On September 10 -13, 2018, 32 perpetually professed religious and 2 on temporary vows, members of the Philippine Region, participated in a four day on going formation seminar, held at St. Camillus Pastoral Healthcare Center, 18 Nicanor Reyes Street, Loyola Heights, 1108 Quezon City.
The first two days of the seminar was facilitated by Rev. Fr. Lauro V. Larlar, OAR, School Prior of the Recoletos School of Theology. The theme of his input was about “Renewed Servant-leaders for the New Evangelization” using the Dehonian ways of evangelization focusing on how to strengthen the spirituality and Dehonian identity in doing our mission in the Philippines.
The other two days of the seminar was facilitated by Sr. Julie Micosa, MCSH, board member of the Galilee Center and CBCP center for Human and Spiritual Development, Tagaytay. The focus of her input was more on self awareness in connection with emotions, thoughts, mood, anger, loneliness, sexuality, intimacy and anxiety that would allow the participants to come up with an effective features of on-going programs that members of the Philippine Region need to go through to address the different needs in order to become more effective Dehonian missionaries.
The seminar was concluded with a regional meeting to discuss important matters of the region.
By: Fr. Joseph Butlig, scj