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Message from Provincial Minister
 

My Dear Young Students,
Greetings of love and joy of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Pope Francis in his recent post-synodal apostolic exhortation states “I am a mission on this earth; that is the reason why I am here in this world.” (Pope Francis, Christus Vivit, 254). We are called upon by the Church to respond generously by virtue of our baptism to leave behind home, family, country, language and local church and to be sent forth to the nations, to a world which seeks and is in pursuit of Kingdom values and Gospel witness. We are called upon to respect the freedom of each person and enter into dialogue with the cultures, the traditions and the religions of the people among whom we are sent.

Fundamentally, every Franciscan vocation is missionary. The Franciscan life-plan according to the Gospel implies, at its root, a natural apostolic dimension without limits, just as the Gospel of Jesus is without limits: “Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News to all creation.” (Mk 16:15). For St. Francis, the proclamation of the Gospel was a natural consequence of his total adhesion to Jesus Christ.
St Francis of Assisi the guide of all the Franciscans reminds the young catholic faithful to take risks in life. In order to achieve great heights of meaningfulness, satisfaction, holiness and eternal happiness one has to sacrifice the temporary worldly joy. This is exactly meant by taking risk. In the view point of St Francis we have these five methods, namely;

  1. Fraternity: living as real brothers among ourselves and practising different styles of fraternal life with the people among whom we work;

  2. Minority: living as true servants of all, humble, poor, respectful, peaceful, simple in life-style and in our relationships with others;

  3. Experience of the Spirit in our own lives: showing that in all things we are truly “men of God”, attentive and open to any divine inspiration, whether direct or received through life and the experience of others;

  4. Sensitivity to the problems of integral human development: so that our missionary presence may be a real incentive towards development, justice, dialogue and solidarity;

  5. Evangelical radicalism: making us ever more generous, ready to accept the Cross and to show a sound pioneering spirit as a courageous response to the more urgent needs of mankind and the Church.

Today, the Capuchin Franciscan Order is awakening us with new perspectives for ‘now’ and for ‘future’: “Never forget the missions…Harvest is plentiful…Wake up!” is a clarion call of the Blessed Trinity to our Holy Trinity Province, Karnataka.

Missionary work is close to the heart of the Province of Karnataka. We deeply appreciate all our elder Capuchin brothers who have rendered selfless service in the missions far and wide.

Prophet Isaiah said, “Here I am, Send me” (Isa 6:8). He is a wonderful example for many of you young students to venture in to the Capuchin religious life and find true meaning and purpose in life.

On behalf of Fr Jawahar, the vocation director of the Karnataka Capuchin Province I invite all the young men out there to listen to the Lord’s call and dedicate your precious life for the Lord’s mission.

Be a missionary, be a Capuchin...

Yours in Christ,

Fr Alwyn Dias,
Provincial Minister,
Holy Trinity Province, Karnataka

 

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Jail Road, Kodialbail Post, Mangalore
Karnataka - 575 003, India
Phone: 9980104579 / 9481976210
Email: mmdsouza1972@gmail.com

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