Today was “take off day” because we began to sketch out the priority lines of action for our continental redesigning project for Asia-Oceania. After meeting together in small groups, we all gathered in the assembly hall for a very lively discussion that concluded with the selection of the three most urgent proposals we want to implement.
With surprising ease, we pinpointed not only our priorities but also confirmed the two fundamental elements upon which the whole spirit of the project rests: the Word of God and communications. Thus our redesigning process will take as its starting point a renewal of life that will lead to the revitalization of our circumscriptions and from there to a marvelous reconstruction in our Project for Asia-Oceania.
The day ended with a presentation of “The Paulines Institute of Communication in Asia” (PICA) by Sr. Consolata Manding, Directress of the school.
18/09/2009
This morning, our Eucharistic Celebration included almost all the languages spoken among us, from Portuguese to Chinese, so as to give direction to our day and help us discern and reflect on the possibility of making our Pauline presence felt in new places and in innovative ways on the vast multi-cultural, multi-religious continent of Asia.
Although we are aware of our profound poverty with regard to personnel and instruments, we refuse to give up our dream. Indeed, we feel that the Spirit of the Lord is urging us to courageously direct our gaze to other countries…. We too feel the yearning of our Founder to help the Word of God reach all these people.
A demanding work of discernment still lies ahead of us. Because of this, we took time out this evening for a festive and fraternal celebration that served to strengthen communion not only among ourselves but also among the countries we represent.