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About us?
Our history
The Church in Latin America began considering the Amazonian region a territory with its own characteristics and features in the Aparecida Document (2007), and because of this proposed “to establish, between the local churches in each South America country which makes up the Amazonian region, a pastoral group that prioritizes the poor and works to serve the common good.
This joint pastoral ministry in the Amazon region began to take shape more effectively with the creation of the Pan-Amazonian Network, REPAM (2014). REPAM took on the role of coordinating the Church’s pastoral work in the Amazon and played a significant role in convening, accompanying, and organizing the Pan-Amazon Synod (October 2019)
REIBA is an educational network of the Catholic Church for the Amazon region and draws inspiration from the Pan-Amazon Synod and the pastoral exhortation Querida Amazonia (February 2020) by Pope Francis. REIBA was created on July 9, 2020, from the Intercultural Education Core of REPAM (Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network) and is currently associated with the Amazon Ecclesial Conference (CEAMA). REIBA's main allies include CEAMA, REPAM, CLAR (Latin American and Caribbean Conference of Religious), and CRB (Conference of Religious of Brazil).
Currently REIBA is present in one or more vicariates or dioceses in 7 (out of 9) countries that make up the Amazon region: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. REIBA works alongside bishops, parish priests, religious congregations, and volunteers who want to serve in education, accompanying the indigenous peoples of the Amazon.
Our history
The Church in Latin America began considering the Amazonian region a territory with its own characteristics and features in the Aparecida Document (2007), and because of this proposed “to establish, between the local churches in each South America country which makes up the Amazonian region, a pastoral group that prioritizes the poor and works to serve the common good.
This joint pastoral ministry in the Amazon region began to take shape more effectively with the creation of the Pan-Amazonian Network, REPAM (2014). REPAM took on the role of coordinating the Church’s pastoral work in the Amazon and played a significant role in convening, accompanying, and organizing the Pan-Amazon Synod (October 2019)
REIBA is an educational network of the Catholic Church for the Amazon region and draws inspiration from the Pan-Amazon Synod and the pastoral exhortation Querida Amazonia (February 2020) by Pope Francis. REIBA was created on July 9, 2020, from the Intercultural Education Core of REPAM (Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network) and is currently associated with the Amazon Ecclesial Conference (CEAMA). REIBA's main allies include CEAMA, REPAM, CLAR (Latin American and Caribbean Conference of Religious), and CRB (Conference of Religious of Brazil).
Currently REIBA is present in one or more vicariates or dioceses in 7 (out of 9) countries that make up the Amazon region: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. REIBA works alongside bishops, parish priests, religious congregations, and volunteers who want to serve in education, accompanying the indigenous peoples of the Amazon.
MISSION
To develop a network of intercultural and bilingual indigenous education at various levels of regular basic education (early childhood, primary, and secondary) in educational centers in the Amazon region, this network, closely linked with community education, promotes the integral development of children and adolescents, strengthening their critical and reflective capacity to seek and promote transformations, while contributing to building a Church with an Amazonian identity.
OBJECTIVES
To weave a comprehensive network of bilingual intercultural indigenous education with educational centers in the Amazon region (dioceses, apostolic vicariates, and prelatures) strengthened by community-based education grounded in ancestral knowledge and focused on the pursuit of the good life, this will promote dialogue between knowledge in school education and demand that the countries comprising the Pan-Amazon region provide relevant education with identity.
MISSION
To develop a network of intercultural and bilingual indigenous education at various levels of regular basic education (early childhood, primary, and secondary) in educational centers in the Amazon region, this network, closely linked with community education, promotes the integral development of children and adolescents, strengthening their critical and reflective capacity to seek and promote transformations, while contributing to building a Church with an Amazonian identity.
OBJECTIVES
To weave a comprehensive network of bilingual intercultural indigenous education with educational centers in the Amazon region (dioceses, apostolic vicariates, and prelatures) strengthened by community-based education grounded in ancestral knowledge and focused on the pursuit of the good life, this will promote dialogue between knowledge in school education and demand that the countries comprising the Pan-Amazon region provide relevant education with identity.
“We must break the historical paradigm that considers the Amazon as an inexhaustible storehouse for the States, without taking into account its inhabitants.” - Pope Francisco
“We must break the historical paradigm that considers the Amazon as an inexhaustible storehouse for the States, without taking into account its inhabitants.” - Pope Francisco
ALIADOS:
La Conferencia
Eclesial Amazónica
Pan-amazonian Ecclesiastic Network
Conference of Religious of Latin America and the Caribbean
Conference of Religious of Brazil
Caritas: Latin America and the Caribbean
ALIADOS:
La Conferencia
Eclesial Amazónica
Pan-amazonian Ecclesiastic Network
Conference of Religious of Latin America and the Caribbean
Conference of Religious of Brazil
Caritas: Latin America and the Caribbean
“The Amazon is an interconnected, multi-national whole, a vast biome shared by nine countries: Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, and French Guiana. However, I address this Exhortation to the entire world. On one hand, I do so to help awaken affection and concern for this land that is also ‘ours’ and invite everyone to admire and recognize it as a sacred mystery; on the other hand, because the Church’s attention to the issues of this place requires us to briefly revisit certain matters that we should not forget, and which could inspire other regions of the world facing their own challenges.” – Pope Francisco
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to help
Puedes escribirnos por medio de este formulario al email reibaoficial@gmail.com, estaremos gustosos de atenderte.