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August 2014, U COM - N. 3
VII International Congress ofthe Servite Family U
Collevalenza, Italy4-11 August 2014
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A Sower went out to sow:
The Servants of Mary and
the New Evangelization
Mission CompletedOn 8 August 2014, the day began with
morningprayer at 9.00 a.m.,followed by a presentation byfra Franco
M. Azzalli, () on the theme of Path/Tradition of the Servants of
Mary for the new evan-gelization. As usual, after the presentation,
therewere clarification and questions. In the afternoon,the groups
worked to answer to the question howto foster the commitment to the
new evangelizationin the Servite Family at local level? At 7.00
p.m.fra Oscar M. Aguilera Acosta(/), presidedover the Holy
Eucharist. After the supper, we went
to a restaurant, where a musical and dance showwas organized,
almost all the participants took partin it.
On 9 August 2014, we began the days work a littlelater, because
of our late night the previous day.We prayed at 9.00 a.m. in the
Conference hall. Itwas the day for sharing some different
experienc-es of Servite life.The lay Diaconia of Buon Consiglio
(Grazianoand Teresa Ruberti - Rome) and the lay Diaconiaof
Accoglienza(Mauro and Elena Moretti - Rome)
shared their Experience of the new evangelizationin the family
context.Mr. Rgis Bergonier, president of (International Servite
School Network) shared hisExperience of the new evangelization in
the educa-tion field.Fra Gino Alberto M. Faccioli, () who works
inthe Shrine of Our Lady of Monte Berico (Vicenza)told us of his
Experience of the new evangelizationin a Marian shrine.Fra Benito
M. Moresco, (), pastor of our par-ish in Quilmes (Buenos
Aires-Argentina), spoke ofhis Experience of the new evangelization
in theparish.Sr. Maria Rita Andrade, (), a sister who worksin a
pastoral community at Cod-Maranho in Bra-zil, shared her Experience
of the new evangeliza-tion in the pastoral involvement.Srs Emilia
Eugenio and Felizmenta Alfredo,Cloistered Servite Nuns from
Mozambique relatedtheir Experience of the new evangelization ad
gen-tes.With the Eucharistic Celebration presided over byfra
Bernard M. Thorne, (), we concluded ourday of testimony of the
lives of our brothers and
sisters, which encouraged us to go forth with a newvision of
evangelization.
Mauro ed Elena Moretti : Graziano e Teresa Ruberti
Rgis Bergonier Gino Alberto
Benito Moresco Maria Rita Andrade
Emilia Eugenio : Felizmenta Alfredo
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ParticipantsIn the first issue of the U VII Communications (7
August 2014), we gave statistics of the participants ac-cording to
the membership in the Servite Family, but in this present issue, we
present the statistic of the partici-pants according to their
nationality.
S.N. Nationality Number
01 Argentina 02
02 Australia 02
03 Austria 01
04 Brazil 03
05 Canada 06
06 Colombia 01
07 Congo 01
08 Czech Republic 02
09 England 04
10 Germany 01
11 India 10
12 Indonesia 02
13 Ireland 03
14 Italy 29
15 Mexico 07
16 Mozambique 04
17 Philippines 07
18 Swaziland 01
19 Uganda 02
20 USA 07
21 Zimbabwe 01
Total 96
Pilgrimage to Monte SenarioOn 10 August 2014, at 6.45 a.m. we
started our pilgrimage towards Monte Senario to honor our Seven
FirstHoly Fathers and to return to our Spiritual roots. The
community of Monte Senario welcomed the participants ofthe congress
with great joy. We felt the fragrance of holiness on the mountain
of Monte Senario, where ourSeven First Fathers, along with the
other saints and blesseds, brothers and sisters of our Servite
Family hadlived- Fra Ferdinando M. Perri(), Conventual Prior of the
Community presided over the Holy Eucharist inthe Church of Monte
Senario. Soon after the lunch, there was a guided visit to the
Church, cloister and commu-nity by fra Camille M. Jacques, () for
Italian and French speaking group; fra Giovanni M. Sperman, ()for
Spanish and Portuguese speaking group and Miss. Esther Buenfil
Patrn, () for English speakinggroup. Around 4.15 p.m. at the foot
of the Monumental Cross, there was a moment of prayer guided by fra
Ca-mille M. Jacques, (). The prayer concluded with a meaningful
gesture. All the participants were invited toapproach the cross, to
surrender all their crosses (difficulties) and to receive symbols:
soil, seed, sprout andstone in a small bag along with the image of
Seven Holy Founders. After this great spiritual experience, we
re-turned to Collevalenza with joyful hearts.
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The Communication TeamThe Center for Communications created a
tem-porary communication team from the participants tosend
information in various languages immediatelyfrom the VII
International Congress of U.Italian: fra Souriraj (Souri) M.
Arulananda Samy,() and Sr. Agnese Pignataro, ()English: fra
Souriraj (Souri)M. Arulananda Samy,() and Miss. Julia Arkell,
()
Spanish: fra Martin M. Muoz Vasquez, ()French: fra Camille M.
Jacques, ()Portuguese: fra Alcio M. Azevedo, ()We thank the
communication team for their availa-bility and precious
service.
Conclusion of the Congress and DepartureOn 11 August 2014, at
9.00 a.m. we began the day with the Morning Prayer in the
conference hall. There fol-lowed evaluation of the congress. The
Message of the VII International Congress of U 2014 emergedbased on
the theme, presentations and reflections of the groups. At 12.00
noon, fra Gottfried M. Wolff, thePrior General presided over the
Eucharistic Prayer and declared officially the closing of this
Congress.After lunch, we wished each other Godspeed and returned to
our homes with the hope to meet again at the
next Congress.
