Communities for a new beginning
On Thursday evening 26 September, in the Notre Dame de l'Hermitage chapel, France, Br Ernesto commissioned the seven people who had taken part in this year’s program for candidates to the Communities for a new beginning. The following day the group made a pilgrimage to Fourvière where they signed a ‘Pact’ of how they want to live their experience of intercultural living and mission in the coming years. They have now returned to their homes to prepare for ‘going forth’ (the expression of Pope Francis) to their destinations.
Lavalla200> communities:
- Moinesti (Romania):
Ms. Qalista S. Dhony – East Asia Province, Malaysia
- Mt. Druitt (Australia):
Br. Fabrício Basso – Brazil Sul-Amazônia Province
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Syracusa (Italy):
Br. Giorgio Banaudi – Mediterranea Province - Tabatinga (Brazil):
Br. Luke Fong – District of the Pacific, Fiji
Others joining this community: Ms. Martha Eugenia Martínez – Mexico Occidental (She spent the last 2 years in East Harlem, New York) and Mr. Mario Araya – Santa Maria de los Andes, Chile (He spent the last 3 years in Syracusa, Sicily)
MDA Marist District of Asia
- Giasnogor (Bangladesh):
Br. César Barba Gómez – Mexico Central Province
Other communities:
- Fratelli Project – Lebanon
Br. Esteban Ortega Martínez – Iberica Province
- Philippines – as lay Marist volunteer
Mrs.Almera Ibáñez – East Asia Province, Philippines