Visit to Formation houses in Puerto Rico

The visit to the formation houses in Puerto Rico took place from January 24-28, thanks to the interest and planning of Br Francisco Garcia, Vice-provincial minister of the circumscription.

It was an opportunity to make contact with the brothers most closely involved with formation, both directors and the young brothers themselves. The fraternity of the Vice-province as a whole showed great interest in current developments in the formation field and a desire to tackle the challenges involved.

Program of events

Monday 24th Meeting with formators and brothers interested in the topic

Tuesday 25th Visit to “San Antonio” Fraternity – Post-novitiate

Wednesday 26th Visit to “Santa Teresita” Fraternity – Postulancy

Thursday 27th Visit to “Madre del Buen Pastor” Fraternity

New Bibliographis

• Cucci Giovanni, Maturità dell'esperienza di fede, Elledici 2010
Questo libro tratta la problematica della possibile maturità dell'esperienza di fede dal punto di vista filosofico, psicologico e spirituale. Scopo del lavoro è di aiutare a fare chiarezza circa il percorso di vita della persona, riconoscendone desideri ed eventuali ostacoli o ambiguità, tenendo presente in particolare tre finalità fondamentali: descrivere il soggetto nel suo sviluppo affettivo, cognitivo, relazionale; notare se esso sia consapevole delle sue aree problematiche, valutando le relative capacità di autocontrollo; mostrare i possibili riflessi nell'esperienza spirituale e nella sua rappresentazione di Dio.

• Kijas Z. OFM Conv, Życie zakonne. Turystyka czy pielgrzymowanie, WAM 2010

Wejrzenie w naturę zakonnego powołania, szczególnie we współczesnej kulturze, wydaje się trudne. Jego właściwy sens zdoła odczytać wyłącznie ten, kto wierzy. Tylko wiara objawia treść powołania i tylko ten, kto wierzy i szuka ciągłego pogłębienia swojej wiary, jest w stanie podjąć powołanie. Jak ma je realizować współczesny zakonnik / współczesna zakonnica?

Książka stanowi próbę odpowiedzi na to pytanie, próbę odczytania na nowo – w kontekście dzisiejszego świata – istoty zakonnego powołania. Jest zredagowanym na nowo zapisem rekolekcji, które zostały przeprowadzone przez autora w 2010 roku dla sióstr sercanek w Krakowie.

Address of his Holiness Benedict XVI

Address of his Holiness Benedict XVI to the Union of Superiors Generals

New Bibliographis

• o. Franco Imoda SJ, Gdybym miłości nie miał... Emocje i uczucia w wychowaniu i formacji (płyta CD audio), WAM 2010

Wydaje się, że po ostatnich wiekach dominacji rozumu ludzkość na nowo odkrywa zapomniany wymiar serca i jego mądrości. Stąd rodzi się oczywiste pytanie o rolę uczuć i emocji w wychowaniu, formacji dzieci, młodzieży i dorosłych. Franco Imoda odsłania przed nami subtelne powiązania woli, rozumu i serca, wykorzystując do tego nie tylko mądrość płynącą z nauki, ale także swoje bogate doświadczenia kapłana i kierownika duchowego, wychowawcy i terapeuty.

FORMATION COURSE FOR THE GUARDIANS OF CECOC

Formation Course for the Guardians of the conference of CECOC was held from 8 to 20 November 2010 in Frascati and Assisi. 43 Guardians from 11 Circumscriptions (Bielorussia, Republica Ceca, Croazia, Polonia-Cracovia, Polonia-Varsavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovacchia, Slovenia, Svezia and Ungaria) gathered together to reflect and share with each other their experiences in realizing the service of authority. The spiritual animation of the fraternity as the primary task of Guardian was highlighted very often. It is animation that permits each brother to accept the works of the Holy Spirit in the heart. Only then one can speak of a true fraternity. The moments of relfection, fraternal sharing, prayer, visit to the places that are significant to our faith and vocation, and even simply being together have brought us to the conviction that greater the love of God in us, closer the hearts unite.

...Visiting the Initial Formation Houses of CIMPCap

The other areas of collaborative formation of CIMPCap made themselves available for the visitation of the General Formation Secretary at the request of the General Minister. Thus the enriching and important visit that the Minister had announced to the Italian Provincials in February 2010 is being realized through the General Formation Secretariat.

International Reconciliation Week

We live today in a world which is strongly marked by secularization. It tends to remove God from the horizon of life and hinder discernment between good and evil. This situation makes the ministry of those who administer the Divine Mercy even more urgent, as the recently concluded Year of Priests has reminded us. The Capuchin friars, moved by the examples of their saints, feel strongly the need for greater commitment to this service in the Church. They, therefore, desire to offer an opportunity for reflection and formation to all priests on this topic. The International Reconciliation Week with its title “The Sacrament of Reconciliation in a Secularized World” will take place from 14 to 18 March 2011 at San Giovanni Rotondo, the place where the well-known Capuchin confessor, St. Pio of Pietrelcina, lived. We offer this opportunity to all Capuchins and all religious and secular priests who speak Italian, English or Spanish. The leaflet containing the information and program can be downloaded here.