weekend of 25 to 27 February in the retirement home of Sisters of St. Joseph of Clunny ", was held the First Congress organized by the FENIS Vocations, the same one attended by an average of fifty people from different Secular Institutes in Peru who met on this occasion to reflect on this subject so interesting and so much relevance for our Church of Today, the same that served not only to deepen the subject, but to delve into the task of strengthening the theme of vocation promotion for our Institutes.
An immediate predecessor, was that two members of the Federation of institutes had the opportunity to participate in the Vocations Congress organized by the CELAM, in the city of Carthage Costa Rica, which was achieved reflect on the particularities of the so-called Culture Vocational motivating theme of the Congress in Peru as well.
The organization of Congress, responding to a concern early to make a replica of what lived in Central America, to the extent cool and decided on this issue, as an initiative of the Institutes in the country and the commission vocational promotion from that experience is stepping up actions to its members, and leaving open the call to work hand in hand with the Peruvian Episcopal Conference interested in this challenge.
There were also words of encouragement and vocational enthusiasm expressed at different times by Bishop José Gea, who grateful to be reminded on many occasions by his books and memories, especially in the last Congress organized by the CISAL IISS in Lima. "You can achieve a vocation without a strong dose of inner life" . We recalled.
The topics to be developed, there were two, in line with what worked for the P. Amadeo Cencini, keynote speaker at the Congress of CELAM, highlighting the theme of Theology Vocational and Vocational Education, framing in the three solid foundation of his thought:
- vocational theory, Base doctrinal theological
- sensitivity vocational, spiritual mark sensible of it in the believer's life.
- vocational pedagogy, practical dimension of vocational.
Sustaining also the importance of vocation and ministry of the Church par excellence, been said that this is central ministry or a Christian or not, and that she has to leave all other pastoral.
Passing the vital importance of recognizing what the response given by God's fidelity to the charism of each work and each founder or founding, it has to motivate every time but the real callers and creating experiences of call, so there really is no crisis of calls, but callers.
Strong words for a world often called post-Christian, but is actually pre-Christian, and therefore it is important today given the contribution that the Institutes for encourage the life of the Church, considering the urgency of creating a culture of vocations in the family, the structures of state and society, media and culture in general, in every realm of the Church, what makes us once again be carriers of a special grace, as the IISS members are privileged to live in the amalgamation of the lives of many people in their encounter with God and with faith.
Excited by the message of these days, we formed from these expressions, a vocational high sensitivity and desire to motivate others and our members to be enthusiastic and motivating callers to experience God in our youth and every person we touch interface.
the end of the Congress, made several commitments and one of them certainly is the renewal of our allegiance charismatic church to work for vocations to the Church in the Peru and where we play lead as well as encourage and promote the culture of vocations, including all vocations that the Church can give us.
In Closing Eucharist Father Enrique Carrión in his capacity as Secretary General of the Department of vocations for the Episcopal Conference, we urge you to "renew our work for vocations in general and always be joyful witnesses of the Lord's message, as always institutes have done, "said priest known as a close and secular life in Lima.
There remains the challenge of renewing the brochures for dissemination of our vocation, and other vocations to the Church, and the organization of more meetings and developing these chips and Vocational Creeds to be reflected upon by all, but especially the renewed intend to be carriers and disseminators of the joy of what God does in us.
FENIS Vocation Team - Peru
(Submitted by Mark Ccoriñaupa)
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