From June 24-29, representatives from 15 countries celebrate the 2025 Ordinary General Assembly, a key meeting for the future of Augustinian Recollect social action, strengthening the global network of solidarity.
During these days, the ARCORES family is experiencing a special moment. Coordinators and leaders from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Spain, Philippines, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Guatemala, United States, Sierra Leone, Panama, and United Kingdom have gathered for our 2025 Ordinary General Assembly.
It is more than a work meeting: it is the encounter of a network that has grown with its heart set on the most vulnerable, where each country contributes its experience and together we build stronger responses to the social challenges of our time. One of the most significant moments of the assembly is the presentation of the new ARCORES organizational model. We have asked ourselves: “Do we have the organizations we need to fully develop our mission?” The answer has been to work together on a model that strengthens each national ARCORES.
This model is not just a technical document. It is our roadmap so that each office, from the Philippines to Mexico, from Sierra Leone to Argentina, has the necessary tools to transform realities. It covers everything from governance to project management, including ethical codes and care for our volunteer teams.
The strength of teamwork
During the assembly we are reviewing how our international teams work, those groups that make it possible for ARCORES to be truly a global network. The deployment team, which ensures cohesion between countries; the volunteer team, which promotes transformative participation; the communication team, which makes our work visible; and the social innovation team, which helps us find new ways to generate impact.
Each team has its challenges – time differences between the Philippines and Mexico, language barriers, the difficulty of coordinating schedules across so many countries – but it also has extraordinary richness: the diversity of experiences, the creativity that emerges from exchange, and the strength that comes from knowing we don’t work alone.
Recognizing those who inspire
Recognizing those who inspireThe assembly also approves something that particularly excites us: the ARCORES International Volunteer Award “Sister Cleusa”. It will be our annual recognition for those volunteers who, with humility and dedication, embody the best of our values. People who build community, fight for justice, and become instruments of hope, especially with the poorest.
“Inspiring the world, driven by love”
This is the motto that will guide our 2025-2026 Solidarity Heart Journey, and it perfectly summarizes what we are experiencing in this assembly. When we gather like this, when we share experiences and build together, we are demonstrating that it is possible to inspire the world through love.
The true richness of these days lies not only in the decisions we make, but in the process itself: in the hallway conversations, in the shared experiences, in that energy that emerges when committed people come together to dream of a better world.
ARCORES continues to grow, not only in the number of countries or projects, but in the capacity to work united, to learn from each other, and to generate a truly transformative impact. Because when we work as a network, inspired by Augustinian Recollect values, we can go further than any of us could imagine working alone.
