Because of the call of Pope Francis to be a Church that goes out and because of the message of Our Lord to go in twos and twos.
Through these lines we want to share that it was very motivating for us as a couple to do MISSION ANIMATION in our parish of Our Lady Guadalupe del Puente, in Irapuato, Gto.
Our experience meant sharing with the people the gifts that God has given us, of missionary animation as Comboni Lay Missionaries (CLM), the fruits of this experience, among others, a little girl, who went to mass in the morning and took a “aguilucho” (missionary magazine for children); Her mother told us that the girl told us that she had already read the whole magazine and she wanted more, because she had liked it very much and we gave her two more aguiluchos. Also several people who already knew the magazines, and asked us when we would bring the magazine again, showing their interest in the mission, so we invite you to always share the gifts you have received and help others to find their mission, keep working.
Affectionate couple Florencio and Ana, CLM Mexico.
For the Secular Comboni Missionaries who, from 20th September to 1st October are celebrating their Extraordinary General Assembly for the approval of their reviewed and updated Constitution. May the Holy Spirit accompany them and may St Daniel Comboni intercede for them so that the event may be a sign of renewal and new vitality for their mission in the Church and in the world. Let us pray.
That in a world that is increasingly a “global village” due to the migrations of peoples, our multicultural communities may be examples of understanding, hope and interior richness Let us pray.
Elan Missionary in Benin
After participating in the diaconal ordination of certain MCCJs in Aného in the diocese of Aného this Saturday, July 27, the chaplain Fr. Ephrem, MCCJ and Justin, LMC took the road to Cotonou, the capital of the Republic of Benin. The fundamental goal is to visit our candidates and also do vocational promotion. We were welcomed to the MCCJ Novitiate in Cotonou where we stayed together with certain novices and scholastics, the father master and his assistant being in Rome for training. On Sunday morning, we were at the parish of St. Joan of Arc of Sedegbe (Parish where we celebrated the international day of CLM on December 15, 2022 at the end of the African Assembly in Cotonou). The mass was in honour of Grandparents, fourth Edition of the Archdiocese of Cotonou to have a special look for the elderly. This is in line with Pope Francis’ message titled ‘In my old age, forget me not’. A collection was made in this line. Towards the end of the celebration, the chaplain was able to briefly speak about the CLM and introduced the provincial coordinator. At the end, some people expressed their desire to know more about CLM. The coordinator told them a little about CLM and took their contacts to maintain communication with them.
In the evening, we met our candidates Lucien, his wife and Ulrich thanks to the effort of Brother Pascal, MCCJ who accompanies the group in Benin. We had to share about the history, mission, training and challenges of CLM in the world and in the province and reflect on the best strategy to adopt for the consolidation of the CLM Association in the province.
We were also able to meet certain members of the ’Friends of Comboni’ Association to inspire in them the desire to journey like CLM.
Monday July 29, around 2 o’clock in the afternoon, we headed back to Ghana.
Challenges is a television program that chronicles human and sporting feats accomplished with will and determination. For the bold path taken, an episode could be dedicated to the Comboni Sisters European Province Assembly: the process of transformation and renewal that led to a single European province is a real challenge.
“Enlarging the space of the tent” title of the assembly that defines this historic moment.
Manu and I were invited as representatives of the European LMC. Immediately we were struck by the title, widening the tent is the title we gave last November to a path of accompaniment to a laywoman who had expressed her desire to leave for a long mission and had 5 couples of CLM from Verona involved in the path.
Great harmony right away!
In the new tent, open on the 4 cardinal points, we were comfortable, we felt welcomed and it was an opportunity to stay with many sisters: with some there is a long-standing friendship but with all of them we felt in tune.
We not only listened to the proposed topics with interest but felt touched as a couple and as a CLM group on the way.
We were struck by the attitude and involvement of all participants from the youngest to the most experienced, as if everyone was a key player in this change.
Presentations, remarks, and discussions were animated by a common tension of a community that looks to the future with courage and is not held back by worries about stability and hard-won securities.
“Dare the new together” the initial invitation seemed to us to be taken up and fully put into practice.
The dynamics proposed to gather input from the assembly made the proceedings stimulating and enjoyable and involved everyone present, even those who were connected online.
It was a rich and stimulating journey in terms of content where the presence of all branches of the Comboni Family recalled again the theme, so dear to us, of Unity so alive even in the Assembly.
The methodology of “Conversation in the Spirit” in small groups was very effective in bringing out a phrase-objective-bead, embodied in the assembly journey lived so far but fruit of the Spirit’s action on more than one person.
Everyone present was able to speak, confirming this style of doing things together, and bring back what had emerged in the group discernment.
In the journey made in the intense three-day Assembly some points resonated deeply in the hearts of both of us (mine and Pol’s):
adopting an openness to the new: a tent open on four sides;
the beauty of being together as a gift of the Spirit;
the attitude of caring for sick sisters seen as wealth to be cherished;
not changing the mindset but moving to a mindset of change, “ which then becomes a way of life;
respect and careful consideration for the special and solitary choices of some sisters, in order to be able to grasp their prophetic significance.
Thank you for this beautiful engaging experience and for the journey made together as the Comboni Family; thank you for the friendly faces met again from so many different countries, thank you for the new encounters, thank you to Comboni who inspires our steps and teaches us to dare new steps!
Our wish is good journey and let us widen our tent!
Manupol
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