17 April
Saint Simeon, Bishop, and companions, Martyrs
07/01/2013: Spain
We, Brothers Andrés Barrera and Mitsuaki Hatanaka, of the Provinces of l’Hermitage and « Santa María de los Andes », followed a course in Missiology at the School for Missionary Formation in Madrid, Spain, from 14 September to 15 December. We enjoyed the richness of the variety of charisms among the participants : priests, laity and religious – men and women. At the end of the course, here we are happy and content, desiring to go in haste, like Mary, to a new land. We are grateful to God and to all who made this course possible. The Brothers of the communities of Chamberí and Xaudaró made us feel at home ; their support and witness were extraordinary. We travelled the path of brotherhood, the spiritual way, attentive to the missionary reality of the Church through the formation.
The learning of those three months was intense. We encountered the Lord of History in the prayers and eucharists celebrated during the course. We note the excellent organisation of the School’s Team of Co-ordination, the good programming and the judicious choice of teachers. The course opened for us a new horizon for Mission Ad Gentes. It promoted sharing on many levels : knowledge, experience, reflections, questions, proposals of activities, etc. We experienced a profound ambiance of ecclesial and spiritual fraternity. Our teachers showed an excellent theological and ecclesial approach, fully in touch with reality. So it will be necessary, in our missions, to adapt everything in endeavouring to put into practice what we learned in the different places to which we are assigned. We underline some ideas :
We pray the Lord, master of the harvest, to send many workers, witnesses of the Kingdom of God and its justice ; we place our confidence in the good Mother and Saint Marcellin Champagnat. Brothers or lay Marists, we give each other mutual encouragement in the mission tasks we carry out in our respective milieux. May we live with authenticity our vocation according to God’s design for every Christian, but in community and inserted in our Church.
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