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| Fr Alfred Maravilla started CAGLIERO 11, November 2020, with the question: IS MISSIONARY ACTIVITY STILL RELEVANT TODAY?
I was wondering why the question included the word STILL. I was reminded of the popular hymn of Fr. Peter Gonsalves, God still loves the world.``
He has given two Questions for Reflection and Sharing:
Why is missionary activity still relevant today?
Why is the missionary vocation a call within our common Salesian vocation?
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| OCT. 27. INH #A.224 |
| Speak up in Catechetics, Evangelization, Justice and Human Rights, Missions, Salesian Society, Spirituality, Vocation |
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| In this article I like to share my initial impressions on the GC28: Post-Chapter Reflections: The Rector Major`s Action Plan presented by the Rector Major on 16 August 2020. |
| AUG. 16. INN #A.222 |
| Speak up in Chapter, Education, Education and Culture, Evangelization, Formation, Marginalized, Missions, Rector Major, Salesian Family, Salesian Society, Youth |
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| Have we fallen into a rut, a habitual way of seeing and doing things, that we find very hard to break out of? Are we afraid of the uncertainty and pain that accompanies any change? Can we embark upon a `Journey of Reinvention` in these challenging days of the pandemic Covid-19 and bring about the required changes in our lives? |
| JUN. 1. INN #A.221 |
| Speak up in DBYES, Education, Education and Culture, Formation, Lifestyle, Salesian Society, Spirituality, Vocation |
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| 16 February 2020
Dear Confreres at GC 28,
A group of confreres from Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad provinces in India had come together from 3rd to 5th February 2020 to discuss ways of making human existence and Salesian life more consistent and meaningful for us. Jesus who became human and remained human calls for conversion and to join him to usher in the kingdom of God. This call of Jesus is to everyone: the ordinary people, the anawim, to the Am`hares, the mob, the outcastes, every person of goodwill, even priests, scribes, Pharisees and Sadducees. The call to conversion is a call to a paradigm shift, of our thinking, life and relationships without losing the human identity. In choosing to set the example, by becoming human, and remaining human (Phil. 2, 7), Jesus` identity was not changed. He was born of a woman, totally dependent, was cared for by Mary and Joseph, grew up into a toddler, an adolescent and then an adult and ultimately, as Paul would put it in Ephesians 4, 12-13, into the fullness of humanity becoming a model for us to follow. All who are born human are called to grow into the fullness of humanity.
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| FEB. 15. INH #A.219 |
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| The Year 2015 is dedicated in a special way to consecrated life. |
| OCT. 6. INS #A.206 |
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| My intervention in the General Assembly of GC 27 for a Statement (supported by other Chapter members as well) expressing regret for abuses by Salesians and commitment to caring for the survivors did not carry through, as mentioned in an earlier SpeakUp.
However the need for providing support and care for those involved in abuse found some expression in the early drafts of the Final Document of the Chapter. I intervened during the discussion on these, pleading for the Congregation`s support for setting up Healing Centres.
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| APR. 30. INN #A.202 |
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| This is the Intervention I made in the General Assembly of GC 27 about the Juridical Commission`s Proposal regarding Representation of Salesian Brothers at the General Chapter. |
| APR. 23. INN #A.200 |
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| Intervention I made at GC 27 on the Judicial Commission`s Proposal to suppress the post of the General Councillor for the Missions. |
| APR. 17. INN #A.199 |
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| The election of Angel Artime Fernandes as Rector Major, I believe, is ushering in a refreshing and hopeful new era in the history of the Salesian Congregation. |
| APR. 13. INN #A.198 |
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| This is an intervention I made at the GC 27 on how frustrating it is to work on the Drafts prepared by the Redaction Committee. |
| APR. 13. INN #A.197 |
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