This is Ciro, a young Colombian who for many years has been consecrated to Mary and St. Joseph, a man of deep faith who has found a way to combine his passion for technology with his desire to serve God. Husband and father of two little girls, Ciro has dedicated his life to evangelization, especially in the digital world. After studying at a Calasanctian school and collaborating at a Jesuit university, Ciro moved to France, where he worked and earned a master's degree in logistics and international trade. Upon his return to Colombia, he participated in a social volunteer program with the Marianists in Brazil. In 2007 he married and moved to China, where he completed an MBA and worked as a catechist. He later lived in Portugal, and it was there, in 2017, where he decided to make a radical turn in his life. She left her job in the company, founded AMEN and gave himself completely to the Lord.
Contact in the digital era
AMEN is a digital platform that seeks to bring the Church closer to people through technology. It facilitates contact between priests and religious around the world who connect to the platform to offer comfort, guidance, and advice to those in need, 24 hours a day.
Real impact
With more than 20,000 spiritual aids provided, 1,300 registered priests and thousands of users worldwide, AMEN has become a tool that is having a real impact on the digital evangelization.
Ciro, as its founder, has witnessed how the platform has helped people overcome difficult times, return to the faith and even enter the seminary.
"There are many testimonies, people who are thinking of committing suicide and repent with a word of encouragement, people who do not have a priest within their reach and manage to get over their doubts, people who do not want to talk to you face to face, who are embarrassed to ask for advice, who have returned to the Catholic faith, and people who have entered the seminary thanks to AMEN, among others".he says.
Advice and financial support
It is worth noting that the assistance does not stop at counseling, but is extended to individuals. With the money collected for the services it provides AMENIn addition, financial assistance is provided to priests and consecrated religious, active or on dispensation, who need money to subsist.
Ciro is an example of how technology can be put at the service of faith. His work with AMEN and its other initiatives demonstrate that evangelization in the digital world is possible and necessary.
