Redemptorists form “one missionary body … each contributing through the ministry that belongs to [them].” *
* Constitution 2 of the Constitutions of the Congregation
“[The rule’s] a small book but the party’s on the inside.”
– Lee Morrison
Lee Morrison presented Anne Walsh’s video, “Constitutions and Statutes,” the professed Redemptorist’s “rule of life.” The rule is important to understand because it inspires our connections – to professed Redemptorists, to Redemptorist Spirituality and ultimately to our place, as associates, in the Redemptorists’ “one missionary body.”
[Click Here to play the video. You can use this list of topics and times to help locate a particular part.]
Listen to Lee’s introduction to Anne’s video and the group’s discussion below.
Lee also provided two handouts: Anne’s Slides and a list of helpful suggestions to foster group discussions. Lee also reminded us that online links to the CSSR: Constitutions and CSSR: General Statutes appear on every oldassociates.net web page (on the right listed under “CSSR Links”).
Fr Paul Coury opened the meeting with a beautiful “Alphonsian” Prayer of Healing. It’s a prayer, he suggests, we might well spend an entire session on:
Fr Paul also announced that, as of Oct. 31st, Partners in Mission (“PIM”) – and Redemptorist Associates, as a form of PIM – are now “officially” part of the North American Conference via its new “Secretariat for PIM” with Fr Greg May representing the Denver Province on the Secretariat. More importantly for us, the “Draft” Guidelines describing Redemptorist Associates have been formally adopted..