Blanca Alicia Sánchez Olvera

Blanca Alicia Sánchez Olvera is a sister of the Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity in Mexico City. She received early formation and education in Guadalajara, Mexico, a licentiate in Rome, and other courses in the Philippines, Portugal, Mexico and London. A teacher of dogmatic theology and a spiritual director, she has worked in vocations, retreats and novitiate formation. She was a formator in the International Centre of Missionary formation in Spain and in novitiates in the Isle of Wight (the United Kingdom) and Cebu (the Philippines). 

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Durante una visita misionera al pueblo de Santa Namaya, en el estado mexicano de Michoacán, un grupo de jóvenes se reúne para recibir formación de integración de sentimientos por parte de un grupo de voluntarios.

Young people, don't give up

Young people should not give up. Blanca Alicia Sánchez Olvera, sister of the Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity in Mexico City, explains why in her column for GSR. She leads a support network for young people that includes religious and laypeople.

A group of young adults and members of the Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity on a pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Morelia, Mexico (Courtesy of Asaid Castro)

We are all pilgrims. What footprints do you want to leave?

Deep down, we are all pilgrims; we are all on a journey searching for a goal, a dream or an ideal. As human beings, we are born with the capacity for exodus, for going out of ourselves to love, help, welcome and receive.