{"id":123204,"date":"2024-11-12T09:24:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T08:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cgfmanet.org\/infosphere\/accogliendo-le-sfide-della-missione-di-oggi\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T22:26:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T21:26:00","slug":"embracing-the-challenges-of-the-mission-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cgfmanet.org\/en\/ifma-en\/embracing-the-challenges-of-the-mission-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Embracing the challenges of the mission today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rome (Italy).<\/strong> From 7 October to 8 November 2024, 12 Daughters of Mary Help of Christians<\/a><\/strong><\/span> coming from different Countries of the world participated in the XXVI Course of Missionary Ongoing Formation at the Pontifical Salesian University of Rome, entitled “Challenges of the mission today”.<\/p>\n

The objectives of the course were: revitalize the missionary dimension of one\u2019s vocation; reflect on some theological and pastoral themes related to the mission of the Church; promote sharing of missionary experiences.<\/p>\n

During the five weeks, the participants received a theological-spiritual formation in an atmosphere of sincere fraternity and communion. The missionary Sisters had the opportunity in this period to reflect, update themselves, revive their commitment to meet the challenges that the mission offers through a contemporary reading of human existence, in its socio-cultural, religious, and anthropological dimensions.<\/p>\n

The group also had the opportunity to live some rich extra-academic experiences of encounter, of “Church in out-reach”, as Pope Francis says, in which, “<\/em>it is<\/em> missionary disciples who take the first step, who are involved and supportive, who bear fruit and rejoice.”<\/em> (EG, 24).\u00a0 The following were particularly significant:<\/p>\n