about sexuality and couples also need to be taught about how to prevent HIV and stay healthy.” Another battle that Oasis faces is finding funds to continue its operation “God will help us to find what we need I have always had this faith,” Mendez said CatholicPhilly.com works to strengthen the connections between people families and communities every day by delivering the news people need to know about the Catholic Church you and hundreds of other people become part of our mission to inform form in the Catholic faith and inspire the thousands of readers who visit every month Please join in the church's vital mission of communications by offering a gift in whatever amount that you can ― a single gift of $40 Your gift will strengthen the fabric of our entire Catholic community and sustain CatholicPhilly.com as your trusted news source PREVIOUS: Faithfulness in mercy is God’s way of being USCCB: Statement of USCCB on Vatican’s Document Addressing Pastoral Blessings Pope Francis’ May 2023 Prayer Intention | Watch Video Catholic Charities of Philadelphia Returns to Roots Dan Tarrant Brings God to the World Through Catholic Filmmaking Help keep Catholics around the world educated and informed Already donated? 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Sign up Explore our Food Tours → To call San Miguel de Allende mind-blowingly picturesque is no hyperbole Cobblestone streets and colonial facades enchant and inspire romantic notions from even the greatest cynic Called by some “Mexico’s Disneyland for adults,” it’s a coveted destination for lavish fairytale weddings and romantic getaways and for expats and snowbirds to pass the time under azure skies in its dry The historic center is peppered with fine-dining restaurants hipster pop-ups and cafés with picture-perfect open-air terraces Its weekly farmers’ market rivals those of the “foodiest” towns in the US across from the Church of the Oratory of San Felipe Neri the city buses begin and end their routes to Centro From early morning to late afternoon each day on this bustling corner plaza entrepreneurial commerce is in action in its purest form their wrinkles indicating a great many years They are marchantes – vendors without a permanent market puesto (stall) From bucket and basket they offer fresh produce picked fresh yesterday by the men and children of the family this reveals regional rarities – fruits from a lone tree on an undisclosed route between this village and that which offers all the standard fare: juices and licuados and tortas cozy up on a stool at Mariscos Los Delfines for a shrimp cocktail with saltines Spanning the back section of the market is a wide corridor of fondas a mercado fixture for going on a half century nutritive chicken broth with plenty of vegetables and rice there are more marchantes selling from tables and atop milk crates but here and there among the brightly colored plastic containers are the cooked greens called verdolagas (purslane) or another called quelites (lamb’s quarters) The town’s second indoor market is Mercado San Juan de Dios El Huarache Veloz (“The Speedy Huarache”) is Mexican “fast food” at its best The sandal-sole shaped masa (corn dough) base topped with your choice of guisados like chicken tinga (shredded meat stewed in a spicy sauce champiñones (mushroom) finished with a sprinkling of crumbled cheese exit the main market (by the fondas) and cross the road to the other section of the market even an entire lamb is prepared – seasoned with chilies onions and herbs and folded in a package made of large maguey leaves until it sells out (you’re cutting it close by noon) or just the meat itself in a taco with more cilantro and onions You can even buy portions to go; a quarter kilo goes a long way you should be jumping in a taxi and asking the driver to take you to la Placita where hundreds of vendors set up an open-air market of tarps and tables called Tianguis del Martes This is where locals meet and do their weekly shopping loading map - please wait...Map could not be loaded - please enable Javascript!→ more information HomeResearch in engineering and health: an interdisciplinary challengeResearch in engineering and health: an interdisciplinary challengeMOBIOS Lab brought together researchers from Comillas ICAI the "San Juan de Dios" School of Nursing and Physical Therapy and the Chemical Institute of Sarrià (URL-IQS) at the Engineering and Health Research Meeting (EASE) The speakers were able to visit the MOBIOS Lab facilities MOBIOS Lab hosted the EASE (Engineering and Health Research Meeting), a meeting point for more than 50 researchers from Comillas Pontifical University, both from the School of Engineering (Comillas ICAI) and the "San Juan de Dios" University School of Nursing and Physical Therapy, and the Chemical Institute of Sarriá (IQS) of the Ramón Llull University who presented the most recent projects: in biomechanics of injuries and road safety developed in MOBIOS Lab; in 3D printing and bone regeneration; applications of cold atmospheric plasma in health; and implantable wireless sensorisation for the control of myoelectric orthoses.The second block reviewed the main lines of research at IQS: cellular microbiology and biomaterials; artificial intelligence computational neuroscience and neurobotics; and computational simulation optimisation and validation with additive manufacturing.Finally researchers from the "San Juan de Dios" University School of Nursing and Physical Therapy more focused on impacts and injury prevention presented projects on: biomechanics and sport; digital manufacturing; shock waves and elastography The conference sought to establish an interdisciplinary dialogue between researchers from the three participating centres. The interest in establishing future collaborations that arose spontaneously after the technical communications will be the germ of future projects that, from engineering and health, will come to face the new challenges of our society.Photos of the visit. ICAI9 December 2024Comillas celebrates the Javier Benjumea Awards CeremonyWith this award The National Association of ICAI Engineers recognised excellence and commitment in the field of engineering and innovation Campus3 December 2024David Carnicero awarded at A3E Energy Efficiency and Sustainability AwardsComillas ICAI student recognised for his innovative project on energy restoration and heritage preservation MOBIOS Lab brought together researchers from Comillas ICAI the \\\"San Juan de Dios\\\" School of Nursing and Physical Therapy and the Chemical Institute of Sarrià (URL-IQS) at the Engineering and Health Research Meeting (EASE) MOBIOS Lab hosted the EASE (Engineering and Health Research Meeting), a meeting point for more than 50 researchers from Comillas Pontifical University, both from the School of Engineering (Comillas ICAI) and the \\\"San Juan de Dios\\\" University School of Nursing and Physical Therapy, and the Chemical Institute of Sarriá (IQS) of the Ramón Llull University researchers from the \\\"San Juan de Dios\\\" University School of Nursing and Physical Therapy The conference sought to establish an interdisciplinary dialogue between researchers from the three participating centres. The interest in establishing future collaborations that arose spontaneously after the technical communications will be the germ of future projects that, from engineering and health, will come to face the new challenges of our society.Photos of the visit. Español Português Considering that breast cancer is the first cause of death of Latin American women the Center for the Rehabilitation of Blind Adults (CRAC ratified their commitment for the execution of the "Manos que Salvan Vidas" (Hands that Save Lives) project This project adapts the German organization model to improve the systems for the early detection of this disease which is a serious and increasing public health problem in Colombia.  after the training material and medical protocols have been translated two professionals specialized in teaching people with handicaps selected by the CRAC and the Institute for Blind and Deaf Children will travel to the cities of Duisburg and Berlin to get training in the Discovering Hands methodology the teachers will work jointly with the San Juan de Dios Hospital especially with the "Consultorio Rosa" (Rose Health Center) where blind women will be trained as "tactile examiners" for the early detection of breast cancer they will be able to become multipliers of this knowledge Secretary of Health in Cali and Ana Mercedes Botero this strategic alliance seals a commitment to improve the early detection of breast cancer systems and to create a source of productive employment for women with visual handicaps in Colombia a force that has been traditionally excluded for the labor market.  info@caf.com Tlf. +58 (212) 209-2111 21 Jun, 2020 | 4 comments And it is full of optimism and help to others I present to you the coke of solidarity of Daniel Jordá one of the best bakers in the world who has a huge heart This year he has decided to help the Hospital de San Juan de Dios in Barcelona by donating his recipe in exchange for our donations to support a research project against falling and the Covid of children So I've "bought" it to translate your recipe and make it affordable to all of you In return I only ask you to please if you can leave a donation You can do it by clicking here and you can donate any amount Just select another amount and you can donate whatever you want And now how about we go to be super-coke stuffed with chocolate and red-fruit hazelnuts The day before in the afternoon we prepare the preferment To do this in a bowl combine all the ingredients until a uniform dough is achieved We cover and let rest overnight in the oven off (it should be between 20 and 25 degrees) and it will make our coke taste amazing We can also leave 24 hours in the fridge (this way it will make a slow levado) Whisk with the shovel until all the ingredients are well integrated Stop the blender and let stand for half an hour so that the gluten starts to develop knead with the hook and add the rest of the ingredients except the butter and beat Now we gradually add the butter at room temperature we switch back to the shovel attachment and beat at medium low speed until the dough separates from the walls (about 3 minutes) we covered the bowl (you know that I like to wear a plastic shower cap from those of the hotels I use over and over again in all my masses) and let it rest in the fridge all night Another option is to let it sit outside the refrigerator for about 2-3 hours until you have folded its volume instead of resting it overnight in the fridge To do this we will put the preferment together with all the ingredients except the butter in a bowl Knead until all ingredients are integrated We knead vigorously for a few minutes to help gluten develop and stop again for about 10-15 minutes develops gluten and becomes much more flexible Now we integrate the butter little by little It's going to cost us work because the dough will get too sticky We stopped for another 10-15 minutes and then continue to knead vigorously for about 5 minutes We left in the bowl forming a ball and covered we take the bowl out of the fridge and let it sit for half an hour to temper of these amounts will come out two so we split the dough in two (mine weighed 619 g each) and I gave them different shape One we stretch it with our hands forming a batard (that's what the oval shape is called) We cover it with pistachios and pine nuts and let it rest for half an hour in the oven off and closed With the other we form 11 pieces of about 55 g each We use a detachable ring or mold of 18 cm and we stretch one of the balls and put it in the center of the mold at the bottom We put the rest of the balls around the mold but they'll disappear when the dough rests Above the center we put two tablespoons of hazelnut cream and homemade chocolate and on it we place a baking paper roller that will help the balls not join and keep a hole in the center We let stand for half an hour in the oven off and closed until they double their volume and have risen almost to the edge of the pan Preheat the oven to 170 degrees with heat up and down mix a tablespoon orange juice with 2 tablespoons of sugar we paint with egg and sprinkle with pearl sugar I did it and it was great too so you can do it however you prefer 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If you continue browsing you are giving your consent for the acceptance of the aforementioned cookies and the acceptance of our cookies policyClick the link for more information The Immunology Laboratory of the San Juan de Dios Hospital now has a powerful device capable of detecting metals in the human body The Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS) marks a technological breakthrough in favor of patients It allows identifying elements related to metal intoxication processes in the human body Hospital San Juan de Dios is a leader in the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of Wilson’s disease. This condition is characterized by the presence of a genetic mutation in the organism that produces an accumulation of copper in organs such as the eyes this new equipment makes it possible to determine the amount of copper in the patient’s serum “Our largest target population is patients with Wilson’s disease It will benefit those who currently have the illness and those who do not show it but who are carriers of the mutation It will benefit future generations,” said Varela explains that Wilson’s disease is a hereditary condition that makes it impossible for the body to eliminate copper Copper is used for multiple biological functions and is necessary for life but with this disorder it begins to accumulate mainly in the liver then in the blood and then it passes to the brain “The accumulation of copper begins in the mother’s womb After the person is 6 years old it can begin to show neurological or hepatic manifestations,” mentioned Hevia this new device is able to detect a large number of metals such as copper which costs approximately 160 million colones was obtained through the coordinated work of different hospital services together with the contribution of the Social Protection Board (JPS) and the collaboration of the Pro-Hospital San Juan de Dios Association A restaurant guide to Jalisco's capital city Paola is a cooking writer and avid cook who wrote her very first recipe for a key lime cookie pie at age six She is a proud Pata Salada— that’s Mexican coastal surf speak for a native of Puerto Vallarta Her cooking is a reflection of her coastal roots and is fueled by her background in food anthropology Javier Cabral is the James Beard Award-winning editor-in-chief of L.A TACO and associate producer for Netflix's "Las Crónicas Del Taco." The food writer from the barrios of East Los Angeles has been reporting on Mexican food and culture since 2005 co-authoring "Oaxaca: Home Cooking From the Heart of Mexico" and "Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling." Doctors at San Juan de Dios hospital in San José successfully delivered a pair of twin girls conjoined at the abdomen and thorax According to a news release from the hospital The babies, born to a 26-year-old resident of San José, are the first set of conjoined twins born in Costa Rica since 2009. Conjoined twins are extremely rare, occurring in approximately one out of every 50,000 pregnancies, yet there are currently three other women pregnant with conjoined twins in Costa Rica Multiple births in general have made news this year in Costa Rica. In May, the country experienced a series of multiple births with one woman giving birth to the country’s first set of sextuplets after receiving fertility treatments The high number of risky pregnancies spurred the Costa Rican Doctors and Surgeons Association to create new guidelines for fertility treatments Fertility treatments are just one possible cause for multiple births and do not wholly explain the increase in these types of pregnancies Doctors say the overlap of conjoined twin pregnancies is coincidence confirmed to Costa Rican television network Teletica that doctors were looking into possible explanations for the increases in these types of pregnancies He was born in the Dominican Republic and spent most of his life in St stepfather and a host of other relatives and friends too numerous to mention Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the visitation Sunday at the Celestial Chapel of Hurley Funeral Home from 5 to 7 p.m For directions and online condolences, please visit hurleydavisfuneralhome.com Arrangements are under the care of Hurley Funeral Home and Cremation Center of St Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Would you like to receive our daily news? Signup today Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page During a visit to my hometown of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, this past September, I made time to meet up with a few homies and photograph their cars. I was in town to attend a tattoo convention at which I, the Editor of Lowrider Arte Magazine, had been asked to be a special guest judge. The cruise day began when I was picked up at the hotel by Tony, the owner of a smooth '58 Chevy Bel Air. It was decided to drive me around town so that I could shoot his car in a few well-known locations in Guadalajara. To my surprise, Tony had rounded up a few extra lowrider fans who were down to take the day off and cruise around town for a few hours. We cruised for a little bit through the back streets of San Juan De Dios market as we headed into a plaza behind the main church in downtown Guadalajara. We set up shop in front of the Palacio Dejollado, where we were given permission to park while I snapped a few shots. But as the cars lay there in front of the building, we were asked to move by the local authorities after just a few minutes since we were stopping traffic and causing a lot of commotion. So we headed to the next stop in front of the Presidential building. As we reached the location, I was talking to "Snoopy" (for some reason, nobody knows his real name) about his lime green '63 Chevy Impala. He told me that he wanted to do a theme with the car so he decided to go with one of his favorite movies, The Mask with Jim Carrey. It was time to head back to the hotel, but I soon found that the cruise day wasn't over yet. I was picked up by my homies Mark and Javier in a custom Chevy trokita. I asked where we were going to this late and found that we were heading down to El Zapo (short for Zapotlanejo), a one-hour drive south of Guadalajara. Well, I hope that you enjoy this pictorial of my experiences in Guadalajara. And if you ever head south the border, try to team up with the car clubs down there and remember that we have lowrider family members all over the world. I want to thank the guys in South Siders Car Club de Guadalajara for making me feel like family, and a special thanks to Mark and Javier for not letting me get arrested in Mexico. Subscribe to our newsletters to get the latest in car news and have editor curated stories sent directly to your inbox Costa Rica on Saturday received a field hospital loaned by Panama to help improve the nation’s Covid-19 treatment capacity The unit will be installed in the northern parking lot at the San Vicente de Paúl Hospital in Heredia Seventy-six patients with Covid-19 were hospitalized there as of Friday The Mobile Medical Unit will add 40 beds to the Heredia Hospital’s capacity “They are highly versatile mobile hospitals and their design allows them to be used as a single unit or by separate segments which has given us the possibility of maintaining active deployments in eight different points of the country,” the Costa Rican Social Security System says The CCSS has installed similar Mobile Medical Units at the following hospitals: San Juan de Dios Hospital the Mobile Medical Unit will be used for pediatric non-Covid emergency care and Covid-19 vaccinations That will allow more beds to be reserved for Covid-19 patients within the fixed hospital buildings there were 1,417 people hospitalized with Covid-19 in Costa Rica The grenade misses its target: Marlon Ochoa the imprisoned brother of the founder of Guatemala’s ‘Calle 18’ gang At least one woman was killed and 22 people were injured Tuesday after a drive-by grenade attack outside Guatemala’s second-largest hospital aimed at a jailed gang leader who was having a checkup the brother of the founder of Guatemala’s “Calle 18” gang had been taken from prison for a checkup at the San Juan de Dios hospital in Guatemala City when the morning attack took place Ochoa was already inside the building and was unscathed A grenade was lobbed at the prison services vehicle he had travelled in and assailants on a motorbike and in a car opened fire The car was later found abandoned with guns in it “This may be an attack by the Mara Salvatrucha there would have been a shootout with the guards,” López said Gangs have long run riot through much of Central America First formed in the 1980s in the US by Central American immigrants the “Calle 18” and “Mara Salvatrucha” gangs later blossomed into international franchises as members were deported back to their home countries A Church-run orphanage and hospice in Manila appealed for donations to stay afloat after Covid-19 infected several of its residents and personnel The Hospicio de San Jose is asking for financial and food aid after Covid-19 cases in the facility rose to 81 The country’s first foster care institution said at least two of its residents have severe cases and were admitted to a hospital said the institution particularly needs financial aid to pay for the medicines and other medical expenses by those who contracted the virus Also needed are food such as rice and vegetables as the institution feeds at least 450 people including abandoned children and elderly “We were in lockdown last April but we were able to recover from the Covid-19 there have been Covid-19 positive cases again,” Baño said One of them is confined at the San Juan de Dios Hospital,” she said the historic facility is run by the Daughters of Charity of St Del Pilar branch account number 8103-0986-62 or Metrobank UN Avenue branch account number 175-3-17550678-1 over 200 holiday-attired guests gathered at the private home "La Cupula" in Centro Merida for a gala holiday champagne dinner - The Red Ribbon Ball - to raise money for "Oasis San Juan de Dios," an HIV/AIDS shelter for people without homes (Photo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20131219/PH35805-a) (Photo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20131219/PH35805-b) All of the proceeds from the event went to the shelter along with his colleagues Jose Martin Cauich and Ypke van de Haring were guests at the ball and expressed their gratitude to the Merida community for their extraordinary generosity The organizing sponsors were euphoric with the outcome of the event which hauled in way more money than expected largely due to the over-the-top success of the auction The light rain couldn't dampen nor restrain the overflowing enthusiasm of the crowd The sold-out event was organized and sponsored by Hennessy's Irish Pub Mexico International Real Estate and Yucatan Today in cooperation with the generosity of "Fondo de Arte Contemporaneo La Cupula," "Hacienda Petac" and 32 additional contributing sponsors.  A tangy-rich Shrimp Salad appetizer made way for the delicious main course of Chicken Korma with basmati rice or Pork Belly w/potato puree prepared by Sean Hennessy and Rodrigo Gomez of Hennessy's Irish Pub The festive cupcake desserts prepared by Militza Postres were festooned with a red AIDS ribbon frosting CopyPaste and classical pianist Jonathon Hartzler provided music Oasis was founded in 1993 in the absence of public health policy education or legislation to protect the victims of AIDS/HIV The services provided by the shelter include medical care For more information about the event and the Organizing Sponsors http://www.yucatantoday.com/en/topics/oasis-red-ribbon-ball http://www.hennessysirishpub.com/index.shtml http://mexintl.com   Contact: Mitchell Jay Keenan, CRS – Broker/Director of Mexico International Real Estate  USA Toll Free: 866 888 3025  Mexico: +52 999 920 6856 Email   Website: www.mexintl.com Read more news from Merida Real Estate Do not sell or share my personal information: Taiwan also donates antibiotics to Guatemala hospitals Guatemala President Bernardo Arevalo (first right) visits a new Taiwan-funded children's hospital 2886TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – President Bernardo Arevalo of Guatemala on Friday (April 12) attended the opening of a Taiwan-funded children’s hospital center The new building at the Hospital San Juan de Dios in Guatemala City is meeting the demand for specialized post-natal and child care in Taiwan’s Central American ally, per CNA Ambassador Miguel Tsao (曹立傑) accompanied the president and the health and transportation ministers on a tour of the new building Arevalo mentioned Taiwan’s support in his opening speech He also said the hospital could help mitigate the impact of poor nutrition on local mothers Tsao emphasized the 90 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries During the presidential election campaign last year Arevalo at one time questioned the need to maintain ties with Taiwan but he later said that seeking trade with China would not imperil the existing relationship The six-story hospital building took 14 months to complete and was designed to withstand strong earthquakes The center gave enough beds and medical equipment to house 90 newborns while it also included an independent power supply system and a specialized surgery center Taiwan donated antibiotics and grape sugar since several public hospitals in Guatemala had used up their annual budget for drugs by the end of February Taiwan Youth Ambassadors perform for president of Guatemala Guatemala vice foreign minister arrives in Taiwan 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Four inmates and two guards of the San Sebastian prison in southern San José had to be rushed to San Juan de Dios Hospital with various injuries caused by a fire started inside a cell More than 150 prisoners and workers had to be evacuated as a result of the incident Three of the prisoners had burns on various parts of their bodies. The other injured parties had suffered respiratory problems caused by smoke, the Justice Ministry reported in a news release Prison Police Director Pablo Bertozzi said the fire started at around 2 p.m. apparently after prison officers informed an inmate by the last names of Lindell Brautigan that due to his bad behavior a bigger prison in the province of Alajuela Motín inició por un privado de libertad molesto por una medida disciplinaria que le aplicaron de trasladarlo al CAI La Reforma — Ministerio de Justicia y Paz (@justiciaypazcr) March 30, 2017 Lindell was not in the cell at the time of the fire The fire quickly spread to the other beds and desotroyed all the inmates’ belongings inside the small space Guards evacuated a total of 127 inmates to the prison yard The fire required a massive emergency operation including members of the National Police The firefighters extinguished the fire at around 3 p.m. Justice Minister Cecilia Sánchez and Vice Minister Marco Feoli arrived in the prison shortly thereafter and talked to some of the prisoners about the reasons behind the mutiny Minister Sánchez told prisoners that officials are open to dialogue but stressed that they will not hold any negotiations if inmates put the lives of the other prisoners or prison officials at risk The San Sebastián prison has been in the public eye because of its ongoing problems with overcrowding and poor infrastructure more than double its actual capacity of 664 Several protests and legal claims prompted a San José judge in July of that year to order it shut down the Justice Ministry started releasing prisoners convicted of low-level crimes The Prison System also relocated some inmates to other prisons and managed to reduce the number of inmates to the current total Former President Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez (1982–1986) died Tuesday night He suffered cardiac arrest at San Juan de Dios Hospital in downtown San José a national legislator and former secretary general of Monge’s National Liberation Party (PLN) announced the president’s death on his Facebook profile The party then sent a news release confirming that Monge has passed away https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1225253434231989 experienced respiratory problems at his home in Santa Ana and received first aid from Red Cross staff during his trip to the hospital Monge spent almost a week at San Juan de Dios Hospital after suffering respiratory problems said on Wednesday through his social media profiles that Costa Rica is in mourning “His bright example as a statesman and as a citizen of great civic qualities constitute the greatest legacy that former President Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez left to his homeland,” Solís said https://www.facebook.com/luisguillermosolisr/posts/1483125221716992:0 Monge was one of the founding members of the National Liberation Party He was a farmer and a survivor of the 1948 revolution that overthrew then-President Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia Monge was the youngest representative to the National Assembly that drafted and approved Costa Rica’s current constitution Monge also served as a lawmaker in the Legislative Assembly for two separate periods Monge grappled with a serious economic crisis and mounting foreign debt He also faced a convulsive economic and political situation in Central America prompted by the Sandinista-Contra crisis in Nicaragua and civil wars in El Salvador and Guatemala The former president is the uncle of San José Mayor Johnny Araya Monge whom he supported during Araya’s unsuccessful presidential bid in 2014 Co-Lab Camagüey develops an application for the San Juan de Dios museum Jul 15.- The co-Lab Project in Camagüey is carrying out several sessions of a citizen laboratory this month aimed at prototyping with a high degree of maturity a new mobile application that seeks to energize the discourse at the San Juan de Dios Museum in this city through the adoption of information and communication technologies it is sought that the contents are interactive and attractive to the visitor developed in coordination with the Heritage Department an important actor in the co-Lab ecosystem carries out the practices with an inclusive nature it experiments with how to ensure that deaf and blind people can somehow access the proposals from the museum specialists from institutions of the Heritage Department students from the Álvaro Morell pre-university school members of the branches in Camagüey of the National Association of the Blind and the National Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing have participated in the co-creation experience headed by young people from the Computer Resources group of the University of Camagüey (UC) Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz the use of emerging augmented reality technology and will allow the interpretation of Cuban sign language president of the Union of Informaticians of Cuba (UIC) told the Cuban News Agency ) in the territory of Camagüey Prototypes of digital solutions are developed for other museum spaces within the framework of the Intelligent Heritage City challenge which has its first expression in turning the Thematic Cinema Walk into an intelligent street that articulates all the actors in that artery and the spaces of the cultural and creative industries As part of the activities of the co-Lab Project in Camagüey to strengthen governance a cooperation agreement was recently signed between the UNESCO Chair in Local Development Management belonging to the University of Camagüey The objectives of the agreement include strengthening the capacities of the signatories of the agreement and articulating each other to promote digital transformation with a focus on local development and citizens who want to contribute innovative ideas to the challenges of the co-Lab project can come and present them at the UIC headquarters between República and López Recio led by the UIC and co-financed by the European Union articulates the actors of the innovation ecosystem and has promoted other prototype solutions for the Railway Museum the Provincial Museum and the Ignacio Agramonte Birthplace Museum (Text: ACN)(Photo: Union of Informaticians of Cuba/Camagüey)