Comboni Lay Missionaries

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Formation

Closing Mass of the community formation experience in Mexico

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Envío Isa y CaroHello to the Comboni Family and Friends!

On this day I want to greet you with great joy of heart, and united to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Heart of Mary our Mother in heaven and St. Daniel Comboni. I send a big hug to each of you, wishing you to be great in the mission that each of you have received at this time from our God.

Here I share some photos of the day from our Sending Mass (Caro and mine). It was the Eucharist of Thanksgiving and sending at the end of our Missionary Community Experience and Training as CLM “Comboni Lay Missionaries”.

We thank God for this time, for all our life experiences, friendship and knowledge received. Greetings to each of you, I remember with great fondness, affection and respect, and in my prayer and missionary spirit keep join to this family that God has given me. May God bless each and every one of your carnal family and personal friends and also our people where we work. Also attached are some pictures of our training period and Mission Community Experience.

Yours Forever! And thanks for the support and friendship you gave me and Caro in this particular stage of our missionary life.

 

😉 ISA.

Magda Plekan, “New” Comboni Lay Missionary

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MagdaOn the 27-29 of June we had the last CLM meeting before holydays during which we concluded our formation year. This was special meeting not only for the CLM group but for the all Comboni Family as well.

On the 27th of June during the Holy Mass of Solemnity of Sacred Heart of Jesus, presided by Fr. Maciek Miąsik, Magda Plekan officially entered into group of CLM Community. The most important moment was the official reading of her prayer as free act and wish to join the community of CLM.

It was big celebration for all our community, although young in age courageously answered the call of God. We are proud and happy for Magda, who beside to Danka, Ewa, Asia and Monika is already fifth Polish full member of the community of Comboni Lay Missionaries. All the girls and all international community of CLM we embrace with our prayer and we wish them unfading enthusiasm taking as their model S. Daniel Comboni.

During the Eucharistic Celebration on Saturday we celebrated missionary sending for monthly experience of our group of seven people. Zuza, Magda, Kasia, Piotrek, Maciek and sister Ula under the eye of fr. Maciek will spend one month in Africa experiencing a bit of missionary life discerning their own vocation.

On Sunday we’ve heard the testimony of Magda, our new CLM. She underlined that the community was very important for her during the missionary experiences and how important is prayer which unites. She shared with us how looked like her way to decide to enter to CLM community. She underlined that during the discernment is important patience and trust in God.

We thank God for Magda and her vocation to be a CLM.

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CLM group of Poland

Three months in London

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LondonThree months has lasted our experience in London, in this process of intensive training before leaving for mission, where we worked to improve our English, and where we could know each other better and walk among us as a Community.

It have been the last stage before traveling to Africa, Gulu (Uganda) and it’s been a time we live intensely, to confirm our vocation and to confirm ourselves in this way. Since we landed in March, (Monika, Ewa, Asia and me), we have shared joys, birthdays, walks on the “city”, cultural visits, prayers, moments of doubt, some moments of sadness, but a lot of conversation and laughter.

We have also shared our hopes, our experience of God and our desire to live in this world with an attentive and generous heart. We have begun to discover each other praying together, listening, wondering, watching and we all want to do so in African soil.

We felt welcomed and cared by the Community of Comboni Fathers who have helped us with the language and manage on this amazing city, making these months have passed quickly and without any difficulty.

With the ending of our English classes, our meetings and other activities with people from school, we have realized it was time to start saying goodbye.

Ends specific training, but we know that training always will continue wherever we´ll go, learning every day… and let God transform us slowly. We will try to be open to the Gospel and to evangelization trough others.

With a big smile we leave this country, another experience in the heart, and with our suitcase in hand we are now ready for the next destination…

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[Mozambique] Training of monitors for Literacy and Adult Education

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On days 24 to 26 April at the pastoral center of Mutoro take place literacy training. This formation included 33 monitors of the various areas of the parish of Carapira, having as principal speaker Professor Dr. Adelino Zacarias Ivala. It took place in a favorable environment, having good collaboration between the trainer and the trainees. It has also attended the three Comboni Lay Missionaries of Carapira and sister Paula, Comboni missionary sister. Of the 33 participants were three Mozambicans CLM trainees.

We thank you for participating in this training that will help us in enriching our missionary training.

May God continue to bless us in our walking!

Ancha, Margarida and Zeferino, CLM’s in training.

 

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Easter CLM-Spain “in code of hospitality”

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HospitalidadLike every year, the CLM of Spain have gathered as a community to celebrate Easter. This year we wanted to live these days in “code of hospitality”, because the experience of hospitality and welcome in our world is a challenge for us. In these days of meeting we wanted to allow ourselves to be touched by Jesus “is at our door and knocks” to welcome HIM in our neediest brothers.

“It’s tempo for convictions. We are convinced that we are human, we are brothers. That there are no borders for life. Let’s gather all our dreams, like a torch, to light a new world where everyone fits. A world without borders or barbed wire. ”

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