(2nd
Communication)
The Spirit of Jesus
in Nazareth continued guiding and inspiring us as we moved along…
The following 3 very
important days were spent looking at, reflecting and enriching, through small
group sharing, the synthesized mid-term evaluation on the seven strategic
objectives namely: Communities-Taller, Our Presence in the World and Pastoral
Care of Vocations, Responsible Use of the Goods and the Economy with Cost Cutting
Measures, Evangelizing Presence, Woman, Formation and Organic Model of
Governance, which on the second day was presented to us by Milagros Maravilla
and her team members. All the communities previously worked on the evaluation
of the Strategic Objectives except that of Strategic Objective no. 3- Integration
of the SSJ and the Lay Josephines. Instead, the collated report of the LJ and
the SSJ on the Objective was presented
to the group by the Sr. Catalina Cañonero, the LJ link person.
The process we
underwent during these 3 days was, indeed, very life-giving, well participated
in and challenging. It was very inspiring to see that the Province as a whole
has grown in the different strategic objectives especially in the living-out of
the following OMG elements namely: participation, interdependence, mutual
accountability and consensus in arriving at community-taller decisions. It is,
at the same, time challenging for all of us acknowledge our loopholes and
commit ourselves to improve in making discernment as our way of life, in being
consistent in our communication to the different spheres most especially
through the congregational website and different blogs, and in our
understanding and living-out of shared authority. Very notable and well
appreciated is the active and enriching participation and contribution of the
young sisters in the groups and in the assembly.
The three link
persons of the General Commissions namely Economy, Formation and Commission on
Communications were also given time to report on their respective commissions.
The well prepared
liturgy for the day to day Eucharistic Celebration had helped
us a lot in
appreciating and celebrating our different realities and cultures. There is
truly richness in diversity! The 2nd day Mass was in Filipino
language, 3rd day in Vietnamese, 4th day songs were in
Papua New Guinea’s languages. The homilies had been both inspiring and
challenging. The priests presider, oriented beforehand of the theme of the
gathering, very fittingly addressed the groups need for the day to day
spiritual nourishment.
Highlighting the 2nd
day Eucharistic Celebration was the Rite of Acceptance of the seven (7)
Vietnamese candidates to the Pre-
Novitiate: Luan, Thuy, Xuan,
Hien,
Phuong, Vuong and Hue. Sr. Fe Rabina ,SSj – Formator of the Prenovices,
together with the Formative Community presented them to our Prov. Coordinator,
Sr. Milagros A. Maravilla,SSJ who accepted them in the name of the Congregation
in the Holy Family Province. The moment of greetings was a very joyful,
inspiring and heartwarming scene with SSJs welcoming the young ladies, the 6th batch
of the initial formands of the mission in Vietnam!
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