Second
session: Testimony by Br. Jacopo OFM (Palestrina)
How
was the fraternity born?
- Fraternity
depends on General minister and now united with the fraternity in Istanbul
- Missionary
fraternity for Europe
- Fraternity
started off like a synergy
- Itinerant
friars who lived on the streets started coming together every year from 2000-05
Third
session: Eric Bidot and Raffaele Ruffo: Clermont Ferrand
1.
Fraternal life of communion: the fraternity
provides us with a valuable point of reference.
2.
Keeping the wall? An hotel? Brotherly communion:
a daily search
3.
Regular local chapters are part of fraternity to
revive our life, to spread word of God among us and to receive forgiveness from
each other
4.
A brotherly life of communion…..with the
capuchins poor Clare’s sisters….with the lay Franciscans secular order
5.
The individuality of each brother is a precious
gift to be respected and supported.
6.
The life of prayer: liturgical life and
individual life. The sense of belonging, cultivated and nourished by prayer
7.
The mass lived together is the fount and apex of
the whole Christian life. It remembers that we are meeting together in Christ’s
name
8.
The life of Poverty: by leading a simple life
limited to the minimum necessary and the maximum allowed. The friars do all the
works. People feel we are available for them.
9.
Brothers in Mission: we respond to various
requests we receive from organization. We are trying to be respectful to
creation.
10. We
have a capuchin café for the poor people. There are 25 people who pass by who
are all engaged in ordinary conversation. Coffee and conversation, compassion
and affection
11. The
parishes missions: be ready for going where the parish is not yet….to be
available for the people…
12. Let
us nourish, through prolonged periods of prayer and vigilance..
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