Building Integrity for Mission
Two weeks before the Sacred Heart Feast, it is with great joy and hopes that we are sending out our traditional commemorative message. This Letter is mainly for all MSC and the Chevalier Family members.
Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case. Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others.
The Synod on Synodality has been inaugurated in October 2021 by Pope Francis and will culminate with the celebration of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in October 2023. This event represents a new stage in ecclesial life that invites us to generate processes of conversion and reform in order to build a Synodal Church for this third millennium.
We have come to the last presentation of the 3 months Cor Vitae Renewal Program to be presented on 9 June 2022.
The topic is “Wellness and Self -Care”. Presented by Ms Daisy Santos.
This is the full presentation of the 3-part input on Spirituality of the Heart, context, movements, and practical implementation. It was made for and presented on Friday September 25, 2020, at the MSC Parish of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Henley Beach, Adelaide, South Australia
Often called the “Midlife Crisis”, this significant period of transition in life is an encounter with the increasing limitations of aging, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. This two-day seminar was offered in June 2022 by Chris Chaplin MSC for the Divine Word Missionaries sabbatical program held at Nemi, an hour out of Rome. A PDF version of the PowerPoint of his presentation is made available here for your reflection.
Fr. Carl Tranter MSC presented the Cor Vitae Renewal Program session on 4th June 2022 on Zoom. The Topic was “Charism and Spirituality” and in his presentation he looks at Charism, Spirit, and Mission according to the mind and heart of Fr. Jules Chevalier. The PowerPoint of his presentation is made available here for your interest and study.
Heart of Life celebrates its 40th birthday in 2023, having witnessed over 1100 women and men – lay and ordained – graduate from our spiritual formation programs. Our graduates, in their journey of contemplative discernment following the way of the heart, have been listening, discerning, and taking up formation roles in communities across the globe since 1983.
The USG and the UISG, together with CLAR and several regional Bishops’ Conferences, are promoting a free online training programme on the theology and practice of synodality in Spanish, English, Portuguese, French and Italian. The first course on “Common Discernment and Decision-Making in the Church” starts in July. It is aimed at all members of the People of God
CSC is happy to announce a new seminar as part of the “CSC Faith in a Changing World Seminar Series”: “Obeying God’s Plan – Spiritual Abuse of Nuns” by Dr Rocio Figueroa and Prof. David Tombs. The seminar is Thursday May 26 2022 at 8pm GMT.