Monday, July
8, 2002
Orientation
A. Purpose
of the Congregation of the Mission
The
purpose of the CM is to follow Christ evangelizing the poor. This
purpose is achieved
when,
faithful to St. Vincent, the members individually and collectively:
1)
Make every effort to put on the spirit of Christ himself, in order
to acquire a holiness
appropriate
to their vocation.
2)
Work at evangelizing the poor, especially the most abandoned.
3)
Help the clergy and laity in their formation and lead them to a
fuller participation in the
evangelization
of the poor.
B. Purpose
of the COVIAM Formator's Group: (Adopted July 10, 2001)
The
purpose of the COVIAM Formator's Group is to form formators in
the Christian and
Vincentian
tradition of evangelizing the poor. So that by the grace
of God, we formators
may
lead ourselves and our students to freedom from sin and to freedom
from building the
Kingdom
of God in Africa and Madagascar.
C. Values
of the COVIAM Formator's Group: (Adopted July 10, 2001)
1. Zealous
evangelization of the poor.
2. Formation
of a self-giving will so to enable ourselves to incarnate our faith
in Jesus
Christ
for service of the poor in Africa and Madagascar.
3. Inculturation
of our faith and our Vincentian charism into the context of Africa
and
Madagascar.
4. To
be agents of change in our culture.
D. Purpose
of this CURRENT COVIAM Formator's Group Formation Program:
To
provide an integrated series of seminars in a reflective spiritual
setting that will
enable
a confrere in formation ministry to increase his knowledge and
build on his
already
acquired skills so he may experience increased satisfaction as
a formator of
Vincentian
seminarians.
Foci of the program;
1. Examination
of the CM tradition, past and present and an examination of the
present
situation in Africa and Madagascar through the perspective of the
four
vows
and five virtues.
2. Presentations
of topics/skills which will aid the formator and those in formation
to
live out the four vows and five virtues in Africa and Madagascar.
3. Cycle:
Year
A/2002: Humility, obedience, poverty
Year
B/2003: Stability, zeal for souls, chastity
Year
C/2004: Simplicity, gentleness, mortification
