Wishing to share with all of you, on Sunday,
August 12, we celebrated together; daughters and servants of this region of
Colombia the feast of Santa Bonifacia.
SYou might ask us, ... and what did you do? ...
well, I will tell you, we were remembering our Josephine roots... the
adventures of our founders and the first sisters ... we rejoiced as we became
aware of the reality that we were one Congregation for 25 years. Thus, as
sisters of the same founders the congregation blessed this land with a group of
sisters who, both in Calella and Salamanca, followed Jesus of Nazareth in the
manner that the Holy Family did, and in accord with the Constitutions. that
Father Butinyà wrote in Salamanca.
After a shared reflection in small groups we
listened to each other as we shared the themes that we had reflected and which
were arising from the REACH NAZARETH board that the sisters had made. It was a
special sharing time in sorority with the joy of feeling, sharing, welcoming
and listening attentively as each one of us allowed the messages to resonate in
our interior selves as we were contemplating and sharing our life and history
of the Josephine Congregation.
“…How nice that the sisters love each other and
share ...” our hearts were enlarged as
the afternoon went on, we were full of wonder, savoring the life of each one
... and remembering ... it was a simple, lively and laughter-filled afternoon.
The hours went by quickly and suddenly it was time to leave, as each workshop community
returned to their “place of mission". And we began to remember and share the dates
of the next activities and parties that we will be sharing during the rest of
the year.
A sharing of THANKSGIVING poured out of each of
our hearts, as we expressed our
gratitude with the assurance that Jesus, Joseph and Mary are guiding us and directing
our way.
Until next time.
The workshop-communities of Daughters and
Siervas in Medellín, Colombia
The items of the meeting were:
2:30 P.M. A 5:00 P.M.
THEME: The silence of Bonifacia as a means of
fidelity
1. Song to begin and to acclimate
2. Reflection material by small groups
3. Sharing time
4. Joint prayer
5. Sharing time
We live our vocation in Communities "Workshops of Nazareth".
The congregation was one Congregation with two communities for 25 years.
The Dream of the Founders is our dream too.
According to the gift received from
our Founders, our Charism is to make present the way of life of Jesus who, with
Mary and Joseph, prays and works in Nazareth, seeking our own sanctification
and that of others, through prayer and work.
We enable the empowering of others
through a way of praying and working that helps us to be contemplative in
everyday life, we weave communion in diversity, we commit ourselves in
solidarity with the problems, joys and hopes of the men and women of our time.
The silence of Bonifacia was a
creative and assertive
GROUP REFLECTION:
What do I perceive that draws my
attention about the way of Life of St.
Bonifacia and the beginnings of the Workshops of Nazareth?
Today, what concrete works and tasks
are we engaging in that express how we live out our lives as consecrated
working women who offer to the world a different way of living the evangelical
values lived by Bonifacia and the first sisters?
How are we living the Communion
project between FSJ and SSJ?
What invitation have we experienced
with today’s reflection?
August 2018 MEDELLIN COLOMBIA
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