19/09/2009
This morning, our Filipino sisters gave us the gift of some joyous and inspiring music, enriching our Eucharistic Celebration with their melodious voices and the vibrant notes of the mandolin, guitar and drums.
Our morning Liturgies, always expertly guided and truly universal in outlook, consistently pointed us in the right direction, as did the prayer that initiated each work day, centered as it always was on the Word of God and the words of our Founder. This morning, we were pleasantly surprised to listen to some thoughts of Maestra Thecla on the subject of sisterly love.
Today, after we fine-tuned our Continental Project, the General Government told us about several initiatives that have been programmed for our Institute, one of which is a series of animations on our Constitutions.
This second-to-the-last day of our Asia-Oceania encounter concluded with a presentation on the part of our Korean sisters of their Ut Unum Sint Bible Course.
20/09/2009
Once again it is Sunday here in Manilathe last day of our Continental Meeting, but the atmosphere is not melancholy. In fact todays Eucharistic Liturgy, celebrated with the sisters of our Pasay community, was an explosion of joy and enthusiastic thanksgiving to the Lord for all that we experienced and accomplished in these days. We are happy to report that our objectives were successfully reached.
On the local level, all our circumscriptions were in profound harmony concerning the beacons of light that will support and characterize our journey, namely: the Word of God and the liturgical life; pastoral work for vocations; formation and study; formation to communications and use of the new media; the sharing of our charism with the laity
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On the continental level, daring and concrete priorities to be implemented in well-defined stages and aimed at short and medium-term goals were established with surprising ease. The proposals blend together the two dimensions innate to our charism: the Word of God and communications. But we also went further, laying the groundwork for several expansion projects in Asia and drawing up suggestions to keep in mind in our circumscriptional and intercircumscriptional planning.
Thank you for your prayerful presence!