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God our Father, we learnt that we are not in charge of this world and our lives. We are so fragile. A small virus has brought the whole world to its knees, without distinction of nation, caste, colour, status, wealth or intelligence. The whole world was affected and is still affected. Our science and technology, our artificial intelligence, our learning, our health departments, the wealth of the few and our super rich, our stars (star actors, singers, models, pop stars), our armaments, our space rockets and huge skyscrapers, our amusement parks were all humbled before the face of a small virus. Ultimately even politicians had to fall back to you and we stared at the truth or reality that we are not in control of this world.
One of the greatest educators of Italy in the 19th centurey undoubtedly was St. John Bosco, a simple and dynamic priest of the archdiocese of Turin. The genius of the man was to base his system of education on `loving kindness` or amorevolezza as it is expressed in Italian. He knew from the very beginning that fear, control, strict rules and regulations would not help young persons to grow in freedom and responsibility. It goes without saying that loving kindness would remain the key factor that would determine the educational scenario of the future. In this sharing I would like to interpret `loving kindness` as `emotional guidance and accompaniment`.
Synodality in the Footsteps of an Argumentative JESUS
ARTICLES
Posted by Bulletin Editor, Chennai
When the German bishops returned to their homeland after the Council Vatican I, which proclaimed the universal supremacy of the Pope and his infallibility, the German Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck mocked them. He told them that they had become simply foot-soldiers and officers of the pope and had no power of their own. The following one hundred years of history until Vatican II bore witness to the juridically diminutive role of bishops. Balancing the power of papal office and that of bishops was one of the important tasks of Vatican II which, following the New Testament data and early Christian tradition, banked on the concept of collegiality.
The text below was written in July 2021, and sets out the theme of the work for the Salesians in 2022. Dear Brothers, Sisters and Friends, just six months go we gave the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians - as has been our radition since Don Bosco`s time - and the whole Salesian Family, the Strenna for the new year. Six months later, therefore, I have been asked to anticipate what could be the guiding theme for the new year 2022, as the different rhythms of the hemispheres where the Salesian presences are located demand. I do so gladly in the hope that it may be of some help.
The New Year is an opportunity to hope and to start again. We hope for a better future for the peoples of the world, for our brothers and sisters in India and Pakistan, for the people in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, in Israel/Palestine, the people of Sudan, Ethiopia and of North Korea. We also hope for a better future for our family members, our friends, for our parish community and the places we work. And above all it is a new beginning for me. I should look at every birthday, every New Year as a gift God gives. God gives me 365 days to love, to do good, to learn, to enjoy, to teach, to give and to pray. It is a brand new gift we get every year.
ANIMATION NOTES
Posted by PARAPPULLY Jose, New Delhi
Jose Parappully, Salesian priest and clinical psychologist at Sumedha Centre for Psychospiritual Wellbeing at Jeolikote, Uttarakhand (sumedhacentre@gmail.com) is signing off with the final edition of Psyche & Soul.
For the 57 weeks, he has been able to present regularly some psychospiritual reflections on these podcasts. In these reflections he used insights from psychology, sacred scripture as well as the socio-political realities of our everyday life to help us enhance our emotional wellbeing and our spiritual life - our psyche and our soul.
Psyche & Soul 57 SPIRITUALITY FOR THE POST-MIDLIFE YEARS
ANIMATION NOTES
Posted by PARAPPULLY Jose, New Delhi
Hello, this is Jose Parappully, Salesian priest and clinical psychologist at Sumedha Centre for Psychospiritual Wellbeing at Jeolikote, Uttarakhand (sumedhacentre@gmail.com) with another edition of Psyche & Soul.
In this edition I present some salient features of a spirituality for the post-midlife years.
Psyche & Soul 56: Post Midlife XIII: AGING GRACEFULLY
ANIMATION NOTES
Posted by PARAPPULLY Jose, New Delhi
In this edition of Psyche & Soul Jose Parappully, Salesian priest and clinical psychologist at Sumedha Centre for Psychospiritual Wellbeing at Jeolikote, Uttarakhand (sumedhacentre@gmail.com) presents some significant helps for aging gracefully - a necessary challenge in the post-midlife years.
Psyche & Soul 55: Midlife XII -- ATONEMENT (AT-ONE-MENT)
ANIMATION NOTES
Posted by PARAPPULLY Jose, New Delhi
In this edition No. 55) of Psyche & Soul, Jose Parappully, Salesian priest and clinical psychologist at Sumedha Centre for Psychospiritual Wellbeing at Jeolikote, Uttarakhand (sumedhacentre@gmail.com) presents another midlife challenge: namely, atonement.
Integrity that we explored and reflected upon in the previous blog calls for atonement, understood as at-one-ment, becoming one, becoming whole.
ANIMATION NOTES
Posted by PARAPPULLY Jose, New Delhi
Hello, this is Jose Parappully, Salesian priest and clinical psychologist at Sumedha Centre for Psychospiritual Wellbeing at Jeolikote, Uttarakhand with another edition of Psyche & Soul.
In this edition of Psyche & Soul, Jose Parappully, Salesian priest and clinical psychologist at Sumedha Centre, Jeolikote, Uttarkakhand (sumedhacentre@gmail.com) presents another midlife challenge: achieving integrity--that is ability look back over one`s life without regrets and look forward to death without fear.
Psyche & Soul 53: MIDLIFE - IX: BALANCING THE MASCULINE AND THE FEMININE
PRAYER SERVICES
Posted by PARAPPULLY Jose, New Delhi
Hello, this is with another edition of Psyche & Soul.
In this edition of Psyche & Soul, Jose Parappully, Salesian priest and clinical psychologist at Sumedha Centre for Psychospiritual Wellbeing at Jeolikote, Uttarakhand (sumedhacentre@gmail.com) presents another midlife challenge: namely, integration of the masculine and the feminine, or the anima and the animus.
Psyche & Soul 52 Midlife VIII (Re) Awakening of Sexuality and Intimacy Needs Women`s Experienc
ANIMATION NOTES
Posted by PARAPPULLY Jose, New Delhi
In this edition of Psyche & Soul, Jose Parappully, Salesian priest and clinical psychologist at Sumedha Centre for Psychospiritual Wellbeing at Jeolikote, Uttarakhand (sumedhacentre@gmail.com), presents Women`s` experience of Sexuality and intimacy s at midlife.
For a woman, midlife is the period when her sexual drive (arousals, urges) and the demands for sexual pleasure is at their peak. Her sexual drive is awakened in the late twenties or even later and reaches its peak in the late 30`s or early 40`s. Midlife can be for a woman a time of sexual self-discovery, greater sexual enjoyment and adventurism, and sexually speaking, one of the richest and most fulfilling periods in her life.
Psyche & Soul 51: Midlife VII (RE-) EMERGENCE OF SEXUALITY AND INTIMACY NEEDS
ANIMATION NOTES
Posted by PARAPPULLY Jose, New Delhi
Hello, this is with another edition of Psyche & Soul.
In this edition of Psyche & Soul, Jose Parappully, Salesian priest and clinical psychologist at Sumedha Centre for Psychospiritual Wellbeing at Jeolikote, Uttarakhand, presents another important Midlife dynamic, namely, Emergence or Re-Emergence of Sexuality and Intimacy needs.
Midlife is a time of sexual awakening or re-awakening. Sexuality can be experienced at this period in rather intense and surprising ways. This can lead to confusion, conflicts, pressure to gratify impulses and compromise of commitments. It is important to understand the nature of this awakening or re-awakening.
Psyche & Soul 50: Midlife VI -REDEEMING THE ``SHADOW``
ANIMATION NOTES
Posted by PARAPPULLY Jose, New Delhi
Hello, this is Jose Parappully, Salesian priest and clinical psychologist at Sumedha Centre for Psychospiritual Wellbeing at Jeolikote, Uttarakhand with the 50th Edition of Psyche and Soul.
In this 50th edition of edition of Psyche & Soul, Jose Parappully, Salesian priest and clinical psychologist talks about the redemption of the Shadow at Midlife.
Midlife is the time when the shadow makes its presence felt. The ``shadow`` is that part of our personality that is repressed because it conflicts with the way we wish to see ourselves and to be seen by others. It is those parts of our personality we are now unaware of because they were deemed incompatible with our ideal personality and have been conveniently forgotten.
VIDEOS
Posted by Madathiparambil Jose Thomas, Dimapur
``Litany of Loreto Explained`` is highly informative and will surely increase our devotion to Blessed Mother. Each title is beautifully explained. It can be used for our own self-learning and Catechesis.
Click on the link below to see the video
https://youtu.be/IZGUDvKQUHc
God our Father, we learnt that we are not in charge of this world and our lives. We are so fragile. A small virus has brought the whole world to its knees, without distinction of nation, caste, colour, status, wealth or intelligence. The whole world was affected and is still affected. Our science and technology, our artificial intelligence, our learning, our health departments, the wealth of the few and our super rich, our stars (star actors, singers, models, pop stars), our armaments, our space rockets and huge skyscrapers, our amusement parks were all humbled before the face of a small virus. Ultimately even politicians had to fall back to you and we stared at the truth or reality that we are not in control of this world.
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One of the greatest educators of Italy in the 19th centurey undoubtedly was St. John Bosco, a simple and dynamic priest of the archdiocese of Turin. The genius of the man was to base his system of education on `loving kindness` or amorevolezza as it is expressed in Italian. He knew from the very beginning that fear, control, strict rules and regulations would not help young persons to grow in freedom and responsibility. It goes without saying that loving kindness would remain the key factor that would determine the educational scenario of the future. In this sharing I would like to interpret `loving kindness` as `emotional guidance and accompaniment`.
When the German bishops returned to their homeland after the Council Vatican I, which proclaimed the universal supremacy of the Pope and his infallibility, the German Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck mocked them. He told them that they had become simply foot-soldiers and officers of the pope and had no power of their own. The following one hundred years of history until Vatican II bore witness to the juridically diminutive role of bishops. Balancing the power of papal office and that of bishops was one of the important tasks of Vatican II which, following the New Testament data and early Christian tradition, banked on the concept of collegiality.
The text below was written in July 2021, and sets out the theme of the work for the Salesians in 2022. Dear Brothers, Sisters and Friends, just six months go we gave the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians - as has been our radition since Don Bosco`s time - and the whole Salesian Family, the Strenna for the new year. Six months later, therefore, I have been asked to anticipate what could be the guiding theme for the new year 2022, as the different rhythms of the hemispheres where the Salesian presences are located demand. I do so gladly in the hope that it may be of some help.
The New Year is an opportunity to hope and to start again. We hope for a better future for the peoples of the world, for our brothers and sisters in India and Pakistan, for the people in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, in Israel/Palestine, the people of Sudan, Ethiopia and of North Korea. We also hope for a better future for our family members, our friends, for our parish community and the places we work. And above all it is a new beginning for me. I should look at every birthday, every New Year as a gift God gives. God gives me 365 days to love, to do good, to learn, to enjoy, to teach, to give and to pray. It is a brand new gift we get every year.
Jose Parappully, Salesian priest and clinical psychologist at Sumedha Centre for Psychospiritual Wellbeing at Jeolikote, Uttarakhand (sumedhacentre@gmail.com) is signing off with the final edition of Psyche & Soul.
Hello, this is Jose Parappully, Salesian priest and clinical psychologist at Sumedha Centre for Psychospiritual Wellbeing at Jeolikote, Uttarakhand (sumedhacentre@gmail.com) with another edition of Psyche & Soul.
In this edition of Psyche & Soul Jose Parappully, Salesian priest and clinical psychologist at Sumedha Centre for Psychospiritual Wellbeing at Jeolikote, Uttarakhand (sumedhacentre@gmail.com) presents some significant helps for aging gracefully - a necessary challenge in the post-midlife years.
In this edition No. 55) of Psyche & Soul, Jose Parappully, Salesian priest and clinical psychologist at Sumedha Centre for Psychospiritual Wellbeing at Jeolikote, Uttarakhand (sumedhacentre@gmail.com) presents another midlife challenge: namely, atonement.
Hello, this is Jose Parappully, Salesian priest and clinical psychologist at Sumedha Centre for Psychospiritual Wellbeing at Jeolikote, Uttarakhand with another edition of Psyche & Soul.
Hello, this is with another edition of Psyche & Soul.
In this edition of Psyche & Soul, Jose Parappully, Salesian priest and clinical psychologist at Sumedha Centre for Psychospiritual Wellbeing at Jeolikote, Uttarakhand (sumedhacentre@gmail.com), presents Women`s` experience of Sexuality and intimacy s at midlife.
Hello, this is with another edition of Psyche & Soul.
Hello, this is Jose Parappully, Salesian priest and clinical psychologist at Sumedha Centre for Psychospiritual Wellbeing at Jeolikote, Uttarakhand with the 50th Edition of Psyche and Soul.
