Welcome to the Sítio dos Anjos Community Association
The City of the Angels Foundation is situated about 2 hours from Sao Paulo city, in the District of Ouro Fino Paulista. The region is covered by the remains of the Atlantic forest where the sierra begins its descent to the coastal area of Santos and neighbouring towns on the south Atlantic Ocean. It is an environmentally protected region due to its strategic abundance of water deposits that supply the neighbouring cities, and at the same time, neglect, and the predatory action of human habitation, continue to be serious threats to its viability.
We would hope, however, by our presence and action, to contribute towards the preservation and enhancement of this special place where the dream of another possible world might find fertile ground to grow and flourish in.
It is in this place of fragile beauty that we are trying to put together art, ecology and spirituality in the context of a pedagogy of transformation, where children and adolescents who have been wounded by society, may find a way to the many dimensions of human dignity and integrity. Specifically, the children and adolescents who come from the shanty towns (favelas) of the city, engage in a pedagogy of transformation through the medium of the plastic, scenic and martial arts.
It is hoped, and experience to date backs this up, that children and youth involved in this process will develop a new awareness of how to become protagonists for peace and artisans of hope, in situations of violence, the drug culture, crime and the destruction of our natural environment.
This Utopia of another possible world, is a kind of rainbow that stretches across the heavens, one foot in the favela with its enormous socio-economic and cultural complexity, and the other in the forest, where contact with nature, the animals, the kitchen garden, workshops in the arts and a silence pregnant with life, offer the possibility not just of relief from personal and collective wounds, but of genuine hope for a new way to be in our world.
Spirituality - Art - Culture - Reurbanization - Environment
We are a Catholic religious association and open to ecumenism. This simple and effective approach has been promoting our growth for 12 years and will continue to do so for many years. Browse our website to find out what we do.
COMMON GOOD
UNION FOR LIFE - LAUDATO SÍ
CULTURE
SPIRITUALITY
PARTNERS AND FRIENDS
CCVP - Vila Prudente Cultural Center
The Centro Cultural Vila Prudente is a peace maker and on November 1, 2008 he celebrated 18 years of life. And life without quotes because it represents joy and hope for dozens of children and adolescents, who find warmth, protection, culture and leisure inside. As the Center's founder, Father Patrick Clarke says, “let us make this land a place for everyone. A home of welcome, joy and hope! ”.
MDF - Favela Defense Movement
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Congregation of the Spiritan
Missionary Congregation within the Catholic Church and we dedicate ourselves to proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ, especially among the poorest and most disadvantaged. We seek to build the Kingdom of God and the Church among peoples in different places that do not yet know Christ or hardly know him. We defend life and support people in need with our human presence. We help with human, economic and cultural development through projects that promote the integrity of disadvantaged people and poor communities.
Lay Fraternity Charles de Foucauld
The Lay Fraternity Charles de Foucauld has been our partner for years, bringing events, courses, mystical and spiritual meetings and also collaborating in the administration and organization of Sítio dos Anjos.
Vitor Lotufo
Architect collaborating with our work. The work of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel, the building with bedrooms and cafeteria, the area for lectures and events and a mandala-shaped vegetable garden for vegetable plantations with children from communities and slums.
COOPER RECIFAVELA
Based on the experience of young people involved in MDF who participated in the summer course promoted by CESEEP, with the theme Environment and spirituality. These young people in contact with waste pickers from the Favela in Vila Prudente, with advice from the MDF, organized themselves into a cooperative to collect recyclable materials and raise awareness of favelas and schools on the theme of environmental education.
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Desert of the Lay Fraternity Charles de FoucauldFri, Aug 27Sítio dos Anjos
Contact us
Do you want to become a member, collaborate or want to know more about the Associação Comunidade Sítio dos Anjos? It will be a pleasure to help you, so contact us today.
Travessa Maria Ivani Cesar dos Santos, 890 - Ouro Fino Paulista, Ribeirão Pires - SP CEP: 09.442-000
+5511 4829-5046 and +5511 97217-7493
