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ANIMATION NOTES
Posted by PARAPPULLY Jose, New Delhi
Recent research on health and happiness show that a sense of meaning in life is one of the major contributors to emotional and physical wellbeing. Emotionally healthy persons find life a meaningful adventure. They have something that gives meaning and significance to their life, such as an ideology, a dream, a commitment. According to the pioneering personality psychologist, Gordon Allport, ``one of the key challenges to maturity is to invest daily life with meaning—to find or create opportunities to make our lives matter``
During this Year of Mercy we are invited to be ``Merciful life the Father.`` Jesus Christ is the face of the Father`s Mercy. Mercy and compassion are not just doing things and counting them. It is an attitude that needs to be developed until we have the mind of Christ.
In developmental psychology we know that ``negative commands reinforce the opposite.`` Stanley Keleman, after many years of research, has developed an approach to therapy in which doing more of what is undesired with awareness, and then doing less, could help us to come out of that state. We could apply that principle to change our mentalities. I am making the following proposals as means to bring about change and help us to grow in Mercy and Compassion.
The New Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis highlights the result of the Synod on New Evangelisation. This article provides a short review of the document from a Salesian perspective.
PRESENTATIONS
Posted by Antony EARATHARA , Kolkata
A presentation of ``Lumen Fidei``, the first Encyclical of Pope Francis: Prepared by Fr. Gilbert Choondal SDB.
Introduction, Contents, Salient Themes, Definition of Faith, Salient Quotes, Evaluation.
A reflection on the Mission of Christ and the use of advertisements in the contemporary world - especially in the Indian context. Some signposts to see how advertising techniques could be best used in our Gospel proclamation! (Article was published in the `Mission Today` journal, January - March 2007, Vol. IX, No.1)
Evangelisation, CONCLUDING MESSAGE of DBYA-SA Seminar, Mumbai, 2-4 October 2003
ANIMATION NOTES
Posted by VETTICAL Abraham , New Delhi
Among other things, the message says: ``It is the love of Christ that urges us onward. Having been touched by His love, we cannot but desire to share it with others, in the hope that they too, like us, may have the joy of knowing Jesus and may experience his liberative power in their lives.``
Recent research on health and happiness show that a sense of meaning in life is one of the major contributors to emotional and physical wellbeing. Emotionally healthy persons find life a meaningful adventure. They have something that gives meaning and significance to their life, such as an ideology, a dream, a commitment. According to the pioneering personality psychologist, Gordon Allport, ``one of the key challenges to maturity is to invest daily life with meaning—to find or create opportunities to make our lives matter``
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A set of animation notes and articles in the context of Bi-Centenary of Birth of Don Bosco: prepared by Bro.Michael Manu, Karunapuram.
The New Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis highlights the result of the Synod on New Evangelisation. This article provides a short review of the document from a Salesian perspective.
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A POWER POINT ON THE YEAR OF FAITH(IT IS IN MIXED LANGUAGES OF TAMIL AND ENGLISH)
A presentation of ``Lumen Fidei``, the first Encyclical of Pope Francis: Prepared by Fr. Gilbert Choondal SDB.
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