{"id":66264,"date":"2025-08-29T17:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T20:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hospitalarias.org\/testimonies-of-mercy-puntiti-therapeutic-community\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T17:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T20:00:32","slug":"testimonies-of-mercy-puntiti-therapeutic-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hospitalarias.org\/en\/testimonies-of-mercy-puntiti-therapeutic-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Testimonies of Mercy: Puntiti Therapeutic Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 1996, the Puntiti Therapeutic Community has opened its arms to welcome children, adolescents, and young people with profound disabilities\u2014many of them orphans or abandoned. Here, hospitality and charity are not just values; they are a way of life. Every smile, every word, every gesture of affection reflects the commitment of those who work in the center and the strength of the charism of the Sisters Hospitallers.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aunque el camino no siempre es f\u00e1cil, los recursos son limitados y las necesidades son inmensas, la fuerza de este hogar est\u00e1 en el amor incondicional, en la entrega de cada hermana y colaborador, en la solidaridad de voluntarios y donantes que comparten su tiempo, talento y generosidad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Meet the testimonies of those who, day by day, work at Puntiti, sharing their experience of hospitality, affection, and service toward the children.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Elba Marca, a collaborator for eight years, shares that her work is guided by hospitality:<br \/>\u201cFirst and foremost, with hospitality toward the children\u2014with care, affection, and love\u2026 because the children here need a lot of love. We are like their mothers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mar\u00eda Sol\u00eds, a nursing assistant with 23 years of experience, sees her work as an act of love and self-giving:<br \/>\u201cMy experience working in the center has been very good. I\u2019ve learned many things\u2014how to value life more, to be a better person, to give a little more of myself every day to the children. More than charity, my work is an act of love, of dedication\u2014with patience, willingness, and gratitude for everything I\u2019ve learned here from the children, the staff, and the Sisters. They have taught me values: respect for life, patience, hospitality, charity, and warmth in our work and service with the children.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Patricia Vargas, administrative collaborator and head of health pastoral, highlights the value of the time spent with the children: \u201cFor me, my work is a service of vocation, a service of commitment because of the love I have for the children.<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What makes this community different is the time we dedicate to our children through various activities\u2014outings, social integration\u2026 That\u2019s why we are Hospitallers. The most rewarding thing is receiving each day the smiles and affection the children give us despite their limitations. That has no price.\u201d  <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sr. Luzzia Da Silva, a Hospitaller Sister present in Puntiti for three years, recalls the depth of this mission: \u201cI\u2019ve been in the congregation since 1987, always serving people with mental illness.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is a school to learn to care for life, to protect it, and to defend the cause of the children\u2014many of whom cannot even know their own names, nor speak, nor walk. Here we live out the charity and hospitality taught by Saint Benedict Menni, who was a witness to God\u2019s mercy among those in need. In Puntiti, we are part of the children\u2019s family\u2014caring for them, helping them in everything, being their hands, feet, eyes, and voice\u2014always in the service of God.\u201d  <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Puntiti, every act of love transforms lives and reaffirms that charity is not just assistance\u2014it is healing, dignifying, and restoring hope to those who need it most.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 1996, the Puntiti Therapeutic Community has been a home of mercy and hope. 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