Stanley, Hong Kong. In the afternoon of Monday, May 13, 2019, the ASCLA East Bible Seminar organized by the General Bible Commission for ASCLA East started with the enthronement of the bible led by Fr. Alejandro Gobrin, CMF of the Philippine Province. Persons in-charge of bible apostolates and of the biblical animation of pastoral ministries from ASCLA East (Independent Delegations of East Asia, Korea, Indonesia-Timor Leste, and the Province of the Philippines), lay and CMFF, are currently gathered together at the Diocesan Retreat House in Stanley, Hong Kong SAR for the said seminar with the theme: “Biblical inspiration of our life and ministries as listeners and servants of the Word”.
The ASCLA West Bible Seminar which was originally scheduled on the 28th of April to May 2 was rescheduled to October 2018 due to the bombings that happened in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.
At the end of the five-days seminar, the participants selected a core group for the biblical apostolate in Asia East conference of the Claretians which will be coordinated by Fr. Alberto Rossa. The Seminar has proposed a resolution for the final approval major superiors of the various organisms in the Conference. The following is the draft of the proposals:
The sharing, discussions and lectures during the assembly enlightened us to identify the
strengths, challenges and the transformations needed in the Biblical Apostolate of the
Conference in general and that of the different organisms. The discussions have been
guided by the 8 directives of the XXV General Chapter, (MS 42-45). The assembly recognized
the need for goals and structures proper to the Conference in order to animate and
empower the Biblical Apostolate. The members of the seminar resolve to collaborate in the
biblical animation of their life and ministries in the following areas.
Pastoral Bible School
1. Establish a Pastoral Bible School at the Conference level to deepen the biblical
formation of the members of the Congregation and Lay people.
2. Begin the first biblical course by 2020 for the Claretians and collaborators.
Formation
1. conduct bible study week, promote lectio divina, bible based conferences, retreats
and recollections at all levels of formation
2. nurture the word of God through ‘Bible Forge’ at Conference level for our
missionaries
3. intensify and multiply lay evangelizers with a biblical orientation through Bible
courses, retreats, conferences and recollections.
Youth Ministry
1. qualify youth gatherings (AEYG) with biblical dimension and animation
2. encourage growth of vocations and lay evangelizers with biblical-vocational-
hermeneutics in engaging with the youth
Apostolate
1. animate all our pastoral ministries through biblical encounters for parish priests, lay
organizations, educational institutions, JPIC, and others within the organisms
Publication and Social Media
1) appoint lay experts in media ministry
2) content production of biblical materials for different ministries
3) training of personnel for the apostolate beginning with the early stages of formation
who can handle both the business and ministerial part of it
4) Sharing of biblical resources with the entire Congregation
5) Facilitate publication of the bible where such help is required
Bible Translation
1) collaborate with the translation work in other organisms of the Congregation
2) assist in the formal training for translation to cater to the needs of the Conference
and even the whole Congregation
3) appoint a translation expert to the Biblical Animation Team of the Conference
Biblical Animation Team
In order to coordinate and animate the execution of the objectives we resolve to
constitute a Biblical Animation Team at the Conference level.
Dated: 17-05-2019
drafted by Jijo Kandamkulathy
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