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RP PROVINCE NEWSLETTER January-February 2019 Vol RP PROVINCE NEWSLETTER January-February 2019 Vol. 55 No. 1 (First in a Series) By Fr. Jessie Hechanova, CICM Provincial Superior—CICM Philippines Dear confreres, We your confreres in the new provincial government team extend our fraternal greetings to each one as we enter another period in our journey as a CICM province. We also wish to thank you for the opportunity that you entrusted to us to be of service to our beloved province and the congregation. Some words of appreciation and gratitude should certainly be expressed to the members of the preceding provincial government for their years of dedication and commitment to serve this province in their different capacities. Thanks indeed to Fr. Ramon Caluza and the members of his council, Frs. Philip Yu Jr, Jean-Baptiste Mubibi, Thiago Silva, John Couvreur, and Gilbert Sales for their years of generous service. “Transitions as Opportunities for Gratitude, Humility and Renewal” Moments and periods of transition carry dual opportunities. They provide time and the space for thanksgiving, humility as well as hope and renewal. A transition period is a time to give thanks for blessings received and mission accomplished. It is a period to offer appreciation for productive work done by persons, communities and leaders. And indeed for the RP CICM province, much had been accomplished that we could and should be proud of particularly during the past six years. Furthermore, the period of transi- and heritage and most of all on Jesus tion is also a time for humility, a time to Christ who is the source of our unity and humbly accept our weaknesses, faults, who constantly calls us to be more and shortcomings as individuals and as generous, daring and faithful disciples. a community. It is an opportunity to realize the misgivings and the hurts we “Fidelity to God who calls us to share in caused one another and to learn to His good and beautiful mission through offer and accept forgiveness from one our charism. This is the centripetal and another. Transitional situations also open unitive force of our communal and up possibilities for renewal and transfor- missionary life as CICM.” mation from what we have been to what we could and should become as To start our mandate as a religious priests and brothers and as a provincial government team, we CICM province. journeyed to the Trappist Abbey at Guimaras Island, Iloilo in January At this particular period of transi- foremost to pray for God’s blessings and tion in our CICM RP province, I would like guidance for the next years and to to invite all the confreres to look forward discern what His will is for us as a team with hope, to work creatively and gener- and as a province. After all, what we do ously to accomplish our missionary tasks, and will be doing in our different to pray for the spirit of availability and apostolate as CICM missionaries is not missionary daring that will enable us to our mission but God’s. The time in the readily respond to new missionary chal- abbey was spent mostly in silent personal lenges particularly in frontier situations. In prayer as well as in communal prayer conformity with the spirituality of our with the Trappist Monks during their beloved founder, let us put our trust community prayers. The five days retreat always in the presence and providence was also an occasion for the members of God who is the origin and sustainer of to bond together so we can easily work our lives and missionary activities. Let our as one team in order to serve the personal differences and unpleasant province better. The last day was spent experiences in the past not hinder us formulating our vision-mission as a team from accomplishing our missionary tasks and to respond to urgent matters that while at the same time not neglecting to needed attention. change unproductive attitudes and correct past mistakes. As a team, we affirm that we are called to be animators of unity and Let us rather resolve to be more solidarity as we revitalize the CICM RP faithful to our congregational charism province through our fidelity to our CICM and to the good and beautiful mission charism and mission in the peripheral entrusted to us. Let us work together to become a more vibrant, witnessing and situations. Fidelity to God who calls each inspiring religious communities and CICM one of us to share in His good and province. Let us put our focus, our beautiful mission through our founding energy, talents and skills on what unites charism and mission will be the centering us as CICM missionaries i.e.: our common and unifying force of our missionary and charism and call for mission, our tradition religious life. And this will remain for each NOVA ET VETERA • JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2019 3 one of us a continuing challenge Are we doing what we are through out our lives that we have to supposed to be doing as CICM religious constantly respond to. We will constantly missionary priests and brothers? Are we be challenged individually and as a where we are supposed to be by virtue community to work together so that our of our vocation and charism as CICM? will, our heart, our prayer will be focused Are we living the way we are supposed to be living as vowed religious persons? on remaining faithful to God and the Do our lifestyle and our houses and mission He has entrusted to our structures give witness and justice to us congregation. This “unity of prayers, unity as people who have pronounced the of the will, unity of the hearts will make us public vows of poverty, obedience and achieve the goal that we have set for chaste celibacy? Are our attitudes, ourselves in this world; working for the behaviors, relationships with people glory of God” (Founder’s letter #138). around us one of humility, respect, justice, compassion and equanimity? “The cracks reveal not only weaknesses Dear confreres, these questions but also challenges and potentials for obviously are not new! They have growth.” previously been asked repeatedly in our What happened in our last provin- official CICM documents and I believe cial assembly in October 2018 obviously they remain important questions for our revealed “some cracks in the walls of our discernment individually as a province house”. It certainly showed our weak- particularly during this transition period. nesses as individuals and as a commu- These leading questions could stimulate, nity of brothers as well as a CICM prov- inspire and lead us to mend the “cracks ince. The cracks also revealed the chal- in the house” and take the needed steps lenges that we have to respond to as toward personal as well as congrega- individual confreres and as a CICM com- tional growth and transformation. In- munity. A thorough and detailed analysis deed, let us try to live patiently with of that particular challenging situation each other’s imperfections and avoid that the province experienced last year keeping a list of the faults and failures of will not be practical nor appropriate to others. mention in these few pages. It is suffi- “More than strategic planning, personal cient for the moment to note that all of and communal discernment is us are challenged to work toward our essentially an appropriate tool for our own personal transformation as well as journey as religious missionary that of our communities and province. community.” One could certainly not talk of commu- nal or congregational transformation Dedicating ourselves to constantly without the transformation of its mem- do the will of God for us personally and bers. Research studies of religious con- as a community implies that we spend gregations who were able to revitalize some moments in personal and commu- their respective congregation have nal prayer to be able to discern His will proven this obvious pre-condition. as revealed in the signs of the times. Our official documents particularly the 4 NOVA ET VETERA • JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2019 Constitutions and the Acts of the ening a discerning spirit will guide us to General Chapters remind us repeatedly where God is calling our province to go that we are to be men of prayer, men in the following years. We will therefore and communities who are adept in put our trust in God’s abiding presence listening to the will of God calling us to as He inspires us to revive the missionary respond to particular human conditions boldness and daring so characteristic of and situations of misery and injustice. As the spirituality of our founding fathers. we make our journey as a religious Confreres let us move on stead- missionary congregation, it is essential fastly in our missionary journey. And with that we constantly attune ourselves to St. Paul the great apostle and missionary, where God (who is a God of surprises) is let us always be devoted to the work of calling us in our daily circumstances. the Lord, knowing that in the Lord, our As such, an openness to listen as labor will not be in vain (1Cor. 15;58). well as a willingness to respond with May the Immaculate Heart of courage, detachment and a trusting Mary unite us in the service of God’s spirit are attitudes that we have to Mission and His kingdom! Cor unum et strengthen as members of a religious anima una! congregation. Cultivating and strength- NOVA ET VETERA • JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2019 5 MARCH Age 05 Gilbert Obin (US) 77 07 Ronald Magbanua (MG) 43 08 Jean Pascal Ebonda 34 12 George Geladé (BNL) 92 21 Graciano Brazas, Jr.
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