The great satisfaction of living as Marists of Champagnat

The European Vocations Team (EVE) held its evaluation meeting on 9 and 10 May in Rome.  Representatives of the vocations animation teams of each administrative unit of our  Region of Europe took part.

There were two main objectives for the meeting: on the one hand, to evaluate all the initiatives planned for this course and hence to begin to get a glimpse of the way to continue in September 2012; on the other, to facilitate a time for living together to celebrate Life in the Mission that unites us in this service.

We highlight the content of the meetings: evaluation of the Youth Easter in Roxos; a sharing on Chapter 2 of the document "Evangelizers in the midst of youth" (an interesting reflection to do from the perspective of vocations animation); management with respect to the comic of Goyo on the life of the Founder. Very important, also, was the sharing on formation in accompaniment and discernment, which was emphasized by the realization already of Level 1 of the three levels of the EVE programme; the posting on the part of practically all on the web www.buscoalgomas.com; the evaluation and analysis of the vocations web and its enrichment as an instrument for the animation of vocations.

The meeting also surfaced some very interesting proposals of pastoral activities in line with vocations animation for the coming course.

Two final details. Br Emili Turú, Superior General, shared a short time with the group and encouraged us to live our service full of hope, so as to have the feeling of working to relate to others the great satisfaction we have in living as Marists of Champagnat.

From our Marist province of Mediterranea, D. José Antonio Rosa, member of the Provincial  Vocations Animation Team, took the place of Br Juan Carlos, provincial co-ordinator of vocations animation, who is at present following a formation course at El Escorial.

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Provincial Vocations Animation Team (EPAV)