"Figueira was a great watershed in my life. It was where I found myself again and recognized myself. A mixture of happiness, inner peace, the feeling of having arrived home, the joy of seeing the brothers that I had not seen for a long time... Gratitude being here is immeasurable!"

"Being in Figueira is also being able to awaken one's gifts and talents. It's rising to our true essence." 
 

“It is a place where everything is presented so that we can deepen ourselves in the degrees of true love, that love that connects us with the essence of each being, each situation and ourselves. Here we have the opportunity to practice brotherhood, which activates those virtues that God has placed in each one of us.”

“Being in Figueira is like participating in an intensive course on practices that we need to apply in 
our lives, it's living a higher school of learning.”

“Being in Figueira is waking up to real life. Here we feel truly loved. That experience stays alive in us forever.”

“Spending a some time in Figueira helps us move around the world in a healthier, more cooperative and lucid way. Here we cultivate values and learn lessons that lead us to expand our capacity to love and to develop spiritual discernment in the face of life's situations.“

"For me, being in the Community is always a learning experience. On one hand, it is a challenge, because group life changes the sense of individuality. At the same time, you perceive the strength of being in a group and doing things, having in mind the greater good."

Going through the Community makes me percieve the true Purpose of this humanity, which is to evolve through love, cooperation and fraternity towards the Heart of God.”

“When I arrived in Figueira, I felt that I was connecting with my true being. Service, prayer and contact with nature make people live in an inspired and simple way, full of love and gratitude.”

“I found in Figueira the place I've always been looking for, where the greater good, service and fraternity are practiced. We learn day by day to live these principles, like a school for life.” 

“In Figueira, I feel a very strong connection with nature, especially with plants and animals. In a subtle way, it connects us with our inner world.”

"When I arrived in Figueira, I felt that I was arriving at my home."