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Pedro Belderrain, new General Advisor of the Movement

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Father Pedro Belderráin is the new General Advisor of the Lay Claretians Movement. He replaces Father Manuel Tamargo, who must assume new functions within the Congregation.
 
As a member of the General Council, the General Advisor is elected by the General Assembly of the Movement. However, since he is a consecrated person, this election is always conditional upon receiving the consent of his superior. This consent must be renewed each time a General Chapter is held, since it is a time of change in the planning and organization of a Congregation.
 
In this context, the General Council of the Movement was consulted on the possibility of a change in the person in charge of the service of General Councilor. The Movement, which has always wanted to place itself in the hands of the Spirit, and wishes to grow as a Claretian family, has not wanted to place any obstacle to the planning that the other branches, and in this case the Congregation of Claretian Missionaries, consider necessary in their internal organisation to face the new challenges.
 
Pedro Belderrain Belderrain was born in La Felguera (Asturias-Spain) in 1964. He was ordained a priest on April 21, 1990. Since 2007 he was part of the government team of the Claretian Province of Santiago, and from 2016 he was its Provincial Superior. Until this month of August 2021 he has been elected as Prefect of Apostolate and Consultor of the General Government of the Claretian Missionaries in its recent General Chapter.
 
With immense joy, from the Lay Claretians Movement we want to give a warm welcome to Fr. Pedro Belderrain, thanking his generous availability and asking God that his service to the Movement may be very fruitful. Manuel Tamargo for all his efforts and his immense work for the benefit of the laity, which has done and will continue to do so much good to the Movement, wishing that the Spirit will continue to accompany him and that he will continue to be a great help to the Movement.
 
Miguel Ángel Sosa
General Secretary of the LCM
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Published: Tuesday, 02 November 2021 08:09
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Asamblea de comienzo de curso en CES/SC

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El 25 de septiembre tuvo lugar la asamblea de las Comunidades Evangelio y Solidaridad-Seglares Claretianos en el colegio Claret Askartza situado en Leioa.

Junto con la acogida de las hermanas y hermanos que de forma significativa pudieron asistir a la asamblea de este año, se dio inicio a  la misma con un momento de oración para ponernos en presencia del Padre.

Posteriormente, se procedió a la presentación de los diferentes grupos, un total de seis, que conforman nuestra comunidad seglar y se puso especial énfasis en las nuevas incorporaciones  que las vivimos con gozo, alegría y esperanza renovada.

A continuación, se aprobaron los informes que previamente se pudo trabajar en los diferentes grupos. Se trataban de informes vinculados a: catequesis familiar  y  la pastoral. Ambas se desarrollan con gran entusiasmo en el centro educativo Claret Askartza de Leioa. Junto con lo anterior, se aprobó el informe de “Iratzarri” (Despertar(se) en euskera); se trata de una iniciativa enfocada en las criaturas de las personas que integran las comunidades.

Asimismo, se dio la conformidad al informe de la Mesa de las Comunidades (Plataforma donde están presentes un número importante de las comunidades laicales y movimientos de base de la iglesia de Bizkaia). Posteriormente, se aprobó el informe económico. Por último, pero no por ello menos importante, se dio la conformidad a la labor realizada por la Junta Permanente; es el órgano que trata de velar por la buena marcha de las comunidades.

A continuación, y tras hacer recordatorio de cómo queda el calendario de encuentros, celebraciones y retiros de las comunidades, se procedió a renovar la Junta Permantente y Eneko Gorriño salió elegido como nuevo miembro de la misma. Muchas gracias Eneko por tu disponibilidad.

Finalmente, se dio pie a los ecos y nuevas propuestas entre las que caben destacar, entre otras, las siguientes: el seguimiento de las personas jóvenes que desde hace unos pocos años participan de las dinámicas de las comunidades. La formación; una necesaria reflexión de qué manera elegimos los temas y para qué los trabajamos; así como, el sínodo de los obispos y la participación en los previos del mismo.

Como personas seguidoras de Jesús de Nazareth, e inspiradas por San Antonio María Claret, lo acontecido en la asamblea nos lleva a anunciar con alegría la buena noticia del Reino, presente ya en este mundo y en la Iglesia, pero abierto a su plenitud en el futuro. Que así sea.

Borja López (CES/SC Región Norte de España)

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Published: Wednesday, 27 October 2021 12:24
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Meeting of leaders of Lay Movements in Rome

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On 16 September last, the Meeting of Leaders of Movements, Associations of the Lay Faithful and New Communities took place in Rome. Convened by the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life of the Holy See, this meeting is usually held annually, although last year it could not take place due to the pandemic. Thanks to the recent updating of data by the Dicastery, this is the first time that we as a Movement have received a direct invitation to participate. For this reason, the General Council made every effort to be present. Although a month has already passed since the meeting was held, the reflections shared in it deserve to be interiorised and meditated on calmly, because they are an important compass for our path as an ecclesial Movement.
The meeting focused on the recent Decree promulgated by the Holy See to regulate the provision of governance services in our lay organisations. This Decree establishes limits to the duration of the exercise of leadership positions at a general level - limits that in our Statutes are already complied with at a general level. Aware of the coldness of the juridical language that must necessarily be used in this type of document, the Dicastery wanted to explain to us the theological and ecclesial foundations that justified it, in a more familiar and familiar way.
 
As has been widely publicised, Pope Francis paid us an unexpected visit, which was not included in the schedule of the meeting. His presence in our midst, despite his recent arrival from his apostolic journey to Budapest and Slovakia, is a clear sign of the importance that Francis wants to give to the laity in the life of the Church and his concern that we be faithful to our vocation, to the mission entrusted to us and to our ecclesial communion.
 
 In his extensive half-hour speech, Francis wanted to recognise and highlight the role of the laity and their important evangelising work in the midst of everyday realities, and to thank the role of the Movements and Associations of the laity for being the driving forces that have helped to encourage the laity to carry out this mission. But Francis also wanted to warn us about certain dangers and ways of functioning that can divert us from our path. Chief among these is "self-referentiality". A lay movement is a vehicle, a means given to us by the Spirit to serve the Church by bringing to fruition the charism we have been given. And if the Movement is a means, it cannot be our ultimate goal: the centre around which everything revolves. To use Francis' own words, being in a Movement cannot be "a tourist trip" that circles around itself without entering deeply into the stark realities of life. We cannot believe that simply by being part of one, we are good Christians. The Movement loses meaning if it leads us to conformism, if it becomes a closed entity that does not allow itself to be shaped by the Spirit, who renews our ways of doing and thinking in order to respond to new challenges. And this demands of us an attitude of constant humility, docility and conversion.
 
In the same vein, it is essential that the tasks of coordination and governance within the Movements be understood as a true service. Because there are two great temptations: the "desire for power" - believing ourselves to be indispensable, the only ones capable of interpreting or revealing the will of the Spirit in our respective charisms - and "disloyalty" - pursuing particular interests other than the fulfilment of God's will through service to others.
 
The lectures and experiences presented throughout the day built on these same ideas, explaining the nature and purpose of the decree, as well as some practical guidelines on how to adapt it to our present-day realities. It is fundamental to be clear that the charism that sustains each Movement and association is not the property of a person, but of the Spirit, who has given it to all those who form the Movement so that they can put it at the service of the mission of the Church. And it is the Spirit who must guide the path of the Movement, inspiring the whole community as to the steps to be taken and also who should be the people who energise this path at each specific moment. The rotation of the people who assume these tasks of government avoids stagnation and helps the Spirit to renew the life of the Movement through their different talents, which enrich it with new ideas, procedures and ways of acting. Undoubtedly, what was shared at the meeting will be of great help so that all the Lay Associations can grow in coherence with our vocation, and those of us who are carrying out the tasks of coordination can better orientate the service we are providing. 
I do not want to fail to express my heartfelt thanks for the warm welcome and hospitality of the community of the General Curia of the Claretian Missionaries. As always, they generously offered us their house, in a new demonstration of the fraternity and family spirit that we share. The opportunity to be able to greet in person the members of the new General Government, and to have a fraternal encounter with Fr. Mathew Vattamatam after his re-election as Superior General was another gift of the Spirit in this whirlwind trip. Two intense days that were of enormous benefit to continue advancing in our communion with the Claretian family and with the Church. 
 
Miguel Ángel Sosa Hernández
General Secretary
 

 

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Published: Sunday, 17 October 2021 15:17
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Convivencia de discernimiento en Sevilla

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Hace ya un año, las comunidades de SSCC de Sevilla (Bética) vieron la posibilidad de convocar y ofrecer el Movimiento a otras personas allegadas de entorno claretiano, fundamentalmente padres de colegio Claret, que se sentían cercanos al carisma y con inquietud por conocer más. Durante un año se ha estado acompañando a las personas que respondieron a la llamada. Así se ha ido conformando y creciendo un grupo que el pasado fin de semana realizó una convivencia de discernimiento para entrar en el Movimiento el próximo día 24 de octubre, festividad de San Antonio María Claret. Os compartimos su experiencia;

 

El pasado día 9 de Octubre tuvo lugar, en la Casa de Espiritualidad S.Pablo de Dos Hermanas (Sevilla), la primera convivencia de nuestro grupo en discernimiento de SS.CC. aún sin nombre.
 
Este grupo es pequeñito. Está formado por doce personas unidas por un nexo común: el colegio Claret de Sevilla, es tanta la fuerza que tiene la Pastoral del colegio que incluso a los padres engancha!!!
 
Fue un día muy bonito y especial para todos, tanto por lo que allí se compartió como por la fantástica climatología que tuvimos y que nos permitió disfrutar de las maravillosas instalaciones de la casa.
 
Contamos con la presencia de seglares con experiencia suficiente para resolver todas las dudas que nos surgen sobre la comunidad que queremos iniciar (reuniones, temarios, organización... etc.). Gracias a Tino, a Tono (por ese Quizizz tan divertido), a Javier y a M Carmen, a Luis y a Cori, por compartir vuestras vivencias. Fueron de gran ayuda.
 
Y al caer la tarde apareció el padre Gabri para celebrar una Eucaristía al aire libre en la que, gracias al Evangelio del día, nos hizo ver que siempre hay que mirar a los lados, estar pendiente de las necesidades de los demás. Nos faltó la guitarra...nada más.
 
Como muestra de lo bien que estuvimos ahí tenéis la foto de grupo.

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Published: Tuesday, 12 October 2021 08:49
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  1. Feria Alternativa, Justa y Solidaria en Quibdó
  2. Family visit
  3. Celebración penitencial del grupo Seclami de Bolivia
  4. Regional Assembly of Cameroon

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