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I’m proud to have my piece, “The Future of Panabaj” in the Without Borders art exhibition. Closing reception is 1-5pm on Saturday, September 22. #familiesbelongtogether #familiasunidas #stopseparatingfamilies #endchilddetention #reuinitefamilies @borderangelsofficial @borderxbrewing #taylorpaintings #guatamala #lagoatitlan #panabaj #hospitalitoatitlan #oilpainting #artwithoutborders https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnor5gGHXb8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1byhafv3lstpl

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Today, 28 July 2018 , is the First Feast Day of Blessed Stanley Francis Rother (1935-1981) Martyr, Priest, Missionary.   Blessed Stanley was born on 27 March 1935 in Okarche, Oklahoma.   He was martyred by gunshot at approximately 2am on 28 July 1981 in his rectory in Santiago Atitlán, Sololá, Guatemala.

Stanley Francis Rother was one of 4 children of Franz Rother (8 August 1911 – 2 July 2000) and Gertrude Smith (23 May 1913 – 24 October 1987), who had a farm close to that town in Oklahoma;  sister Betty Mae, who became Sister Marita and two brothers, Tom & Jim.   Stanley was strong and adept at farm tasks.   Then after completing his high school studies at the Holy Trinity school he declared his calling to the priesthood to his parents. His parents were pleased with their son’s decision though his father asked him:  “Why didn’t you take Latin instead of working so hard as a Future Farmer of America?”   To prepare for this, he was sent to the Saint John Seminary and then to Assumption Seminary in San Antonio in Texas.   His talents gained working on the farm left him with other duties at the seminary and his studies suffered and he struggled with Latin.   He served as a sacristan, groundskeeper, bookbinder, plumber and gardener.   After almost six years the seminary staff advised him to withdraw.

After consultation with his local bishop Bishop Victor Reed he then attended Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg in Maryland from which he graduated in 1963.   Bishop Reed ordained him to the priesthood on 25 May 1963.   Rother then served as an associate pastor in various parishes around Oklahoma and in 1968 – at his own request – he was assigned to the mission of the archdiocese to the Tz’utujil people located in Santiago Atitlán in the rural highlands of southwest Guatemala.

So that he could be in closer touch with his congregation, he set out to work to learn Spanish and the Tz’utujil language which was an unwritten and indigenous language that the missionary Ramón Carlín once recorded.   He served in Santiago Atitlán from 1968 until his death.   Rother lived with a native family for a while to get a better grasp of practical conversation and worked with the locals to show them how to read and write. He supported a radio station located on the mission property which transmitted daily lessons in both language and mathematics.   In 1973 he noted with pride in a letter:  “I am now preaching in Tz’utuhil.”   During that time, in addition to his pastoral duties he translated the New Testament into Tz’utujil and began the regular celebration of the Mass in Tz’utujil.   In the late 1960s Rother founded in Panabaj a small hospital, dubbed as the “Hospitalito”,  Father Carlín served as a collaborator in this project.

By 1975, Rother had become the de facto leader of the Oklahoma-sponsored mission effort in Guatemala as other religious and lay supporters rotated out of the program.   He was a highly recognisable figure in the community, owing to his light complexion as well as his habit of smoking tobacco in a pipe.   Since there was not a Tz’utujil name equivalent to “Stanley,” the people of Father Rother’s mission affectionately called him “Padre Apla’s,” translated as “Father Francis,” in reference to his middle name.

Rother put his farming skills to good use in Guatemala, on one occasion operating a bulldozer from 7:00 am to 4:30 pm to clear land on local farms, stopping just for Mass. His door was open to all people.   There was one old man who appeared each day for lunch and others came for advice on personal or financial affairs.   Some even turned up to have their teeth extracted.   On one occasion he accompanied a boy to Guatemala City to be treated for lip cancer, from which the boy was eventually cured.

Within the last year of his life Rother saw the radio station smashed and its director murdered.   His catechists and parishioners would disappear and later be found dead, with their bodies showing signs of having been beaten and tortured.   In December 1980 he had addressed a letter to the faithful in Oklahoma and wrote about the violent situation:  “This is one of the reasons I have for staying in the face of physical harm.   The shepherd cannot run at the first sign of danger.”

At the beginning of 1981 he was warned that his name was on a death list (he was number eight on the list) and that he should leave Guatemala at once to remain alive. One parishioner warned him in January:  “Father, you’re in extreme danger.   You must get out immediately.”   Rother was reluctant but he nonetheless returned to Oklahoma in January, though he later asked the archbishop for permission to return:  “My people need me.   I can’t stay away from them any longer.”   Another reason for returning was that he wanted to celebrate Easter with them.   His brother Tom said to him, upon hearing that Stanley wanted to return to Guatemala:  “Why do you want to go back? They’re waiting on you and they’re gonna kill you.”   Rother said: “Well, a shepherd cannot run from his flock.”   “Pray for us that we may be a sign of the love of Christ for His people,” said Fr Stanley, “that our presence among them will fortify them to endure these sufferings in preparation for the coming of the Kingdom.”  Rother went back to Santiago Atitlán in April and knew that he was being watched.

On the morning of 28 July just after midnight, gunmen broke into the rectory of his church and shot him twice in the head after a brief struggle.   The killers forced the teenager Francisco Bocel (who was in the church at the time) to lead them to the bedroom of the “red-bearded Oklahoma-born missionary.”   The men threatened to kill Bocel if he did not show them Rother and so Bocel led them downstairs and knocked on a door near the staircase saying:  “Father. They are looking for you.”   Rother opened the door and a struggle ensued as Bocel ran upstairs hearing Rother yell:  “Kill me here!” One shot pierced his jaw and the fatal shot struck the left temple; there were bruises on both hands.   His father Franz – upon hearing the news of his son’s death – rang his eldest daughter Marita in Kansas and told her:   “They got him.”   She hung up the phone and wept.

Father Rother was one of 10 priests murdered in Guatemala that year.   His remains were flown back to Oklahoma and were buried in his hometown on 3 August 1981, in Holy Trinity Cemetery.   At the request of his former Tz’utujil parishioners, his heart was removed and buried under the altar of the church where he had served.

Three men were arrested on charges of murder within weeks of Rother’s murder, another man and a women were sought for questioning at that stage as well.   The three men arrested admitted to having entered the church in a robbery attempt and also admitted to having shot Rother dead when the priest attempted to stop them.   Despite the confessions, many people familiar with the circumstances of the murder considered the three accused persons as innocent and the prosecutions to be a cover-up of paramilitary involvement in the murder.   Convictions for all three men were later overturned by a Guatemalan appellate court, under pressure from U.S. authorities. No other suspects have been prosecuted for the murder.

On 1 December 2016 his Beatification received approval from Pope Francis after the Pope confirmed that Rother had been killed “in odium fidei” (in hatred of the faith).   On 13 March, 2017 the date for his Beatification was announcedand was Beatified on 23 September 2017 at the Cox Convention Centre, with Cardinal Angelo Amato presiding over the Beatification – as the Prefect of the Congregation of the Causes of the Saints on the Holy Father’s behalf at a Mass attended by approximately 20,000 people. 

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The Flash || 3x12 “Untouchable” [HQ]

[andretzina]

Tuve la oportunidad de fotografiar a este chavo, he visto su progreso y veo que se ha dedicado a mejorar sus técnicas de filmar y también el manejo de colores en sus videos, recuerdo un poco que no le gustaba salir frente a las cámaras, ahora para nada es un escopofóbico! Visiten su galería! @nickpacay ——————————————————————————— Follow me @andretzina ——————————————————————————— #sonya7III • Sony FE 85mm F1.8 (SEL85F18) • f/1.8 • 1/2000 • ISO 160 • ——————————————————————————— #atitlan #instagood #lightshapers #sonyalpha #godox #magmod #portrait #CaptureOne #CaptureOnePro #CaptureOnePortrait #Portraitphotography #Photography ——————————————————————————— (en Panabaj) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7_WX56AN1B/?igshid=vq5vr5q7voye

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Amaneceres ☀ | Panabajal 6:40 am. (en Panabajal, Chimaltenango, Guatemala) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByjTUtJAZUgtx-RMJombnANt2mSv0xnj6XK5Bk0/?igshid=r26sbu4pex6i

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Chukmuk is a Mayan Families village/ refugee project populated by displaced survivors of the mudslides in Panabaj on October 5, 2005, the effects of Hurricane Stan. We had the opportunity to help build planting beds and clean up some of the land!

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Direction | Success It doesn’t matter how fast you are going, the direction is the most important element to get anything what you want in this life. Write down your goals and work hard for they to come true. #vsco #vscox #vscocam #iphoneonly #neverstopexploring #cows #naturelovers #landscape #leadership #exploreeverything #agameoftones #warmtones #skylovers #skies (at Panabajal, Chimaltenango, Guatemala) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsHLytBBuGQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=x58cg65vzos1

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Lake Atitlan Guatemala PollutionUnfortunately, pollution at Lake Atitlan (Lago de Atitlan) is significant as a lot of trash is deposited in the lake. Most of the solid garbage, like plastic bottles and bags, floats in the middle of the lake and can be seen while travelling by boat (lancha). The sound of a high-speed boat going through plastic trash is not a very pleasant one. Pollution is also suspected to be one of the factors for increasing water levels (Effects of Rising Waters at Lake Atitlan Guatemala: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWkVTc2AZoc ) In 2009 a significant bloom of Cyanobacteria (algae) covered almost half the water surface. Boat prices for traveling between towns Lake Atitlan Guatemala: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HS5p75NvTc NASA pic showing Lake Atitlan covered in Cyanobacteria: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=41385 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panabaj Scientific report by Amigos del Lago discussing pollution at the Lake Atitlan and the Cyanobacteria: http://www.amigosatitlan.org/sites/default/files/reportecientifico-en-.pdf You can reach Panajachel with chicken bus from Antigua Guatemala: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY_gAgSYJ9c Boat Panajachel to Santa Cruz La Laguna Lake Atitlan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIZm2znR5_U Boat Panajachel to San Marcos La Laguna Lake Atitlan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFsHG-G5nQk Boat Panajachel to Tzununa Lake Atitlan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsq6_vMROfw Boat Panajachel to San Juan Lake Atitlan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYvOTN5b6NU Boat Santa Cruz La Laguna Jaibalito Lake Atitlan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yovY7XVpI_4 Boat Panajachel to San Pedro La Laguna Lake Atitlan (non-direct boat): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBAX6ZWFvPQ September 2017

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Mujeres nativas de Guatemala son víctimas de discriminación

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Guatemala.-  La República de Guatemala es una nación de contrastes: sus temperaturas frías en las cordilleras y cálidas en el sur, el corredor áspero en el oriente y sus espesos bosques en el altiplano, la fortuna en diversas zonas de la ciudad capital y la carencia extrema en la gran generalidad de zonas rurales, el estatus de supremacía de ciertos pobladores y los formidables inconvenientes que afronta el pueblo maya. Así se vislumbra la diferencia entre la jerarquía como hombre y la condición “poco humana” como mujer.

Según reseñó el portal de Telesur, Guatemala es el segundo territorio del mundo con mayor proporción de población originaria, sólo por debajo de Bolivia. Pobladores y nativos se encuentran citados a convivir en un estado cuya población escasamente supera los dieciséis millones de personas de los cuales más del cuarenta y un por ciento pertenecen a alguna etnia nativa y casi más de un cuarto de la población son mujeres oriundas.

La nación centroamericana se encuentra formada por cuatro poblaciones desiguales con identidades y cultura propias. Mayas, Garífunas, Xincas y Ladinos componen la riqueza cultural de un territorio que aún no ha sabido regularizar este patrimonio. La consecuencia directa ha sido la disparidad y la pobreza, en específico de la mujer nativa.

Entre las inmediaciones de las faldas del Volcán de Atitlán y el Volcán San Pedro, se halla la aldea de Chuk‐muk, una pequeña jurisdicción fundada para ofrecer de refugio a los damnificados de la tempestad tropical Stan en el pasado año 2005. Las lluvias caudalosas enterraron por completo la aldea denominada Panabaj dejando más de doscientos fallecidos y cerca de mil familias conmovidas. Es el caso de Mariela Mujún Sac, quien hace ocho años ingresó al  referido municipio para dar inicio a una vida desde cero tras la pérdida de catorce integrantes de su familia. Mariela cuenta con el soporte de la Fundación Familia Maya para afrontar la situación de pobreza extrema. Fue con motivo de la tormenta que esta Organización No Gubernamental abrió su asiento en Panajachel y comenzó a socorrer a las personas perturbadas por los aluviones y deslaves de tierra. Desde hace más de diez años apuntala a familias y mujeres nativas a través de presentaciones de desarrollo y asistencia humanitaria.

Con cuarenta años de edad, Mariela vive en una humilde vivienda al final del poblado, tiene cinco hijos y únicamente trabaja dos o tres días por semana, con lo que consigue unos cien quetzales semanales (trece dólares americanos). Mariela es analfabeta, no conoce el español y resiste los inconvenientes de salud que corrige con el uso de plantas medicinales de tradición maya. Lleva más de veinte años casada con su cónyuge y cuenta de qué forma ha sido víctima de intimidación de género y continuos ataques por parte de su pareja.

La pobreza lleva la estampilla nativa

En este sentido, en Guatemala el ochenta por ciento de los nativos y el setenta y seis por ciento de los pobladores rurales son pobres según la Encuesta Nacional de Condiciones de Vida. Las mujeres nativas son las más conmovidas por el rechazo, las desigualdades financieras y salariales y la distinción racial.

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Speaking of possibilities, “The Future of Panabaj” is a painting I did of a hopeful young girl in a refugee camp. It’s now part of a show “Without Borders” currently at Border X Brewing. A portion of proceeds goes to @borderangelsofficial #familiesbelongtogether #daca #guatemala #panabaj #hospitalitoatitlan #taylorpaintings #abolishice #sinfronteras #withoutborders

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Effects of Rising Waters at Lake Atitlan GuatemalaShort clip showing the effects of the rising water level at Lake Atitlan (Lago de Atitlan), Solola, Guatemala. The water level has increased significantly since 2010 and a number of houses, business and hotels are now submerged with many others at risk. After being hit by Hurricane Stan in 2005 (causing the Panabaj disaster), Lake Atitlan was once again hit by a new disaster in 2009: a significant bloom of Cyanobacteria, when almost half the lake was covered in algae (see pic below). The villages around the lake usually have two zones: one for tourists which is near the lake (restaurants, Spanish schools, hostels etc) and the traditional Mayan village which is more uphill. The Mayans claim that the waters of the Lake Atitlan are rising and then dropping every 50 years, so they are not surprised about the current situation. The images in the clip are from San Pedro La Laguna but all of the villages around Lago de Atitlan (Santa Cruz, San Marcos, San Juan, Panajachel, Santiago Atitlan) have the same problem. Boat prices for traveling between towns Lake Atitlan Guatemala: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HS5p75NvTc NASA pic showing Lake Atitlan covered in Cyanobacteria: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=41385 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panabaj Article by Joice Maynard who has a propriety in San Marcos La Laguna: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/14/t-magazine/paradise-lost-in-guatemala.html Scientific report by Amigos del Lago discussing pollution at the Lake Atitlan and the Cyanobacteria: http://www.amigosatitlan.org/sites/default/files/reportecientifico-en-.pdf You can reach Panajachel with chicken bus from Antigua Guatemala: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY_gAgSYJ9c Boat Panajachel to Santa Cruz La Laguna Lake Atitlan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIZm2znR5_U Boat Panajachel to San Marcos La Laguna Lake Atitlan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFsHG-G5nQk Boat Panajachel to Tzununa Lake Atitlan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsq6_vMROfw Boat Panajachel to San Juan Lake Atitlan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYvOTN5b6NU Boat Santa Cruz La Laguna Jaibalito Lake Atitlan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yovY7XVpI_4 Boat Panajachel to San Pedro La Laguna Lake Atitlan (non-direct boat): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBAX6ZWFvPQ September 2017