Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Meeting with Council Member- Pilar Ferrer




The ACIT group in Pune met with Pilar Ferrer, member of the Governing Council on 10th January. The meeting began with prayer and then Ana Maria Madrigal introduced Pilar to the group. Pilar was the first member of the Association to come to India. In this full circle moment, Pilar took the group through the genesis of 'Associative Unity' through the history and different stages of the Association, how this was redefined in our statutes in 1990. The 15th General Assembly in 2000 initiated the steps of understanding what Associative Unity means and how we can grow, given that we are different in our commitments- primary and ACIT, and same in spirituality, nature and governance.




These were realized in the Plenary Assembly in 2006. Further in the General Assembly in 2006, it was recommended to define the link between the Plenary and General Assemblies as organs of governance and how the ACIT could participate in electing the President and Government.

Monday, January 5, 2009

Faith Formation Group- Chinchwad


On the Feast of the Epiphany, 4th January 2009, with the kind consent of Fr. Simon Almeida, Parish Priest of St. Francis Xavier's Church, Chinchwad, an initiative to offer faith formation to youth and adults was started in the same parish. This first session introduced those present to the association and our Founder- Pedro Poveda through a meaningful powerpoint presentation and what we have to offer.


Several TA members were present for the meeting and shared stories from their own lives especially about the mission of being transforming in our ordinary lives, in our pluri cultural and religious society. The call to be salt and light and living crucifixes in our present day society is so much more meaningful and challenging. The priest at the Mass earlier that morning, invited the congregation to be like the star that led the wise men to the child Jesus.


Those present have agreed to meet every month and the next meeting is scheduled for the 8th of February at 10.15 am.