Thursday, October 22, 2015

Meeting of Major Superiors of 1st and 3rd Order - conclusion of CCMSI

 The birthday cake cut by the celebrants after we reached back to the friary....followed by a get together....after the dinner we had a high recreation...singing and dancing.....it was a wonderful fraternal moment together....

 The morning eucharist celebrated by the newly elected provincials....John A, John Antony and Mathew....the homily was preached by Mathew on the theme of Franciscan fidelity and the challenges presented to us by Holy Father Francis

 we gathered together after the Mass for a group photo......

 The major superiors of 1st and 3rd Order came together this morning for our annual meeting....the President Br. Dolphy was absent as he is attending the custody chapter in Uganda....the agenda was very short and Br. Babu, OFM, is also the secretary of the conference....Br. Jose our capuchin spiritual assistant to the OFS presented a power point about the numbers of the members of the OFS. He also shared some of the difficulties faced by the spiritual assistance....they feel that they are neglected and sidelined by the National team. The OFS members are very happy with the Capuchin friars animation and would always want the friars to be present. The communication from the part of the national team of oFS  is very poor.
 It is decided by the conference that executive body would come together with four spiritual assistants before the next conference meeting which is scheduled for August 2016.

 Br. Suresh from Krist Jyoti province spoke to the conference about the Indian Current magazine....only one run by the capuchins in English on the national level. It is well read and popular in India. It takes up social and political issues....it has many good writers....He appealed to al the provincials to encourage their friars to write articles, encourage the formees to read and even write letters to the editor...and finally he asked the provincials to subscribe for the magazine and he promised to give a good concession...

 It is a moment to appreciate the province and fraternity of st. francis monastery for their hospitality and brotherhood.
 The workers were thanked and offered some gifts
 Br. Babu Jose, is the provincial of OFM....is a secretary of the conference...

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