Meeting of the Marist Animation Teams of Venezuela

The members of the Marist Animation Teams of Venezuela, from Norandina province, met from September 22 to 26, at the Marist Formation House, in Miranda, to carry out the action schedule for the 2022-2023 academic year and to prepare the celebration of the centenary of the Marist presence in the country, in 2025.

Received and motivated by the Brother Provincial, Orlando Escobar, 29 members of the Evangelization, Education, Solidarity, Vocation Ministry, Marist Laity, Spirituality and Economic Affairs Teams had the opportunity to meet – after two years of pandemic and economic difficulties.

Brother José Miguel Caballero, delegated councillor, invited the participants to “listen to the cries of the Venezuelan reality”, which challenge Marist life and mission; from the experience, the life stories and the voices of those people that God puts in our way.

Likewise, Br. Diego Zawadzky, mission counselor, proposed a technique for the study of a selection of five documents published by the International Commission of the Marist Mission, to identify the key ideas that challenge the Marist presence in Venezuela.

Each of the seven national Teams from the Venezuela sector met to prepare their Annual Operational Plan for the 2022-2023 academic year, after outlining the Calls of the XXII General Chapter and the VII Provincial Chapter.

After the evaluation of the meeting – considered very positive on the part of all the participants – the Eucharist of missioning was celebrated by Fr. Henry Mendoza SJ. Each of the participants received a plant as a symbol of the life that must be welcomed, protected, and generated through the mission entrusted to it.