RELIGIOUS OF THE PACIFIC CONCLUDE UNIQUE
LEADERSHIP ASSEMBLY
Under the guidance of several experienced
leaders in the Pacific, men and women such as Bishop Foliaki of Tonga, Sr. Katie
Ann SOLN, Fr. Frank Hoare SSC, the Assembly was unique in that it brought
together the majority of present Congregational Leaders of the 50 Institutes
(with 1300 members) represented throughout North, Central and South
Pacific, along with potential future leaders, many of whom are already leading
local communities.
The group was challenged to move out from
devotional comfort and ‘put out into the deep’ of human involvement, both in
terms of nurturing their communities of consecrated and apostolic life and in
leading these same communities to engage courageously with the lives and issues
of the people amongst whom they work.
These men and women already see themselves as co-partners in the Church,
along with Bishops and laity; they recognize that they have resources and
established networks across the region.
Through their spiritualities and charisms they have already committed
themselves to a lively presence.
The message from the Assembly to their own
brothers and sisters was simple: There is little place for lone swimmers diving
for pearls of great price – but there are long boats with many oars and rowers.
join us in moving out into the
deep!