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This year’s province news centerpiece is on the Chapter. The Second East Asia Provincial Chapter held at Alfonso, Cavite on December 5 to 8, 2010 was significant for the Philippine sector for three reasons. First is the renewed confidence in Br. Manny de Leon’s province leadership and Manny’s willingness to take on his second term. Secondly, the surfaced needs came out as an urgent echoing time and again of the modern challenge for religious life, especially in Asia; namely, community life, spiritual deepening and partnership with the lay. Finally, the theme chosen says it all: “Encountering Christ at the CRIB, the CROSS and the ALTAR,” which speaks clearly the “centrality of Jesus” in our lives as religious. This is the core of our calling, and we have chosen an endearing Champagnat’s “first places for the Brothers to be” in upholding this basic Christian spirituality. “Back to the Basics”, is what Br. Manny urges us to do.

The Chapter activities with matching pictures can be seen and downloaded at our website; as well as the message of the Provincial. Each community will receive the detailed account and deliberations as a document. This issue will merely present the highlights  for easy reference. Read more by downloading the PDF format.

ABOUT THE COVER

The cover is a picture collage of our youth in the two most important youth events of the school year : the Marist Youth Festival and the Marist Meet.  Pictures of the youth activities at the festival and the meet (athletic and cultural) are at the periphery of the central image of the main event for the Province – the 2nd Provincial Chapter as indicated in the chapter  logo at the centre. Below the logo is the chaper theme: “Encountering Christ at the Crib, the Cross and the Altar” which is thoroughly explained in the message of Br. Manny on page 4. The Brothers’ images shown are those of our superiors: Brothers Joe McKee and Mike de Waas from Rome, and our own Brothers Manny and John.  Brother Manny’s pictures are shown addressing the youth in the festival and the meet. Shown in the upper right hand side is Br. Jeffrey Antiquesa, who spearheaded the festival.

Read more by downloading the PDF format.

 

By Br. Ted Fernandez, FMS – Editor, Amihan