Saturday, December 29, 2012
Thursday, December 27, 2012
A wonderful example of Love and commitment
Miss .Smita – who
was in coma for the past eight years (the Sister of Fr.Snehal
Parmar-Sevasi
Tech) died at 2.00
a.m and the funeral is at 2.00p.m 28 Dec 2012 at Xavier’s Church Gamdi,
Anand.
Kindly click the link above to view the interview of the family of Fr.Snehal who serves as a wonderful example of love and commitment at the service of the bed ridden family member.
Ignatian Leadership Programme -Fr.Raymund Chuhan
Ignatian Leadership Programme
Sixteen middle-aged Jesuits of our province
flocked together for their Ignatian Leadership follow-up programme at Saputara
from 18 to 21 November. This was a second follow-up programme of this group
under the able, wise and experienced leadership of Fr J M Heredero. This time the group had the privilege of yet
another eminent Jesuit of our province Fr
Franco, who brought in a lot of his experiences of the universal society.
Both Frs Heredero and Franco, the odd couple as it were, came with well-planned
inputs, centred on “effective and affective communication, dialogue and
leadership.”
As the middle aged Jesuits climbed up the only
Hill Station of Gujarat – Saputara, they also began to climb up slowly and
gradually the heights of Ignatian Leadership. The group felt very much at home
with each other, acting, reacting and interacting with each in sessions and
outside sessions while relaxing. There was no inhibition of any kind from any
quarter. To add to it the host – the Shamgahan Fathers – went all out of their
way to prepare dishes that our Jesuits relished. At the end of programme the
group decided to have a retreat in common in the coming Diwali Vacation at Mt
Abu. It seems that the prevalent scarcity of Jesuit Leadership may reduce by
such enriching and enhancing programmes in the province! Hats off to Frs.
Heredero and Franco and of course the host. (Raymund Chauhan)
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
“Package tour” to Bethlehem -Fr.Hedwig Lewis
“Package tour” to Bethlehem
Hedwig Lewis SJ
Those who contemplate the Nativity
tableau (“Crib”) with the Ignatian “composition of place” and “application of
senses” can “draw much profit”.
St Ignatius suggests that you “compose”
yourself so as to stay focused in prayer and find an entry point from exterior distractions
to interior composure. Your imagination can then place you at the heart of the
Nativity scene, so much so that you “smell and taste, with the senses, the
infinite fragrance and sweetness of the Divinity.”
God speaks through your imagination just as he
speaks to you through your relationships with other people, your ordinary
experiences, desires, emotions and the like. And the active application of senses
leads you to the passive reception of divine intimacy.
The “profit” you draw does not consist in the
“lessons” learned during the contemplation. Rather, it is the realization of
how God has impacted your mind-set through his word, powerfully enough to
transform your life. The “profit” is God’s Christmas gift to you!
The Contemplations of the Second Week of the Spiritual Exercises offer a “package
tour” of the sacred spots in the Holy Land .
Why not take advantage of this pre-paid ticket for a return-trip to Bethlehem this Christmas?
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Ignatian Family Confluence -Frs Anthony Pitchai and Richard Lopes
Ignatian Family Confluence
The
Province Commission for Ignatian Spirituality under the co-ordination of Fr Shekhar Manickam organized the
Ignatian Family confluence on 4 March at Jeevan Darshan, Vadodara. Fifteen
Jesuits including Fr Jose Changa,
the Provincial, along with 18 representatives including the Major Superiors of
various Sisters’ congregations inspired by Ignatian charism and spirituality (working
in Gujarat thus belonging to the Ignatian family) participated in this “unique
and path breaking gathering, the first of its kind.” The objective was: Being together, sharing what is common to us
both at the personal level and at the level of our apostolate, learning from
each other certain Ignatian insights for mutual enrichment and charting a
future Common Action Plan.
In
his orientation address, Fr Changa warmly welcomed all the participants and
stressed the need unitedly to discover, acknowledge and celebrate our common
Ignatian roots, to listen to one another’s God-experiences, to speak about our
‘consolations’ and ‘desolations’ and to engage in ‘spiritual conversation.’
The
eight Ignatian Family congregations present shared “The Meaning and Role of
Ignatian Spirituality in their Congregation”. Their presentations highlighted
the importance of Ignatian spirituality in their congregations and how it is
lived out in their apostolates.
It
was a positive family experience and
much appreciated by all the participants. All those present felt that the
Ignatian family meetings should be held on a regular basis in the future for
creative collaboration. Our spiritual conversations, we hope, would help us to celebrate
our common roots and thus become a vibrant Ignatian Family in Gujarat .
(Anthony Pitchai / Richard Lopes).
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