MIMA III – Resources

_{3rd Marist International Mission Assembly}

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The Preparatory Commission of the 3^rd Marist International Mission Assembly is offering a set of reflection worksheets designed to help facilitate the preparation process for both the local phase and the Province/District phase.

The worksheets, in particularly, intend to:

Guide and nurture the preparation process of the Assembly within the spirit of the latest General Chapters and International Assemblies.
Provide a better knowledge and space for reflection about the fronts of Marist Mission at the global level.
Facilitate the reflection of the extent of our involvement and commitment in the Church and society and discern what are the invitations now based on these realizations about our involvement in the Church and understanding of the current social realities.
Assist the way for the Province/District to celebrate the road that had been traveled, discern, dream and project together the Marist Mission for its vitality and constant actualization or embodiment of the charism in today’s time and the future.

All who share Marist mission who are involved in the preparation phases are encouraged to use the resource materials. These materials are adaptable for use as each individual sees fit.

1. When and how to use the adaptive reflection worksheets?

We would like to proposed the use of reflection worksheets to help us deepen our personal, community, and institutional experiences as Marists of Champagnat about Marist mission.

Within the context of our own life experience as Marists of Champagnat and as God’s people, the Church, the reality of the world we live in, and the lives of the children and young people who are poor and neglected, we listen to God calling us together as a global family, in the spirit of the 22nd General Chapter and the International Assemblies held in Brazil and Nairobi.

We suggest to use the reflection worksheets freely, according to the sensitivity and culture of each Marist situation in the world. The number of groups to be organized, as well as the criteria to integrate each group, will be up to each Administrative Unit. The groups may address all the proposed adaptive reflection worksheets or just a selection of them, although we believe it is important to study the reflection worksheets which are interrelated and inseparable aspects of Marist mission.

Furthermore, the Preparatory Commission invites you to read the preliminary documents as an introduction to the process in the local phase. We encourage you to study the worksheets in the spirit of the theme of the Assembly, “WE ARE A GLOBAL FAMILY”.

2. Four (4) Adaptive Reflection Worksheets

The Preparatory Commission for the 3rd Marist International Mission Assembly had prepared four (4) reflection worksheets. The intention is to ensure that a significant contribution of ideas for the Marist mission can be achieved.

The first, second and third reflection worksheets are suggested to be used during the local phase and the fourth will be for the Province/District phase.

In its structure, the worksheets have moments of motivation, reflection, sensitization, sharing of experiences, and prayer. They contains questions that invite us to dream and project the future. To make these meetings more dynamic, each worksheet is designed to represent a part of the logo. In the final meeting, we put together all the parts of the logo to have the whole logo that expresses our being Marists of Champagnat, that “WE ARE A GLOBAL FAMILY”.

Worksheet 1: “We are a Global Family”
Element of the logo: ‘L Hermitage
Aims to orient the participants in the context of the message of the Assemblies of Mendes and Nairobi as well as the commitment made to these assemblies. It also tells them of the messages of the last two General Chapters to figure out if they have been fulfilled, transmitted or just remained in notes. The process aims to lead us to understand what the next Assembly intends. The preliminaries and the worksheet 1 are shared in the same first meeting.

Worksheet 2: “The Marist mission today”
Element of the logo: windows and doors.
Presents the fronts of Mission at the global level to provide a space for reflection that allows us to know, guide and give our opinion with knowledge.

Worksheet 3: “References of Church and Society”
Element of the logo: world
Invites all to reflect on one’s involvement as Marists of Champagnat in the documents, messages and commitment of church and society.

Worksheet 4: “We celebrate the road we have traveled, we dream and project the future as a global family”
Element of the logo: Gier River
Encourages all Marists of Champagnat to discern and project the future of the Marist mission with audacity and hope. It is the last meeting of the celebration and commitment where we listen to each other and we project together the future of Marist life and mission.

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