austraLasia 954
ITM Brothers Meet in Kupang (West
Timor)
KUPANG: 1st December '04 -- The
Salesian Brothers of Indonesia Timor Leste vice-province held their three day
encounter together with the new provincial, Fr. Andres Calleja, SDB. This
year, 8 brothers were able to participate in the meeting. This number is
about a third of the total number of brothers. Among those who were not able to
attend were seven brothers who are studying outside Indonesia/Timor.
Another 7 postnovitiate brothers are still processing their visa for
Kalyani-India, while one senior Brother asked to stay behind in Timor due to
health reasons. The meeting was held in the city of Kupang, the capital of West
Timor, Indonesia. This region is predominantly Christian in population.
The Salesians do not have a
presence in Kupang City yet, but it was chosen as the venue of the meeting
because it is relatively near to Jakarta, Tigaraksa, Sumba and the other
communities of Timor. The meeting was held in
the residence-complex of the BHK
Religious Brothers from the 26th until the 28th of November. For the
seven postnovitiate brothers who have missed this meeting, an echo session is
being held in Tigaraksa from November 30 until December 3,
2004.
The Brothers' Meeting discussed
and reflected on three matters. The first topic was on Blessed Artemide
Zatti and human formation. This was followed by a sharing on lay
religious spirituality. Members of four other local religious
congregations of Brothers (staying in Kupang) were invited for this session.
After the guest Brothers had gone, the Salesians continued with the topic
on the Personal Plan of Spiritual Life.
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