Any congregation that wishes to suggest our Weekend Final Profession Programs to their temporary professed Brothers / Sisters can apply. We have three options:
Option 1: September – October – November – December
Option 2: January – February – March – April
Option 3: May- June – July – August
Arrival: Preferably on Friday before 18.00)
Departure (check out): Sunday after Lunch (14.00)
FINAL VOWS WEEKEND PROGRAM CONTENTS
Prayer: Choosing the better part / Encounters with God / Presence of God / Consolation (We Remember & Give Thanks) and Desolation
Prayer Method: The Contemplative Way / Contemplation (St. Ignatius of Loyola, Thomas Keating) / Finding God in daily life and fostering a contemplative attitude through Journaling
Spirituality: Awakening the Soul Within / Spirituality of the heart / Praying with the Mystics / The gift of Divine Life: Spiritual Growth in the sacramental life of the Church
Charism and Spirituality: The mission of Jesus / The Church’s Mission in the context of today’s world / Charism and Mission
Christological question: Who do you say that I am? / Contemplation with St. John / The Christ in St. Paul’s Letters
Community life: Celebrating our Sacred Story / Intercultural and Intergenerational living / Developing sense of belonging and ownership / Leadership and authority
The mystery of vocation and consecrated life: the gift of Religious Life in the Church / the gift of religious life in a century of challenges / The beauty and the challenges of Religious Life
Religious Vows in General,
About Obedience: How to seek the will of God?
About Chastity: The call to chastity and to celibacy (boundaries)
About Poverty: Detachment and Interior freedom
My consecrated life: Discernment / Healing Our Images of God / Healing Spiritual Shame: Beyond Guilt to Giftedness / The Journey to Christian maturity … until Christ be formed in me!
Human Development: The gift of Human life / Processes of human and spiritual growth / Fostering psychological maturity
Self-Knowledge & Self-Acceptance: Inner Explorations for Personal healing / Developing Genogram or Family Tree / Family Assessment: Exploring Family Blessings & Burdens
Anthropological considerations: Personal and individual identity vs. Collective and cultural identity / Theology of the body
Healing the Whole Person: Healing Emotions & Healing Family Relationships / Healing the Past and Releasing Creativity
Catholic Church Encyclicals: On the call to holiness in today’s world (Gaudete et Exultate) / The Joy of the Gospel (Evangelii Gaudium) / Care for our common home (Laudato si)
COSTING
Cost for two days full accommodation in self-contained rooms:
