Diploma in Religious Formation

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    Community Life A Tool for Personal Growth as Lived by Carmelite Missionaries in Kenya
    (Tangaza University College, 2018) Kibagendi, Jackline Moraa
    Community living is a tool for personal growth, as living together has a great impact on our growth as it helps us to discover more about our weakness and strength. Interacting and sharing life in common we discover ourselves more than when we are alone. Fr. Francisco Palau the founder of Carmelite Missionaries wrote in letter 7 to the sisters in Lerida and Aytona that, how he wish that all of us be of one heart animated by one and same spirit. The ideal fraternity for Fr. Francisco Palau is to form “uniones de fraternidad” (which means unity in fraternity) whose base should be the spiritual strength that everyone offers. In the community we are able to give up our likes and dislikes for the sake of others. It is through living together that I am able to transcend and go beyond myself. Living together we become women of the spirit capable of letting ourselves be lead and then guide others with genuine love, where we desire the good of others rather than our own, we become all to all by taking care of each sister as ourselves and each day we try to overcome our limitations with maturity for the good of the fraternity and letting ourselves be helped. Palau cherished community life since living in communion with each other we become the keeper of each other. The work of formation primarily is as an inner journey towards transformation and conversion that becomes the basis of the free choice to follow Jesus in religious life. Formation is both a divine as well as a human process since the one calling the individual is God; it is also human because it is lived within the limits of a human experience both by the individual and the congregation which one enters. This means that the person has to constantly be attuned to God, the initiator of the call. Community living is a tool for personal growth, as living together has a great impact on our growth as it helps us to discover more about our weakness and strength. Interacting and sharing life in common we discover ourselves more than when we are alone. Fr. Francisco Palau the founder of Carmelite Missionaries wrote in letter 7 to the sisters in Lerida and Aytona that, how he wish that all of us be of one heart animated by one and same spirit. The ideal fraternity for Fr. Francisco Palau is to form “uniones de fraternidad” (which means unity in fraternity) whose base should be the spiritual strength that everyone offers. In the community we are able to give up our likes and dislikes for the sake of others. It is through living together that I am able to transcend and go beyond myself. Living together we become women of the spirit capable of letting ourselves be lead and then guide others with genuine love, where we desire the good of others rather than our own, we become all to all by taking care of each sister as ourselves and each day we try to overcome our limitations with maturity for the good of the fraternity and letting ourselves be helped. Palau cherished community life since living in communion with each other we become the keeper of each other. The work of formation primarily is as an inner journey towards transformation and conversion that becomes the basis of the free choice to follow Jesus in religious life. Formation is both a divine as well as a human process since the one calling the individual is God; it is also human because it is lived within the limits of a human experience both by the individual and the congregation which one enters. This means that the person has to constantly be attuned to God, the initiator of the call. Community living is a tool for personal growth, as living together has a great impact on our growth as it helps us to discover more about our weakness and strength. Interacting and sharing life in common we discover ourselves more than when we are alone. Fr. Francisco Palau the founder of Carmelite Missionaries wrote in letter 7 to the sisters in Lerida and Aytona that, how he wish that all of us be of one heart animated by one and same spirit. The ideal fraternity for Fr. Francisco Palau is to form “uniones de fraternidad” (which means unity in fraternity) whose base should be the spiritual strength that everyone offers. In the community we are able to give up our likes and dislikes for the sake of others. It is through living together that I am able to transcend and go beyond myself. Living together we become women of the spirit capable of letting ourselves be lead and then guide others with genuine love, where we desire the good of others rather than our own, we become all to all by taking care of each sister as ourselves and each day we try to overcome our limitations with maturity for the good of the fraternity and letting ourselves be helped. Palau cherished community life since living in communion with each other we become the keeper of each other. The work of formation primarily is as an inner journey towards transformation and conversion that becomes the basis of the free choice to follow Jesus in religious life. Formation is both a divine as well as a human process since the one calling the individual is God; it is also human because it is lived within the limits of a human experience both by the individual and the congregation which one enters. This means that the person has to constantly be attuned to God, the initiator of the call. The primary objective of formation is to prepare people for total consecration of themselves to God in the following of Christ at the service of the Church’s mission. Formation is a process that begins with desire to become a religious and ends with death; commitment to formation does not end. Formation has to prepare the formees to be effective in the Church so all through our lives we are undergoing formation nobody is fully grown. We continue to learn and grow daily so community life facilitates all this process towards personal growth.
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    Community Life: A Prerequisite For Living An Authentic Religious Life In The Congregation Of The Sisters Of The Immaculate Heart Of Mary (Bene-Mariya Sisters) In Burundi.
    (Tangaza University College, 2020) Ineza, Vestine
    As a religious congregation of the Bene-Mariya Sisters, we imitate the fraternal communion of the first Christian community. A Community life, an experience of common faith, living together, making everything together and sharing everything according to the needs of each. The community, a place where each member learns to rise up when she falls, to trust others, a school of humility and understanding, a learning school where each learns to welcome the differences of others in their strengths and their weaknesses, a school where each member learns to live and understand others during moments of joy and difficulties. From the differences of origin, age, character, each Mwene-Mariya will understand that it is through unity in the Holy Spirit that we will be able to build communities. "Living together" is unquestionably a source of joy that responds to the need of the heart. With experience of community life, the Bene-Mariya try to understand that, what makes life is not above all bringing, giving and doing much for others but gradually learning to admire others, asking for forgiveness if there is a mistake committed, doing a service if possible, accepting fraternal corrections....This experience helps those who live it to let themselves be loved and to rise up when they fall and to receive fraternal life together in the same faith as God's gift. The reciting of the Acts of the Apostles on the first Christian community (Acts 2:42-47) greatly encourages those who are concretely and resolutely committed to more openness with those they live together, in the community on fraternal communion and sharing , but also with all those they meet in everyday life. The current paper starts by presenting the background of the study, the purpose and aim, the objectives and the rationale for the study. It then discusses the scope and the delimitation, the difficulties that the researcher may encounter during her work of research as well as the remedies for those difficulties. Additionally, this paper presents possible research questions and methodology that will inform the current study. A work plan, a general conclusion and the bibliography are presented through this discussion as well.