Christian Life Community
Communauté de Vie Chrétienne
Comunidad de Vida Cristiana
Apostolic Frontiers
The CLC World Assembly 2013, held in Lebanon in August 2013, had as theme "From our Roots to the Frontiers". In this Assembly, four frontiers were identified: Ecology, Family, Globalisation and Poverty, and Youth.
- Ecology
- Family
- Globalisation & Poverty
- Youth
Breathing Together
CLC joins the Ignatian Family for the Global Ignatian Prayer Vigil #SeasonOfCreation
Today, in our wounded world, we are struggling for breath. Let us join the Ignatian family in the prayer of September 25th. “Send forth your Spirit, O Lord, and renew the face of the earth!” #TogetherAMDG #JesuitNetwork https://jesuit.network/breathing-together/
The Vigil will be broadcast at 8 PM in Manila, Rome and New York. Choose your time and join in the prayer on the
http://YOUTUBE.JESUITS.GLOBAL
Easter Season with an Amazonian Face!
Here are weekly reflections on the resurrection by participants at the Amazon Synod. The themes of global interconnectedness are even more relevant for us during this coronavirus pandemic. The first Easter Reflection is by Maurico Lopez Oropeza, our CLC World ExCo President in 2013-2018.
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The Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation
Today, Pope Francis, has released the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Querida Amazonia". We would like to invite you to read it in its entirety, feeling and tasting it internally, as St. Ignatius would say. A look so necessary from the Pope that it is addressed to the whole world “…to help awaken their affection and concern for that land which is also “ours”, and to invite them to value it and acknowledge it as a sacred mystery…” (QA 5)
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CLC Italy and the Amazon Synod
CLC in Italy, in collaboration with the Jesuits of the Residence of St Ignatius in Rome, hosts a delegation of 25 people from the Amazon (itinerant team) who participate in the various activities surrounding the Amazon Synod in the Vatican. Below is a sharing of one of their encounters, as relayed by Maria Letizia (CVX in Rome Coordinator):
Many resonances on the testimony of Fernando Lopez sj and sr. Laura from the Itinerant Team during the Community Day for the opening of the social year, Sunday 13 October. We are living in Kairos, and the Synod on the Amazon is a sign of it, but it must also be a time of announcement, of denunciation, time of prophecy.
The Amazon teaches us to live the union in diversity; it would not be healthy in uniformity; everything is connected, we are connected to the earth and to the life of creatures: that the Church knows how to live this theological principle, maintaining unity in diversity, especially within itself!
The Amazon jungle needs us, we who live in the city jungle. We could not survive without one another; are we willing to fight to defend the life of the green forest, even if so far from us?
This is a Special Synod, as Fr. Lanzilli explained, born of specific requests from episcopal conferences in the geographical areas concerned. Amazonia, new paths for the church and the integrated ecology, is the title chosen, given the themes that we have chosen to collectively deal with.
It's no longer a church that visits, but a present church: the Synod involves everyone from below. The theme of integral ecology calls us to respect plurality and to let ourselves be enriched by diversity.
These in a nutshell are just some of the cues we heard.
It is with a deep sense of gratitude that at the end of the day we felt our horizon widen and reach a little further.
Thanks again to everyone for the participation and the contribution given to the organization of the day. And a further thank you if you want to share your resonances with us.
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An invitation to join the Season of Creation
Each year from September 1 to October 4, the Christian family unites for this worldwide celebration of prayer and action to protect our common home.
This year, the theme for the season is biodiversity, God’s web of life. We invite you to consider the unique value of each creature in God’s wondrously complex web of life.
The Invitation
A Jesuit/Ignatian delegation will participate in the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development of the United Nations
On July 9, the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will start in New York. It is a mechanism created by the United Nations to monitor and evaluate progress in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda regarding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
This platform, convened by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC), brings together states, international organizations, the private sector and civil society organizations with the aim of promoting accountability and exchange around compliance with the 2030 Agenda. This year, the general theme will be “Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”. The following objectives will be evaluated in detail: Objective number 4, relating to quality education; 8, which refers to economic growth and decent work; 10, on reduction of inequalities; 13, on the fight against climate change, 16, on peace, justice and institutions, and 17, the creation of global alliances. In addition, 49 countries will voluntarily submit their reviews on how they are carrying out the 2030 Agenda in their territories.
On the initiative of the Social Justice and Ecology Secretariat of the Society of Jesus, a Jesuit / Ignatian delegation will participate in this forum this year. In the words of Father General, Arturo Sosa, SJ: “This is an important event for the Society of Jesus, first of all because we have a long experience of working in all these fields in numerous places in the world: accompanying excluded persons and communities, working for justice and reconciliation and for the care of our common home. These themes have been confirmed in the recent Universal Apostolic Preferences, that we have received from the Holy Father, following the path traced by General Congregation 35 when it encouraged us to "establish links in the field of public advocacy between political power and those who find it difficult to make their voices heard, building bridges and offering new forms of understanding”.
The Jesuit / Ignatian delegation will attend the debates within the United Nations, it will organize the event entitled "How to collaborate in the care of the Common House" and participate in numerous events related to environmental sustainability, inequality, indigenous peoples, or the right to a quality education, among others.
Here you can consult the full program of the High Level Political Forum. For more information about the debates and events, make sure to follow us through our social media.
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Synod of Bishops for the Amazon region
We are delighted to share the news that Pope Francis has just appointed Mauricio Lopez, our beloved President of World CLC, to the Council which will prepare for the Synod on the Amazon! Please join us in our prayer and support for this important work on addressing the very urgent needs of the people and the land of the Amazon!
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The throwaway Culture
But, can a catholic do politics? He must!B ut, can a catholic makea political commitment? He must!
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Report from PanAmazon: Report #12: Contemplation to Attain Love
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful girl so overcome by her devotion to the moon, that she wished to ascend to the heavens, and be turned into a star. She decided to wander the highest peaks and mountains, until her dream could be magically realized.
You can download the full reflection here:
Report from PanAmazon: Report #11: Everything is interconnected as if we were one ...
... we are all part of this mother earth and this universe, we are connected to each other and together within this Common Home, everything we do affects the other whether it be a human being, an animal, a plant...
You can download the full reflection here:
Report from PanAmazon: Report #10: Sounds of Death and Resurrection
We need always to descend to the bottom to discover there a new source of energy, to renew the life spent, and refresh the dry life. The transforming force is not found at the surface in which we live but rather in the depths.
You can download the full reflection here:
Season of Creation 2017
Dear friends,
Mauricio Lopez and Ann Marie Brennan invite you to participate in the upcoming Season of Creation 2017. There are various initiatives available for everyone, which you will find in the attached letter. The Season of Creation is from 1 September until 4 October 2017.
For more details, you may directly contact Ann Marie at annmariebrennan@yahoo.com
Download the letter here
Ecology Program from CLC Zaragoza, in light of Laudato Si’
CLC Zaragoza in Spain has launched an introductory Ecology and Social Justice program for CLC members in light of the encyclical Laudato Si of Pope Francis. It is designed to be completed in just three meetings, but it can also be done in one day.
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Report from PanAmazon: Report #9: Not to sound like empty vessels
'If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.(1 Cor 13: 3-7)
You can download the full reflection here:
Caring for Creation
At the heart of the Encyclical’s proposal is an integral ecology as a new paradigm of justice, an ecology "which respects our unique place as human beings in this world and our relationship to our surroundings" (LS. #15). Because we cannot understand nature as “something separate from ourselves or as a mere setting in which we live” (LS. #139).
Mauricio Lopez leads us in the meeting plan n.7 of Supplement #72 focused on the theme of “Integral Ecology, the Central Call of the Encyclical Laudato Si”
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Caring for Creation
Caring for Creation
I said to the almond tree, “Friend, speak to me of God.”
And the almond tree blossomed.
Luke Rodrigues SJ accompanies us in the second meeting plan of Supplement #72 focused on the theme of “Creation leads me to God”
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Caring for Creation
Report from PanAmazon: Report #8: Evangelize in daily life
"I encourage all those who are committed to helping men, women and children enslaved, exploited, abused as tools of labor or pleasure and often tortured and mutilated."
"Human trafficking is a crime against humanity." Pope Francis
You can download the full reflection here:
Caring for Creation
“The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil…”
Luke Rodrigues SJ introduces us to the first meeting plan in Supplement #72 focused on the theme of “The Goodness of Creation”
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Caring for Creation
Caring for Creation
Mauricio Lopez and Luke Rodrigues SJ reiterate this important moment for caring for the Earth, our common home.
You can download here: Progressio Supplement #72
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Caring for Creation
Environment as Relationship- How are we moving?
We would like to share with you Fr. Pedro Walpole SJ's presentation: Environment as Relationship- How are we moving. It was originally shared with CLC Melbourne and presented to the CLC Ecology Commission online.
You can watch the presentation through this link:
Report from PanAmazon: Report #7: Space for a community to come together
A new year begins and with it new blank pages on which more stories of this small pilgrimage in this corner of our beloved Amazon will be penned.
You can download the full reflection here:
Report from PanAmazon: Report #6: Celebrate
"For me, a spiritual man or woman is one who lives in depth, who assumes options worthy of a human life. Be consistent, be open to the needs of others. Celebrate life."
You can download the full reflection here:
Report from PanAmazon: Report #5: Recognize
"To care is more than an act; it is an attitude. Therefore, it embraces more than a moment of attention. Represents an attitude of occupation, interest, responsibility and the affective involvement with the other." Leonardo Boff
You can download the full reflection here:
Report from PanAmazon: Report #4: Learning
The problem of my brotherhood, if I really am the brother of all men, is not how I feel in my heart, but the real problem is that others can feel themselves as my brothers when they come across of me. This is where fraternity comes into play: what does it matter to the other that I in my "little heart" feel like brother, if he sees me as a hedgehog?
You can download the full reflection here:
Report from PanAmazon: Report #3: Quiet time
"Look around you, give thanks, feel indignant of the situations of injustice, exclusion and poverty, but above all find out how you can engage and contribute in a small way to transform those situations that do nothing but widen the gap between rich and poor, situations that increase the destruction of our common home."
You can download the full reflection here:
Report from PanAmazon: Report #2: Breaking Up the Ground Within Me
"I must descend to the bottom of my heart and, of course, this scares me, since it is not easy to face my fears, desires, emptiness, questions..."
You can download the full reflection here:
Report from PanAmazon
Lorena Perez (CVX Ecuador), or Lore, currently works as the volunteer for the Amazon Project. She shares with us her monthly reflections on her life and work as a way to unite with the world community's mission in the ecology frontier.
"Each face reflects a light and shadow, each carries a dream. They all have a unique way of looking after this earth and being at one with nature. They know intuitively if a cloud means rain, or if it will soon pass over and be tossed away by the wind, like the leaves that flutter in the trees."
You can download her first reflection here:
Season of Creation
Dear Friends in CLC,
September 1 was proclaimed as the World Day of Prayer for Creation by the Orthodox Church in 1989, and many other Christian churches have joined since then, with Pope Francis most recently in 2015. It was then extended to be a month-long Season of Creation, ending on October 4 (Feast of St. Francis).
You are encouraged to participate by organizing prayer services (you can use our Progressio Supplement 72! http://www.cvx-clc.net/l-en/progressio.php ) and activities for engaging the ecological crisis.
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A platform for linking local CLC action on the Ecology Frontier
On Local Action
Our national communities have been initiating local efforts to respond to Laudato Si. Much of the efforts have been in the form of prayer and reflection spaces; in others, National assemblies have focused on the theme of Ecology, and have produced some materials and action steps for national action. Local action continues to be relevant because these give the necessary contextual and cultural characteristics for effective action.
Our Local Efforts Linked Together
Currently, through the efforts of the CLC Ecology Commission, we have linked with the Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM)- a network of Catholic communities, organizations and partners who would like to unite various local and global efforts under a common platform. Common actions that we encourage CLC participation through GCCM are:
•Signing a petition for leaders to keep the temperature rise below 1.5C
•COP21 Paris Climate Summit Prayer (which can be done individually, or by communities)
•Global Climate March (Nov 29)
This is currently our platform for united action. We strongly encourage you to link your CLC activities in the Ecology Frontier (whether it be vigils, advocacy letters and other apostolic action) with this in mind, and to register as CLC groups in their website: http://catholicclimatemovement.global/take-action/ . By doing this, we connect beyond our world CLC community and move closer to actual global common action.
As local communities, we are encouraged to continue our locally discerned callings and responses to our Ecology Frontier. But know that we are part of a larger-spanning endeavor to care for our common home, through GCCM, and the larger human community.
Please do not hesitate to share your actions and invitations via our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CVX-CLC-6562037665/ . And check our site for important World CLC updates: http://cvx-clc.net/
Let us continue to pray together for each other and our world.
Let us raise our voice for Climate Justice!
There are many ways to take action. The Christian Life Community is part of the Global Catholic Climate Movement, adding its voice in the Care4Creation campaign. See how you and your communities can participate:
http://catholicclimatemovement.global/care4creationmonth/
Prayer Vigil for this climate crisis
On Sunday December 7th , people around the world are invited to pray for the decisions of the International Panel for Climate Change that will be held in Lima-Peru this December
Light For Lima
A weekend to bend the course of history
In September, heads of state are going to New York City for a historic summit on climate change. With our future on the line, we will take a weekend and use it to bend the course of history.
In New York City there will be an unprecedented climate mobilisation.
Our demand is for Action, Not Words: take the action necessary to create a world with an economy that works for people and the planet – now. In short, we want a world safe from the ravages of climate change.
People's climate mobilisatiobn
The Amazon Project has started
Since the end of May 2014 three members of CLC Latin America arrived in the heart of the Amazon forest.
A new way to live the CLC as an apostolic body.
What is the CLC that the world needs?
News from our volunteers (in Spanish)
CLC encourages a worldwide prayer chain for RIO+20
This material has been endorsed and presented also by the Secretariat of Social Justice and Ecology of the Society of Jesus, by the social sector of the CPAL, the ECOJESUIT Network, Fe y Alegria Brazil, and the Amazon Travelling Team.
Rio+20 the short name for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to take place twenty years after the landmark 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
It is also an opportunity to look ahead to the futured we want: Social Equity, Economic Growth and Environmental Protection.
Ecojesuit website
Email: mauriciol@cvx-clc.net
Prayer Guide
First International Congress on the Pastoral Care of the Elderly
“Listen carefully to this! A society that does not value grandparents is a society that has no future.” Pope Francis
From Wednesday 29 to Friday 31 January, in Rome, the First International Congress on the Pastoral Care of the Elderly will take place. It is organized by the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life. María Magdalena Palencia, from CVX México, and Marcos Morales, from CVX en España, will be participating in this meeting. We invite you to join us in prayer by entrusting Magdalena and Marcos. They will, afterward, share the fruits with us.
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Towards Bethlehem as a Family
There, we walked in the desert following Abraham and Moses, then headed for Bethlehem...
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The Synod on the Family and the World Meeting of Families (WMOF) in Philadelphia
“Only in the light of the madness and great love of Jesus will we understand the madness and gratuitous love between man and woman.”
You can download the full article here:
The International Formation Encounter on Family
The International Formation Encounter on Family (IFE) is set to take place in Madrid, Spain from 17 to 20 July 2017.
Bearing the theme of
“See how they love one another”. A lay Ignatian look at Family.
In response to the call for a new family pastoral in Amoris Laetitia.
Participants of the encounter are CLC members from 29 national communities, from six CLC Regions (Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, and North America).
The IFE on Family is a partnership between the CLC World Executive Council and Comillas Pontifical University of Madrid. We are grateful to CLC Spain Executive Council and the national community for their generosity in welcoming us!
Check out the facebook page here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1122039121229721/
Check out the website for further details:
Conclusions of the Jesuit/Ignatian delegation at the High Level Political Forum at the United Nations
The seventh session of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2019) took place under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The session took place from 9-15 July 2019 and at the ministerial level from 16 to 18 July 2019. HLPF 2019 addressed the theme, 'Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality'.
For the first time, at the initiative of the Social Justice and Ecology Secretariat of the Society of Jesus (SJES), and with the help of the Christian Life Community (CLC/CVX), a Jesuit/Ignatian delegation came together to participate in this forum.
The report from the SJES is attached for your perusal.
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At the Frontiers with Asylum Seekers
European CLC, CVX-LMS Italy and CLC Migration Network propose a permanent experiential camp in Sicily, alongside asylum seekers hosted in the reception centers of the "Saint John the Baptist" Foundation of Ragusa.
PROJECT
We intend to be present where the migrants come in and search the first aid in Italy. According to G.P. 8 and "aware of the pressing need to work for justice through a preferential option for the poor, and a simple lifestyle that manifests our freedom and our solidarity with them," with this project CLC / LMS seeks a dual purpose:
be neighbour to each other in difficulty,
make those who work for justice do not feel alone.
OUR TARGET
The experience is offered to young people, but not only, belonging to the European CLC or interested to get involved actively in the work with migrants.
Email: scaglia10478@gmail.com
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Because we will not be silent accomplices..
From the European Christian Life Community Migration Network: We would like to express our profound disagreement, frustration and sadness at the measures taken by European political leaders.
Manifesto (for reading and distribution)
Challenges for the european migration network
"Gathered from 14 to 16 November 2014 in Luxemburg, 28 CLCers from 8 european countries,
reflected on "Meeting and Welcoming the Roma” and on the future of the european migration network.
By this powerpoint, Denis Dobbelstein, member of the World Exco, described and challenged the network
as a concrete expression of CLC, an apostolic body. It helped us to reflect on our personal involvment and
on our desires towards an active network, which will be led by CLC-Spain."
for more details, please contact : Migraciones CVX-Europa migrationeuropeclc@gmail.com
Email: migrationeuropeclc@gmail.com
powerpoint presentation
CLC's relief efforts for the Typhoon victims in Philippines
CLC Philippines is officially supporting the rehabilitation efforts in Daanbantayan—a small fishing village north of Cebu that was severely affected by Typhoon Haiyan but which has not received as much attention.
For donations please get in touch with CLC Philippines through the email address, clcp@admu.edu.ph
This effort seeks to enable the village to recover fishing boats for livelihood, roofing for public schools and the establishment of a community center.
Email: clcp@admu.edu.ph
Coalition for a Worthy Education has received the Award for Civic Engagement
In June 7th in Washington DC The Inter-American Dialogue Center* presented its first ever Award for Civic Engagement to the Coalición Educación Digna, the civil society group that led the successful “4% campaign” for educational reform in the Dominican Republic.
“We are truly inspired by this example of civil society that seeks to promote government responsibility and accountability in the Dominican Republic. That, precisely, it is democracy” said Michael Shifter, Inter-American Dialogue President about the award.
* The Inter-American Dialogue is the leading U.S. center for policy analysis, exchange, and communication on issues in Western Hemisphere affairs.
Worthy Education website (in Spanish)
CLC Dominican Republic: Concrete “advocacy” action in favor of education
The goal of this initiative is that the government of the Dominican Republic should comply with what is currently established in the regulations, to allocate at least 4% of the Gross Domestic Product of the country to education; a situation that is very far from reality, in which less than 2% is allocated and where limitations and inequity in access to the same can be observed.
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letter of invitation
CLC and JRS
TOGETHER TO TRANSFORM THE REALITY OF REFUGEES, DISPLACED AND MIGRANTS
May,2012. CLC participated in the regional meeting of the Jesuit Refugee Service – Jesuit Migration Service (JRS-JMS) Network, held in Buga, Columbia
The CLC-UN Working Group in New York shares about Girl Effect with CLC
"Girl Effect" is an untapped solution to end poverty.
Adolescent girls are uniquely capable of raising the standard of living in the developing world.
A girl will invest her income and knowledge back into her family and her community.
A girl will break the cycle of intergenerational poverty.
Watch the video
Press release of the Latin American Reflection Group on Migrations WSF-M
Reflections from our participation in the Ignatian Pre-Forum and World Social Forum on Migration.
Ana Lucia Torres is the new coordinator of the Latin American Reflection Group on Migration and Refugees.
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WSF-M panel: “MIGRANT FACES: VOICES THAT CONSTRUCT NARRATIVES”
October 10th CLC will show our contribution to go beyond the numbers and academic reflection, to present the faces and stories of men and women who live in this situation.
Five speeches of CLC members
Mauricio Lopez World CLC
Adelaida Lacasta CLC Spain
Lina Moreno CLC Colombia
Maria Luisa Urrelo CLC Bolivia
Ana Lucia Torres CLC Ecuador
Brochure (in Spanish)
CLC will be present in the World Social Forum on Migrations WSF-M
October 8th-12th/2010
Peoples on the move towards universal citizenship "tearing down the model, building social actors"
The MIGRATION-REFUGEES reflection group of CLC Latin America decided to participate in the WSF-M and the Ignatian Pre-Forum. We are participating as CLC in the methodology commission and we will be in charge of a panel on MIGRATION.
Who do you want to be?
The CLC World Secretariat and the Society of Jesus have launched a global experience for young people, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the Canonization of Ignatius of Loyola and St. Francis Xavier.
Based on the life of Ignatius and on the Universal Apostolic Preferences, which are aligned with the 4 frontiers in CLC, some very interesting videos and useful pedagogical materials are offered for CLC community meetings. An invitation to deepen the meaning of life and to imagine differently.
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World CLC Youth Gathering
As CLC we join the Ignatian Year, celebrating a World Youth Gathering. From Loyola, we will connect with young people from all over the world to give thanks, share and celebrate.
In the light of the conversion process of St. Ignatius, young people will journey through the wounds of today's world, we will approach our strengths that launch us to go out and discern the places we are called to inhabit. And like Ignatius on pilgrimage, we will set out on the road to meet others and build the Kingdom together.
We will have presentations that will help us to deepen our spiritual life, experiences of mission that national communities are carrying out and meetings in small communities to share what we are experiencing. Fr Arturo Sosa SJ, World Ecclesiastical Assistant will share a special message addressed to young people.
From the CLC social networks, we will be sharing all the information so that you don't miss it.
Facebook: @CVX-CLC / Instagram: @cvx_clc / Twitter: @CVX_CLC
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Ignatius 500
CLC-CVX wants to join Ignatius 500, the celebration that marks the 500th anniversary of St. Ignatius’s conversion, with an international youth gathering in Loyola.
The Ignatian charisma so prized by Society of Jesus and shared by many has spread throughout many corners of the planet, and resonates with youth in a very special way.
In the gathering, young people will be able to experience their own conversion, as a reflection of St. Ignatius’s own personal transformation.
In keeping with Ignatius’s own experience, we will experience the Wound, just as today we face a wounded world in which so many are suffering.
Guided by the imagery of Ignatius’s experience, there will be the symbolic Tower of his house, recalling the strength that compels us to go forth and discern which frontiers we are called to inhabit.
As Ignatius did, we’ll go on a Pilgrimage, to encounter others along the way and build God’s Kingdom with others and for all.
And finally we’ll experience the Celebration alongside the entire Ignatian family, before going back to our countries of origin, confident that we have forged bonds with new friends in the Lord, offering all we are and in the hope of serving better wherever we are.
All of this in order to embrace the world, seeking to ease His creatures’ suffering, in the manner of St. Ignatius.
We’ll be joined by experts, Jesuits and CLC-CVX members, who will accompany us on this journey by sharing their knowledge and experience. And we will also receive the visit and message of the Society’s Superior General Arturo Sosa.
So, don’t miss all the information we’ll be sharing on our Social Media!
To National ExCos, for sharing with your members:
Dear friends,
As you know, an important event is taking place in the Church from October 3 to 28, 2018: the Synod on Youth, which theme is: Youth, Faith and Vocational Discernment.
Let us pray especially for the youth at this time, and for the Synod Fathers, asking the Holy Spirit to guide them in their reflections and decisions.
We encourage you to follow daily the work of the Synod on this link:
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A Wealth of Experience
The Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life has published the contributions of associations, and lay movements during the Annual Meeting of Associations, Ecclesial Movements and Youth Communities, last June 2018. During this meeting, the nearly 50 ecclesial groups convened reflected on the theme of the next Synod of Bishops: “Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment"
Alwin and Rojean Macalalad attended for the Christian Life Community.
More information here
CVX-CLC: Voices for the Youth Synod 2018
As CLC, we can participate in the preparation for the Youth Synod by inviting our young members and young people aourn us to make their voice heard:
- The Synod of Bishops on the Youth will held in October 2018
- The Pope urges the youth to answer this questionnaire: http://bit.ly/YouthSynodSurvey before November 30, 2017
- Read Najat Sayegh's official letter through the link below!
Youth—heirs of the past, pioneers of the future
We are pleased to bring you PROJECTS 165:Youth—heirs of the past, pioneers of the future. Kindly ensure that all individual communities and members are able to receive and find time to read this document.
Projects 165
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