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Letter from Philip Pinto
TO PROVINCE, REGION AND DISTRICT LEADERS
06 September 2006
Dear Brother,
I send you warm
greetings from the Congregation Leadership Team in Rome.
God has been so good to all of us that from time to time it
is important that we recognise the gifts that we are
blessed with. It is precisely on account of these gifts
that I am writing to you at this time.
We have been spending some time in reflecting on all that
has been happening in our Congregation over the past four
years. Our reflections have led us to verbalise a theme for
our upcoming Congregation Chapter in 2008:
“Dare to be disciples: Passion and
Possibility”. We are
inviting you to enter into a reflection with us on what
this theme is saying to you.
We are also inviting certain Brothers around the
Congregation to give creative expression to whatever
response this theme calls forth in them. This invitation is
being sent to those who have poetic, musical or artistic
gifts. I would hope to receive from many such men the fruit
of their reflection and creativity in due time. We are
setting the 31st
of December
2006 as the deadline
for the submissions to us.
It is the hope of the Congregation Leadership Team to use
some of the submissions before the Chapter. We might also
be able to use some of the work during the Chapter. This
will help all of us to deepen our reflection as we prepare
for this important event in the life of our Congregation.
Thank you for the help you are able to provide. I pray the
blessings of creativity on you.
_________________
Br. Philip Pinto
Congregation Leader
Letter
from Mark McDonnell
To Artist, Poets & Musicians
Congregation Chapter 2008
Dear Brother
Greetings and best wishes to you from Rome.
I am writing to you in the context of the next Congregation
Chapter to be held in India in March 2008. Already, we have
had a number of planning sessions, and made a bit of a
break through over the summer when we fixed on the theme
for this important event. The theme is:
“Dare to be Disciples: Passion and Possibility”
We are hoping to harness as effectively as possible the
energies of the whole congregation in preparing for this
important congregational gathering – spiritual
energies of course, but also on this occasion, the
artistic, poetic and musical energies as well.
An invitation is being sent to all of those brothers who
have poetic, musical or artistic gifts to encourage them to
engage with the Chapter theme, and give creative expression
to whatever response this theme elicits in them.
This letter is being sent to your good self because your
name surfaced as a brother who is artistically gifted, and
one who could make a creative contribution to the flow of
artistic energy we are trying to harness in preparation for
Chapter 2008.
We are hoping to use the creative endeavours of our brother
artists in various way in the lead-in time to the Chapter,
and during the Chapter itself. For this reason we are
anxious to receive artistic contributions of whatever kind
on or before the 31st
December 2006.
With regard to the visual arts, we will be satisfied with a
high quality digital image of the work itself, a digital
image that can be used in preparatory materials for the
Chapter. In due course, it may be possible to match some of
the poetic creations with the digital images to produce an
artistic congregation brochure.
We are very sure that not all our brother artists are know
to us. This invitation is by no means exclusive, and if a
brother comes to hear of it indirectly, his contribution
will be as welcome as any other.
Encouraging you to allow the Creative Spirit to manifest
God’s power in you,
Yours fraternally,
Anthony
Mark McDonnell