Chapter 2: Spirituality in the Context of the Christian Religion
English Speaking Group Members:
Deli Kapani, Prakash Vijaya Maramreddy, Roshan Miranda, John Peter Savarimuthu
9 November 2016
Discussion Questions:
1. To the Youth:What is the meaning of all your involvement in the life of the church and what is your personal experience of God in your life?
- In many of our centres young people are very much involved voluntarily in the organizing church liturgical and pastoral activities, and social, humanitarian projects of the church. Eg: Animating Sunday liturgy, preparing children for sacraments, assisting the poor and the vulnerable people in the parish.
- They find God in serving others. For example, in south Sudan, in Tonj parish, the parish youth prepared a land for the lepers to cultivate, and the youth prepared a local houses for them.
- The young people are volunteering in many part of the world specially the first world countries to go to the third world countries to offer services, similarly even in our centres they offer volunteer services to the poor
- The young long for God in the poor, needy, vulnerable. Seeing their commitment to serve the needy reveal their thirst for God.
- Popular devotions are increasing gradually particularly devotion to Mary.
2. To the parents:
Have you ever given proper time to your children in their search for an experience of God? Have you taught them the source of real joy and fulfilment in their life?- In our mission places the faith of the people is impressive and their love for Jesus and Mary is increasing by their personal experience of God.
- In many places parents are not giving good example to their children. also the environment in which the families are living in especially Africa is not conducive for the young people to grow in Christian human values. So there are challenges for the missionaries.
- Parents offer opportunities to their children to participate in the church activities.
- The Small Christian Communities offer opportunities to the young people to lead the groups and to involve themselves to prepare the children for the sacraments.
- There is technological gap between the young people and the parents. Most of the parents even don’t know whatsup, facebook, but the young people are in advance.
Summary by John Peter Savarimuthu
Photos by Joe Boenzi
