Join us for the 17th Annual Encuentro Mundial de Valores, World Values Meeting, which will take place in Monterrey, Mexico on September 26–27, 2025, This year’s theme, Paths of Peace and Compassion: Reclaiming Universal Values, is deeply aligned with the vision and momentum of our shared efforts, particularly the Camino de Paz y Compasión. This is a movement for all of the cities from Monterrey to San Antonio to become “Cities of Compassion” and Peace Zones aligned with Peace on Earth by 2030. Sept. 22 to 25, Bob Schlehuber and Sr. Martha Ann Kirk, will be in San Antonio at Northwest Vista and University of the Incarnate Word and then moving south to cities and finally to Laredo. Read of this and consider assisting building the Camino. They will both invite people to sign the Declarations of Interdependence and invite young people to participate in Artistic Bridges.
These Encuentros have been spaces for reflection, dialogue, and action where leaders, experts, and committed citizens gather to promote a culture of peace, compassion, and global awareness. This gathering invites us to reconnect with the essential principles that give meaning to our humanity: respect, empathy, solidarity, justice, and love for life.
Last year a significant group of San Antonio Citizens, including half a dozen from the University of the Incarnate Word, attended and focused on building a “Camino of Compassion and Peace” from Monterrey to San Antonio. Read about the San Antonio delegation in 2024 and the Camino
Our colleagues in Monterrey have been working closely with surrounding communities, and we’re excited to celebrate the designation of twelve Compassionate Camino Communities during the conference. San Antonio’s former Mayor Ron Nirenberg will be joining Marilyn Turkovich to present these recognitions—a meaningful step in growing our cross-border collaboration. The lineup of presenters is outstanding with David Gershon, a global expert who social change who the Empowerment Institute and is leading Peace on Earth by 2030. Recently at the International Rotary Conference, many from different parts of the world aligned themselves with David's Peace on Earth movement.
We will connect with one another, deepen our shared vision, and explore possibilities for the Camino. We want
- to move in
greater alignment with the higher education sector in San Antonio
- to advance
partnerships with Compassionate San Antonio, CompassionateUSA, the Charter
for Compassion, and Peace on Earth by 2030.
- to build
on our evolving relationship of the Charter for Compassion with the
Permanent Secretariat of the Nobel Peace Laureates.
We are already in early planning for the next Nobel
Peace Laureates Summit in Spring 2026, to be held at the Vatican.
Registration is not yet open, but the conference fee will only be $90. For information and registration, see https://encuentromundialdevalores.org/#
For updated
information on San Antonian who are going and how we might connect, please
check the Blog of the Incarnate Word Sisters Justice, Peace, Creation Committee
Currently, these people plan to go former Mayor Ron Nirenberg, Rev. Ann Helmke, COSA Faith-Based Office, Dr. Eric Castillo, Associate Vice Chancellor for Arts, Culture, and Community Impact, Office of the Chancellor, Alamo Community Colleges District; Migdalia Garcia, Director of the San Antonio Peace Center, Northwest Vista College; Sister Martha Ann Kirk, University of the Incarnate Word. Thanks, Sr. Martha Ann Kirk kirk@uiwtx.edu
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