The series of reports make a mess directed by the Catholic popularizer Juan Manuel Cotelo, premieres its second season with an episode dedicated to Hogares Lázaro, an initiative for the social inclusion of homeless people.
With the boost of more than half a million views of the documentaries of the first season, the Infinito +1 Foundation launches this Friday a new barrage of portraits of some Catholic initiatives to help those most in need.
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The first of them sets its sights on Hogares Lázaro, an initiative born in France in 2006 that, ten years later, was welcomed by Father Álvaro de Cárdenas, priest of the Diocese of Getafe (Spain).
In Spain It has two homes open in Madrid and Barcelona, another in the process of opening in El Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz) and two more under study in Getafe and Valencia.
This reality is also present in Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Mexico and consists of young professionals and people who live on the streets due to various life circumstances, ending up sharing a home, establishing family ties that mutually enrich them.
This initiative has been recognized by the European Union as one of the 50 most innovative solutions to fight so-called homelessness.
During this new season, make a mess will be exposed openly through the channel Infinity Youtube +1 and thanks to the support of more than 2,000 donors, other examples of Catholic initiatives and testimonies
Thus, an episode is planned dedicated to the Franciscan religious priest of the White Cross Isidoro Macías, better known as “Father Patera”, who has dedicated his apostolate to caring for the thousands of immigrants who arrive on the southern coast of Spain, risking their lives. in the Mediterranean.
The new season of make a mess He also fixes his gaze on the Unblock Foundationwhose objective is to provide solutions to juvenile delinquency and its associated problems, through programs related to sports, leisure and culture in which professionals and volunteers participate.
Juan Manuel Cotelo and his team will also portray in another episode the testimonies of apparently miraculous healings that “manifest the real presence of Jesus Christ among us today,” as detailed in a statement.
The Emmaus Retreats are also the protagonists of this documentary series, one of the most widespread Catholic spiritual experiences of impact in Spain and other countries, in which people far from the faith – and not so far away – experience a profound interior transformation.
The last of the six episodes planned for this season of make a mess will focus on the power of prayer from the perspective that “100% of the evangelization problems in the Church owe their transforming effectiveness to prayer.”
The person in charge of knowing these realities and transferring them to the screen is the Spanish Carlota Valenzuela, who in the first season went to Guatemala to see the action of some nuns in one of the most disadvantaged and dangerous neighborhoods.
He was able to know the Spousal Love Projectl undertaken by the couple formed by José Luis Gadea and Magüi Gálvez, an instrument at the service of the parishes born in Spain that is already spreading throughout America and Europe.
In Paraguay, he made a dive in the work of Father Aldo Trentodedicated to the care of the elderly and children, which is compared to Saint Teresa of Calcutta. More than 25,000 needy people have passed through his San Rafael Foundation.
Catholic illustrators PatiTe and Samlo shared with Valenzuela the value of putting artistic talent at the service of evangelization.
It was also possible to verify how Mary’s Meals has proposed to end hunger in the world at the hand of the Virgin Mary, while the project KISI KIDS encourages the presence of young children in churches, in an increasingly secularized world.
Nicholas de Cardenas
Born in 1980, I am a Spanish husband and father and journalist with more than 20 years of experience in print and digital media, specializing in sociopolitical and religious information. I have worked for more than 10 years in defense of human rights and have accreditations in Journalism and Comprehensive Communication. Since July 2022, I have been a correspondent for ACI Prensa and EWTN Noticias in Spain, covering international events of the Catholic Church.