To achieve the goal,
we chose and have been engaged in tasks suitable to the circumstances of each community such as ‘to reveal Marianist family spirit in life
to
the world, to continuously promot
e
formation for the consecrated life with Mary, and to collaborate with Mary’s missionary task.’
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Formation of Marianists
• Currently, 12 postulants are receiving formation training for dedication from the FMI and 15 observers are preparing to become postulants.
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Study and
Deepening
of Marianist Spirituality
•
Community Meetings
: We are
deepen
ing Marianist spirituality continuously through the life of faith including monthly research and sharing of learning materials, praying, and retreat. (Study Material for 2019: ‘The Blessed Chaminade of Bordeaux’, SM Books)
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Spirituality
Deepening
Group
: This group is dedicated to members who wish to live in Marianist spirituality more intensely and the meeting is held on a week day and on the weekend. (twice a month) (Study Material for 2019: (‘Marianist Community with One Heart and One Soul from Jerusalem to Seoul’, SM Books)
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Life of Prayer
: We offer Marianist Secret and Three O’clock Prayer every day, celebrate Marian Feasts in monthly Masses, retreats, and liturgies, and practicing Marianist life.
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Collaborating with Marianist Families
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Collaborating
with Marianist Families
: We are preparing for Marianist World Prayer Day, family camp, pilgrimage, and retreat. In this year’s pilgrimage, the sisters of Japan FMI visiting Korea joined us. Also, during the annual retreat, Superior General of FMI Sr. Franca Zonta gave us a lecture on the “Spirituality of Sr. Adele” and we also had a time to welcome Assistant for Education Sr. Clotilde Fernandez del Pozo and Assistant for Temporalities Sr. Michaela Lee Pok-Sun, who were also visiting Korea.
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Collaborating
with Other Communities
: Our communities invited each other to retreats, pilgrimages, outings, or community’s feast day
M
asses and sharing the activities of members and encouraging each other through the heads of communities and the meetings of the heads of the three offices.
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Apostolate Activities
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Collaborating
with local community
for the poor and the alienated: In the parish of Incheon, we are assisting with the
M
ass at a university hospital for patients (every week) and performing music once a month at a nursing home.
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Collaborating
with Marianist families
in Korea for the poor and the alienated: We are volunteering at the FMI Youth Center (once a week) and SM Chaminade Nursing Home (once a month) by providing labor service.
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Other
: We are practicing material sharing by supporting the missionary work of the FMI in India and the shelter for single mothers and
immigrant
families.
Challenges
•
Formation of Young Marianists
: We are experiencing difficulties in maintaining our
numbers of
Marianists
due to
young people’s indifference to faith and the uncertainty they have about their careers. We decided to establish and carry out plans to recover and help their faith.
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Apostolate for the Poor and the Alienated
: We decided to develop and carry out sustainable and systematic programs for those who are not only materially poor but also socially alienated.
Thank you for giving us a chance to introduce Incheon MLC
.
W
e pray that all members of the North American region take a closer step toward God’s blessing and love, with Mary and through her assistance.
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