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 1st
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 27th 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.
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.png)
.jpeg)
