Marist spirituality in the workplace
The Calls of the 22nd General Chapter specifically suggest for Administrative Units “to develop plan for promoting Marist Life, including appropriate strategies for formation, accompaniment and belonging.” For this, initiatives had been done by the different groups, Marist connected organizations, and schools to foster the nurturing of Marist life of both brothers and lay.
The Integrated Basic Education Department (IBED) of Notre Dame of Kidapawan College convened about Seventy (70) personnel for a Seminar Workshop on Marist Spirituality in the Workplace on May 21, 2019. The objective was to provide formative opportunity for the personnel to know more the essential characteristics of being Marist, deepen understanding of Marist Spirituality that is Marian and Apostolic, and appropriate these upheld Marist values in their own context and workplace. Ms. Agnes S. Reyes, the East Asia Laity Coordinator facilitated the seminar-workshop input and process.
Mr. Christopher James Ferrer, the IBED school principal, convened the one-day session with the interest of revitalizing Marist life in the academe. Among the participants, a number of whom are new personnel, 35 expressed their interest to know more about the Champagnat Movement of the Marist Family, a promising indicator, for sowing the seeds and letting grow the gift of being Marist in one’s own workplace.
Twelve new Brothers will begin their first year of formation in July
MAPAC concluded its year of formation
Nine Brothers from the Marist Centre of Asia-Pacific (MAPAC) concluded their year of formation 2018 – 2019. Three Brothers finished their second year, while six concluded their first. The period of formation in the Centre lasts for two years.
The six Brothers who completed their first year of study are: from Kiribati (1), Samoa (1), China (2), Vietnam (1) and Bangladesh (1), while the three Brothers who finished their second year are from Vietnam (2) and the Solomon Islands (1).
Twelve new Brothers will begin their new year of formation (2019 – 2020) starting from July and they will join the 5 first year students who will begin their second year in the Centre.
The MAPAC formation team consists of Brothers, John Matthew Hazelman, Director; Simón Serero, Management Assistant; Raymond Kenneth Arthur, animator of the Lavalla Fraternity; William Vincent McCarthy, coordinator of spiritual direction; Hilario Schwab, animator of the Alfano fraternity; Ilnam Choi, bursar.
Also members of the educational personnel are: Marjorie Rañeses, Brother Manuel Uluan and P. Eduardo Verdadero, DCDH.