Tuesday, March 21, 2017

THE MESSAGE OF BR. MAURO JOHRI,OFMCap. MINISTER GENERAL at PACC meeting






  •   For the passed 11 years, my meeting with the Conference superiors consisted of not so many brothers.
  •   This time we are much more because many of you brought your councilors.
  •   The decision in the last Chapter of the Order to elect one councilor just for India
    has given positive results.
  •   There was also a decision to have a separate councilor for PACC.
  •   We feel much more closer together (the General Council and the PACC) because
    Br. Victorius Dwiardy,OFMCap talks to us about what is happening in your circumscriptions and we believe he also brings to you news of what is happening in the General Council.
  •   This meeting is a unique opportunity for us to get to know each other.
  •   We cannot appreciate what we do not know. It is important for the General Council to get to see your faces and really appreciate you our brothers.
    (Especially when we have make decisions regarding brothers.)
  •   The richness of the diversity of PACC needs to be seen and experienced.
  •   The future of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin is especially in Asia, The
    number is growing greatly in Asia, particularly India and Indonesia. You have in
    your hands the future of the order.
  •   This dialogue will give you more and more the responsibility of the ‘tomorrow’ of
    our Order.
  •   From 2005 there was an international meeting, dialogue of religions, it is
    important to feel the richness of each culture and we need to enter into dialogue.
  •   Deepening the cultural aspects, we find a way to inculturate more. The chapel
    here is a good example, the (traditional) architecture.
  •   You can tell us something about the dialogue between religions. Many of you live
    in countries with Islam. You know how to live together.
  •   We need to listen to you and to see how you live in a multi-cultural environment.
  •   This should be a meeting open to hope. For me it is fundamental to say: “We
    want to tell you that you are an important part of the Order. Without you the Order will be a lot poorer. We are full of hope for everything that will happen in the future. Thank you 

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