ASIA: Month of Vocational Animators Meeting

 

The month of March marks the meeting of different vocation teams in Asian sector. Bro. Bosco as vocation coordinator of Asian cluster called for a meeting of a vocation team from different Asian countries.

The Brothers of Philippines gathered on 1^st March to discuss about different possibilities of carrying out the vocational promotion. Headed by Bro. Bosco, they discussed about different places permitted for doing vocation promotion. The Brothers decided to resume their visits to different parishes.

Bro. Bosco called for meeting with the vocation team of India in which vocational animators from different communities took part. They initially gathered to share some questions came from the course for Sa-Fa vocational animators. Additionally, they discussed some other practical matters for effective vocation promotion. This meeting brought some initiatives to engage in vocation promotion through social networks. The brothers agreed to create a YouTube channel for Indian Delegation. Six Brothers and a lay collaborator participated in the meeting. The vocation team gathered on March 18 to finalize the dates of the vocation camps.

Bro. Bosco called for a meeting with the vocation team of Indonesia in which 5 vocational animators from different communities took part. Initially we discussed on the usefulness of the different vocational material shared by Bro. Bosco. We discussed about the current situation of vocational promotion process in Indonesia and about making some creative ways of doing vocational promotion to attract the candidates during our school and parish visits.

Bro. Bosco called for a meeting with the vocation team of Timor in which 4 vocational animators participated. We discussed on the usefulness of the different vocational material shared by Bro. Bosco. The Timorese Brothers highly appreciated about the materials and ideas shared with them. They assured it was highly useful. We discussed about making some creative ways of doing vocational promotion to attract the candidates during our school and parish visits. This year Br. Julio Marshal will work on the field vocation promotion as Brother responsible.

On 27^th March the members of the Asian cluster gathered to discuss about the action plan of 2022. The Brothers appreciated the plans and the idea of doing vocational exploration in other countries. They avail themselves to collaborate in the exploration visit along with an experienced elder Brother. They said that they are in the process of family visits and planning the dates for vocation camp in their respective places. The action plan 2022 document was shared to each Brother of the cluster to discuss with their respective vocation teams or commissions. 

These various meetings we had, had enriched all of us in sharing about what we are doing currently, how we can improve our mission and what are some of the challenges we have as vocational animators.

At the end we appreciated each other for what we are doing and we encouraged one another to continue our mission of vocation promotion and polish our style by adopting some creativity and networking.