Nearly 100 brothers and lay people participate in a joint retreat

Ninety-three brothers and lay people from the Norandina province participated in a retreat in Quito, Ecuador, from July 1 – 6 to internalise the calls of the 22nd General Chapter, so as to guide their personal, community and institutional decisions.

Under the theme ‘Wake up, it's time to walk!’, the gathering’s second objective was to promote a shared experience of life and spirituality between brothers and laity to continue co-creating the Marist charism through the communion of vocations.

Guided by Brother Hipólito Pérez Gómez, provincial of América Central, participants included 82 brothers and 11 lay people from the three countries of the Norandina province – Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.

The themes of the retreat were: Transform us and send us, A new La Valla, A look at the calls of the 22nd  General Chapter, The future of the charism as a future of communion, The new beginning, and It has already begun!.

To see a video that Norandina posted on its YouTube channel, with images of the retreat, click here.