A Day of Great Rejoicing !

The Eucharist of the day was presided over by Fr. Gofrey D’Sa sdb. In his homily he referred to the invitation of Pope John Paul the II to universal call to Holiness. He then highlighted three challenges faced by the youth of today: Secularism, Virtual Reality and the New Age Movement.
The morning session began with the presentation of the INM Province on Annual Youth Convention conducted in the year 2009.
It was followed by the General Assembly presided by Sr. Maria Del Carmen Canales who presented the synthesis of the Inter- Sector Group work done on the previous day on the Formative Implications and Open questions on how to communicate the Christian Vision of Life to the young. Sr. Carmen synthesized it under 3 aspects such as :”to be”, ‘to give” and “to be challenged.”And the open questions were categorized under ‘what’ and ‘how’ to communicate the Christian Vision of life in today’s context.
The participants then got into groups of two, to share their experience of communication young people their faith in the God of Jesus Christ. They identified the elements that favoured and blocked their experiences.
In the afternoon session the Inter – Sector Groups met together to identify the priority choices required from the FMA in order to communicate the Christian Vision of life to the young. The General Assembly was moderated by Sr. Maria Americo Rolim .
At the conclusion of the assembly Sr. Maria highlighted the convergence: Centrality in Christ, Quality and Formative Presence and unified coordination of all the Sectors.
During the recreation moment Sr. Magdalene Segueira, the Development Coordinator of St. Mary Mazzarello Province, Mumbai (INB), presented the MORD Programme, a project for the development of young people of the underprivileged areas. It was a great exposure for the FMAINDIA Sisters to know about this project.
Sr. Alaide Deretti during her “ Goodnight” took the assembly around the Continent of Asia to have a glimpse of the first arrivals of the FMA in different parts of the continent. She invited the group to be generous in volunteering for the Missions and assured the group saying that with one missionary vocation , the province would be blessed with nine new vocations.