{"id":34171,"date":"2019-06-25T11:14:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T11:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=34171"},"modified":"2019-06-25T11:14:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T11:14:32","slug":"living-the-gospel-amid-flying-bullets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2019\/06\/25\/living-the-gospel-amid-flying-bullets\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVING THE GOSPEL AMID FLYING BULLETS"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-34172\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACN-20160322-38481-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACN-20160322-38481-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACN-20160322-38481-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACN-20160322-38481-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACN-20160322-38481-580x387.jpg 580w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACN-20160322-38481-860x573.jpg 860w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACN-20160322-38481-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACN-20160322-38481-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In the midst of war the Poor Clares Sisters stayed together with their people.<\/p>\n<p>The Angolan War of Inde\u00adpendence (1961\u201374) freed the country from its co\u00adlonial Portuguese rulers but immediately plunged it into a 27 year long civil war (1975-2002). The civil war spawned a disas\u00adtrous humanitarian crisis, internally displacing one-third of Angola\u2019s total population and seeking to eliminate the Church from the public sphere and from society.<\/p>\n<p>ACN has worked to help the church in Angola rebuild, serve and accompany the country\u2019s Catholics. At the heart of this reality, the contemplative Poor Clare Sisters of \u201cNossa Senhora dos Anjos\u201d have a particularly important role to play as they pray for peace and healing and the revival of faith in a coun\u00adtry where so many people, families, communities are still scarred by war.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the spiritual du\u00adties of the contemplative life, the Sisters make baby clothes and religious items for sale in order to bring in a little addi\u00adtional income for the convent, otherwise they live from alms and our support. The monas\u00adtery has a long story with ACN.<\/p>\n<p>The Poor Clare Sisters in Malanje, have lived through a number of battles during the civil war that destroyed so much in Angola. Mother Maria del Carmen Reinoso has shared heroic stories with us.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-34173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img19-300x282.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img19-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img19.jpg 515w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cIt\u2019s a miracle that we\u2019re still alive, but we weren\u2019t hit by a single bullet.\u201d Angola\u2019s civil war was one of the longest and bloodiest on the continent, and the early \u201890s was the most violent period of all. During one of the phases during which the convent was attacked, Mother Maria tells us how the Sisters had to hide in their bread oven in order to take shelter from the terrible hail of bullets that were being fired. The walls were rid\u00addled but the Sisters saved!<\/p>\n<p>Their convent chapel is today one of the places where the faithful could gather during last year\u2019s Jubilee Year of Mercy as there was one Door of Mercy, something which brought great joy to many.<\/p>\n<p>The Poor Clares in Angola are a living example of merciful and heroic love and their mission and charism are so essential in a country which only just has started to heal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In the midst of war the Poor Clares Sisters stayed together with their people. The Angolan War of Inde\u00adpendence (1961\u201374) freed the country from its co\u00adlonial Portuguese rulers but immediately plunged it into a 27 year long civil war (1975-2002). 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