(The last weekends of the month)

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)

1. Prayer: Choosing the better part / Encounters with God / Presence of God / Consolation (We Remember & Give Thanks) and Desolation
2. Prayer Method: The Contemplative Way / Contemplation (St. Ignatius of Loyola, Thomas Keating) / Finding God in daily life and fostering a contemplative attitude through Journaling
3. 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
4. Charism and Spirituality: The mission of Jesus / The Church’s Mission in the context of today’s world / Charism and Mission
5. Christological question: Who do you say that I am? / Contemplation with St. John / The Christ in St. Paul’s Letters
6. Community life: Celebrating our Sacred Story / Intercultural and Intergenerational living / Developing sense of belonging and ownership / Leadership and authority
7. 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
8. Religious Vows in General,
   1. About Obedience: How to seek the will of God?
   2. About Chastity: The call to chastity and to celibacy (boundaries)
   3. About Poverty: Detachment and Interior freedom
9. 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!
10. Human Development: The gift of Human life / Processes of human and spiritual growth / Fostering psychological maturity
11. Self-Knowledge & Self-Acceptance: Inner Explorations for Personal healing / Developing Genogram or Family Tree / Family Assessment: Exploring Family Blessings & Burdens
12. Anthropological considerations: Personal and individual identity vs. Collective and cultural identity / Theology of the body
13. Healing the Whole Person: Healing Emotions & Healing Family Relationships / Healing the Past and Releasing Creativity
14. 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:

1. Full accommodation: breakfast (2), Lunch (2), Supper (2), Tea breaks = 5,000/ weekend
2. Four weekends programs: 5,000 x 4 = 20,000/
3. Tuition fees: 5,000/ person (paid once).

Grand Total: 25,000/

NB: Bookings to be done with a deposit of 10% (non-refundable)