1st day of the PCI Inter Sector Encounter

The first day of the Inter Sector Encounter at Lonavla, Mumbai, began with enthusiasm with the theme: The Preventive System: A response to the Cultural Challenges of today. The participants were the six provincials and 24 delegates: - a delegate for Formation, Mission, Youth Ministry and Social Communication from each province. The four General Councilors: Sr. Americo Rolim Maria (Formation), Sr. Canales M. del Carmen (Youth Ministry), Sr. Deretti Alaide (Mission), Sr. Teruggi Giuseppina (Social Communication) and Sr. Runita Borja came from Rome to animate them.

The Salient features of the day are:

We acknowledge:

- The need to create synergy between sectors (Formation-Mission-Youth Ministry-Social Communication) in order to give adequate response to the ever new challenges in education of the young people

- Education coincides with life and embraces all dimensions of the person

- The need to strengthen the on-going formation of the FMA specially the coordinators

- The need to learn from the experiences of other Provinces

- Every experience of poverty give birth to something new.

We are called to:

- Re-read, deepen and actualize the Preventive System as a spirituality that favours the evangelical quality of life and relationships

- Dialogue and respond to today’s cultural challenges

- Help the young to discover the meaning of life by encountering Jesus through us and through our educating communities

- Make brighter, more attractive and contagious the charism given by the Holy Spirit to our founders and entrusted to each one of us

- Give gospel values to the young

- Communicate to the young the Christian vision of life

- Discover in each young person the point accessible to good

- Network with Government and non-governmental organizations

- Be a presence that announces the joy of having met the Lord and be bearers of His love to all people

- As FMA India to reflect and identify some concrete steps in the area of co-ordination for Communion

- Work and share our charism with the laity

The beautiful day came to its conclusion with a good night given by Sr. Americo Rolim Maria.