Universal Voices/Voces Universales Alissa Molina

Universal Voices is back with an all new A Heart For mini-series. In this episode, Alissa welcomes Cecilia Flores to share about her heart for building relationships. This episode is packed with gems as Cecilia shares her wisdom around what it is to enter into relationship with others. This episode is not only full of invitation and care, it is also full of nuggets to take to reflection and prayer. Listen in as Cecilia and Alissa dive into:
Showing up as our authentic selves.Being received as gift and accepting others as gift.Embracing the unique gifts we each bring to the Church and the World.Showing up to spaces in humility, without agenda.Cecilia's work with the USCCB.The stability of the Catholic Church.Being a welcoming place for messiness and questions.Staying close to what is around us, with the people who are around us.Spending time really getting to know others.Jesus as a model of how to build relationship.Relationship as a vessel of Redemption. Cecilia Flores is the daughter of Filipino immigrants who grew up in the San Francisco Bay area. She has spent over 15 years working with communities of faith to address poverty and injustice in the US and in Central America through the formation and development of youth, young adults, and women. She holds an MA in Global Development & Social Justice from St. John’s University, while grounding herself in the cultural traditions and wisdom received from her elders and ancestors. She is passionate about the power of storytelling, building relationships, community organizing, facilitating opportunities for encounter, and helping others discover and develop their gifts to change the world. She currently works as the Executive Director of the Catholic Volunteer Network and is also a Consultant to the USCCB’s Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church. She is based in Sacramento, CA and is the proud mother of two children. 

Voces Universales es parte de la serie de pódcasts Universal Voices  de From Here Media. El presentador de los pódcast en español es Juan Carlos Hernández. ¡Bienvenidos! 
En este pódcast hablamos con Bernardo Ramonfaur sobre su vida y como lo condujo a la fe y el arte. Bernardo comparte como fue descubriendo su razón de ser por los caminos del estudio, el arte y la libertad. Nacido en Monterrey Nuevo León México, Bernardo cursa estudios de artes visuales en la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León y posteriormente estudios de diseño en el Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. Durante sus estudios de arte comienza a interesarse por el arte sacro y religioso, de manera que comienza a realizar algunos trabajos en su comunidad parroquial. Es hasta el 2012 que surge la iniciativa de Iknu, que toma de la palabra ikniutsin (que significa compañero en la lengua náhuatl) que ofrece servicios de arte y diseño sacro para colaborar con la misión de la Iglesia.
Él comparte sobre: 
Su vida de joven y su conversión.Como comenzó el  camino de artista profesional.Por qué integra elementos mexicanos, latinos e idígenas en su arte. Su trabajo con niños. Para más información sobre el trabajo de Bernardo, visita: https://www.iknu.mx/en
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Universal Voices is part of From Here Media's Universal Voices podcast series. The host of the podcasts in Spanish is Juan Carlos Hernández. Welcome!

In this podcast we talk with Bernardo Ramonfaur about his life and how it led him to faith and art. Bernardo shares how he discovered his reason for being through the paths of study, art and freedom. Born in Monterrey Nuevo León Mexico, Bernardo studied visual arts at the Autonomous University of Nuevo León and later studied design at the Technological Institute of Higher Studies of Monterrey. During his art studies, he began to become interested in sacred and religious art and began to do some work in his parish community. It was not until 2012 that the Iknu initiative emerged, Iknu--which takes from the word ikniutsin (which means companion in the Nahuatl language)--offers sacred art and design services to collaborate with the mission of the Church.

He shares about:
His life as a young man and his conversion.How he began his path as a professional artist.Why he integrates Mexican, Latin and indigenous elements in his art.His work with children.For more information about Bernardo's work, visit: https://www.iknu.mx/en

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Universal Voices is back with an all new A Heart For mini-series. In this episode, Alissa welcomes Chenele Shaw to share about her heart for The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. This episode is packed with goodness as the two chat about the extraordinary opportunity to walk with Jesus all over the United States as part of the larger Eucharistic Revival. The pilgrimage which begins at four different pilgrimage routes across the country on Pentecost Sunday (May 19th) will conclude just before the National Eucharistic Congress in July. This episode is not only full of excellent information, it is also jam packed with hope! Listen in as Chenele and Alissa dive into:
The incredible people of the Universal Church.What the Eucharistic Pilgrimage is.Chenele's role in helping the pilgrimage come to life.Walking and Praying.How this pilgrimage can help reflect the universality of the Church in the United States.A little bit of what you can expect on the pilgrimage.The intentionality behind all the stops on the pilgrimage.Encouragement to be a part of this incredible journey!Find more information and register for the pilgrimage here.
Chenele Shaw grew up in Central Florida surrounded by a wonderful Caribbean American family. She now lives in Florida and is planning two routes of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage that will precede the National Eucharistic Congress this summer. Chenele is currently the Co-Director of The Before Gethsemane Initiative and host of the Ave Spotlight, a podcast for Ave Maria Press as well as Anti-Depressing where she shares about mental health and pop culture. She is also a contributing writer for Our Sunday Visitor, The Grotto Network, and others.
Chenele received a bachelor’s degree in theology from Ave Maria University in 2015. She has experience in youth ministry at the school, parish and diocesan level as well as her time as a high school theology teacher. You can usually find her vintage shopping, talking to her therapist or finding the newest local ice cream shop. 
Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Universal Voices. We are so glad you are here! An extra shout-out to  our amazing supporters who helped to make this episode possible! To learn more about From Here's mission and vision or for more information on how to join our growing group of financial backers, please visit fromheremedia.org. 

Teresa Rojo Tsosie is a Dine woman living in Navajo Nation in Tuba City, Arizona. She is the director of religious education at St. Jude Parish, and one of the lead organizers in the creation of Wholemakers: A Journey in Ecological Conversion for Young Adults, by Young Adults, a curriculum being used in Catholics parishes, schools, and communities across the United States to help root Catholic youth in the ecological underpinnings of the Catholic faith. She serves on various committees and boards for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, is a national leader on Catholic-indigenous exploration of our call to care for our common home, and is also a new mom.

In this episode of Universal Voices newest A Heart For mini-series, Alissa welcomes Teresa Rojo Tsosie. This episode is packed with honesty as Teresa shares her wisdom and experience around being a Native Catholic. The two barely scratch the surface of the vast and wide knowledge Teresa holds and Alissa can't wait to invite her back. Listen in as the two discuss:
Holding the complexity of the fullness of yourself.Persevering so that future generations may inherit the faith.The power of Teresa's advocacy and voice.The love, comfort and home Teresa finds in the Church.What the Pope's formal apology and visit to Canada meant to Teresa.The need to recognize, apologize and atone for our wrongs as a Church.The amazing witness of marginalized peoples still abiding in the Church. Teresa's work with the USCCB.Journeying Together.The Doctrine of Discovery.Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Universal Voices. We are so glad you are here! An extra shout-out to  our amazing supporters who helped to make this episode possible! To learn more about From Here's mission and vision or for more information on how to join our growing group of financial backers, please visit fromheremedia.org. 

Voces Universales es parte de la serie de pódcasts Universal Voices que inició Alissa Molina en el año 2020. El presentador de los pódcasts en español es Juan Carlos Hernández. ¡Bienvenidos! 
En este pódcast continuamos las conversaciones sobre, Un Corazón Para las Orillas, o hacia que se inclina el corazón del invitado. Juan Carlos habla con Karina Breceda sobre su servicio a madres en la frontera El Paso/Ciudad Juárez y lo que significa para ella tener un corazón que vive dentro y más allá de las fronteras.  Karina también comparte sobre: 
Su trabajo en albergues para migrantes de ambos lados de la frontera México/Estados Unidos.El servicio como ministerio de su familia.La apertura a diferentes expresiones de la fe católica.El arte y cómo la fe está moldeando su visión del proceso creativo.Para más información sobre el trabajo de Karina o para donar a los refugios, visita: newwavefeminists.org/stellarshelter.
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Voces Universales is part of this Universal Voices podcast series started by Alissa Molina in 2020. The Spanish-language podcast host is Juan Carlos Hernandez.  Welcome! 
In this Universal Voices podcast we continue the conversations about, A Heart for the Edges. Juan Carlos talks with Karina Breceda about her service to mothers on the El Paso/Ciudad Juárez border and what it means to her to have a heart that lives within and beyond borders. 
Karina also shares about: 
Her work at migrant shelters on both sides of the U.S./Mexico border.Service as a ministry to her family.Openness to different expressions of the Catholic faith.Art and how faith is shaping her view of the creative process.For more information on the Stellar Shelter or to donate please visit: newwavefeminists.org/stellarshelter.
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Universal Voices is back with an all new A Heart For mini-series. In this episode, Alissa welcomes Allison Sullivan. This episode is packed with goodness as Alissa and Allison enter into conversation around the Truth that every single person reflects the image of God. The two focus on going "to the base of the mountain" to see that the failure to honor the Imago Dei in all people is at the root of all that ails us, They talk of ways to begin to step with humility and courage to see and treat people as the image bearers they are.  The two also talk of:
Being the kind of friend that rips off roofs.How Jesus did not skip suffering and how that comforts us in our own.The need and necessity of asking questions and the goodness of doubt.Never arriving, but continually being called into the deep.Thomas' deepest doubts leading to the the truest faith.Going to the base of the mountain to find why people are drowning.Showing up late to someone else's story.Tenderness with ourselves and with others.Trusting our brothers and sisters in faith.Embracing that every image bearer reflects some aspect of God out into the world.Find Allison's podcast Sinner, Saint, Sister here, her Substack Pure Speculation here, and her family's fun TikTok account here. You can also find her on Instagram.

Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Universal Voices. We are so glad you are here! An extra shout-out to  our amazing supporters who helped to make this episode possible! To learn more about From Here's mission and vision or for more information on how to join our growing group of financial backers, please visit fromheremedia.org.