Glimpses for Contemplating an Apostolic Body
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Publication of the World Christian Life Community Glimpses for Contemplating an Apostolic Body N 1 • 2018 Glimpses World Executive Council Meeting 2018 Borgo Santo Spirito, 4 – 00193 Rome-ITALY • Web site: www.cvx-clc.net E-mail: [email protected] English, French and Spanish Editions Editor: Alwin Macalalad From top to bottom, Left to Right ExCo Meeting 2018 Progressio is the official publication of the Snow in Rome Christian Life Community (CLC). It seeks to Glimpses for Contemplating an Apostolic Body Alwin Macalalad build community, supplement formation, and World CLC Vice President promote apostolic works. By publishing sto - Edel Churu ries, reflections, events and opinions, it endeavors to reinforce, challenge and deep - 1 en the community’s understanding and living of the CLC Charism, Ignatian Spirituality and the gospel values CLC Latin American Assembly Meeting of leaders Miguel Collado and Christian Ubilla Miguel Collado ABOUT OUR LOGO We did not go too far to find inspiration for the logo of the Christian Life Community (CLC). Countless books have been written about the Salvation history of CLC and its beginning in The ExCo with the ESDAG year 1563. From that came the Marian Team: Françoise Uylenbroeck, Congregations and its symbol (shown on the José De Pablo and Graziano top right), having the “P” over the “X” (for the 2 4 Calci Greek Christus) and the inserted “M” illustrates that the Congregations were put under the A Discerning Path in Mission Reaching out to the Youth of Asia patronage of Mary, the mother of Jesus. CLC Uruguay National Executive Council Ibrahim Aryon A moment of silence, reflection The blue curved line illustrates a movement Chris Hogan, Herminio Rico; forward to one World Community in 1967 ; Najat Sayegh and Denis hence the globe. From this new beginning came Dobbelstein a new name: Communauté de Vie Chrétienne (CVX) in French; Comunidad de Vida Cristiana (CVX) in Spanish; Christian Life Community (CLC) in English. PHOTOS BACK COVER 1. CLC Agustino (Peru): World CLC Day 2018 8 13 celebration. City on a Hill that can’t be Hidden Insights for our CLC Youth 2. CVX Braga (Portugal) visiting Rome. Michael Walker Eduardo Martín Hermana World ExCo after their final 3. CLC Davao (Philippines): World CLC Day meeting- L-R: Denis, Mauricio, 2018 celebration. Alwin, Rojean, Fr. Arturo Sosa 4. Members of CLC Poland meeting CLC SJ, Edel, Najat, Chris, Ann Manresa (Italy) in Rome. Marie, Herminio. 5. World CLC Day 2018 in Malta. 6. World CLC Day 2018 in Taiwan. The World ExCo with Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family 19 21 and Life; Fr. Alexandre Awi The following persons collaborated to this Care of the Oceans Ecological Conversion Mello, Secretary of the publication, Translators and Proof Readers: Joan Woods and Nicholas Kim Jenny and Chris Gardner Dicastery; and the Marie Bailloux, Arielle Campin, Yves Cromphaut, Undersecretary for the Section Dominique Cyr, Marita de Lorenzi, Charlotte for the Laity, Dr. Linda Ghisoni. Dubuisson, Mary Fernandez de Cofone, David Formosa, Jennifer Fox, Françoise Garcin, Chartur Salvador Gonzalez-Ayala, Alban Lapointe, Agnes Rausch, Herminio Rico SJ, Clifford Schisler, Solange-Marie Slack, Veronica Villegas, Sarah Walker, Elena Yeyati 24 28 Lay out: Nguyen Thi Thu Van Buenos Aires 2018 In memory of Fr. P.H.Kolvenbach This publication may be copied and redistributed Daniela Frank in whole or in part, for non-commercial purposes, ARUPA with the condition that proper attribution is given. For other uses, contact [email protected] Printed by: Tipografia Città Nuova via Pieve Torina, 55, 00156 Roma 32 37 Glimpses for Contemplating an Apostolic Body Alwin Macalalad here is a temptation of thinking Within another institutional-level invol - about CLC as a mix-and-match vement, Joan Woods and Nicholas Kim, toolbox of practices that can be from the CLC UN Working Group, give Tpicked-up and discarded. It is as if it us a briefing on the Ocean Conference would be possible to say “I use CLC in the UN, and CLC’s participation tools to become a good Christian.” It’s through #OceanAction2176. While, as a easy to say this because there is truth couple, Chris and Jenny Gardner (CLC to it. There is also a temptation to think Australia) reflect on their personal jour - that the CLC way of life can be lived in ney and CLC’s involvement in the ca - pieces, as if our Charism is made up of ring for our common home. separate puzzle pieces that snap toge - For the first time, in history, we also ther to form a whole. But thinking of it witness three national communities col - as a vocation that integrates all aspects laborating to host a World Assembly. of life, the Ignatian tradition, and the ARUPA (Argentina, Uruguay, Para - moment-by-moment action of the Holy guay) reveals its journey and the mea - Spirit in the Church and the world— Alwin and Rojean ning of its name, and its service for the this crosses to the territory of mystery. Macalalad world community in the Buenos Aires Our Lay Apostolic Body is alive. As we World Assembly. have continually rediscovered in the World Executive Council, contempla - Lastly, instead of the section for Being ting CLC brings us to holy ground. EA, we present a remembrance of the There is something going on here, lar - late Fr. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, who ger and deeper than any us. We parti - accompanied us as World Ecclesiastical cipate, witness, discern and move Assistant for 24 years—almost half our forward with faith. CLC lifetime. He saw the CLC and the Society of Jesus as “two communities… Progressio is one of the windows for this moved by the same Spirit..” while en - contemplation. In this issue we collect a couraging us to deepen our identity as few more perspectives into the life of Ignatian laity. He articulated this while CLC as Lay Apostolic Body. It is a body deeply embodying the meaning of par - of many levels, layers and sides. In this tnership throughout those years. issue we have CLC Uruguay, describing what goes on inside the heart of a natio - All of these are part of our ongoing jour - nal community that seeks to be intima - ney and response, like an ongoing dance tely in-touch, and responsive with God’s of faith and commitment to a God who is invitations into apostolic life. Through always in motion. Larger and longer than Christian Ubilla (CLC Ecuador) and Mi - our lives and perceptions. guel Collado (CLC Chile), we get a glim - In these months leading up to the World pse of the Latin American CLC national Assembly, we feel, once again, the sense leaders gathering to determine ways of of being ONE whole. A living commu - better service. Miguel Collado further nity, with many parts. A community describes his experience in a gathering with a lot of rough edges- some parts of ecclesial movements in the Dominican broken and pained, some parts getting Republic and how CLC might be able to to know itself, some parts sensing union better serve the local Church. with the mother Church, other parts de - Through Ibrahim Aryon (CLC Indone - veloping very concrete institutional sia), the regional team for Asia recounts identity for engaging with other bodies. CLC’s service in the Asian Youth Day As long as we can hold on to the thread (AYD) in Indonesia, and the CLC gathe - that holds us to what we are — our li - ring that followed afterwards. Michael ving Charism— and not get lost in the Walker (CLC Australia) gives us his in - frantic details that pull at us, I believe sights regarding the Church of the fu - that we will see this Apostolic Body ture, after what he has seen in the AYD. grow and bear fruit. And so let’s conti - Under the same thread, Edu Martin nue begging for that grace: We desire shares his experience about CLC Youth greater depth and integration in the li - - after attending the European Youth ving out of our CLC Charism in the Encounter in Malta. world today. 1 A Body in Movement… journying with our eyes fixed on the horizon of the Kingdom Miguel Collado and Christian Ubilla - CENAL Service Team n Lima (Peru), at the Feast of Pen - express our needs and dreams for our tecost 2017, we, the National Exe - Latin American CLC. cutive Councils of the Christian ILife Community in Latin America By way of communal apostolic discer - (CENAL by its acronym in Spanish), nment, we defined the most important gathered between 2 and 6 June, to actions we need to undertake in order renew our desire to be "a body in mo - to cooperate through a network of vement... journeying with our eyes communities with the Society of fixed on the horizon of the Kingdom". Jesus, the Universal Church and others in pursuit of a single godly mis - This was a unique opportunity to ack - sion, duly focused on the Frontiers de - nowledge and thank CENAL for allo - fined at the World Assembly in wing us to meet there on a quarterly Lebanon 2013, and accompanying the The CENAL Executive Council basis, virtually and uninterruptedly, youth and families in their diverse was elected during the over the last 9 years, thus walking to - realities. Thus, a new regional team World Assembly in Lebanon gether and supporting one another in was formed to encourage the forma - by the delegates of the the challenges we proposed as a re - tion and expression of experiences at national CLCs in Latin gion in the World Assembly of Fatima the Youth Frontier.