Friday, May 9, 2008

Evaluations of our Community Pastoral Experience

We have just finished the first part of the evaluation of our three and a half month Community Pastoral Experience(CPE). Sr Teresa Tanko facilitated the first two days and invited us to revisit our experience in a reflective way. We were able to glean our learnings, celebrate our highs, admit our failings and acknowledge the support we received from each other.

The next two days the Team facilated us to look more deeply at our experiences. Each CPE community presented a snapshot of their experience. After which all of us were able to dialogue and engage with the others experience. It was a fruitful exercise where much was learnt. We learned that we all shared a brokenness and fragility, that prayer was central to our lives, that community prayer along with our own personal reflection sustained and energised us, that in ministry we were stretched and invited to address and challenge unjust practices, and that through our daily lived experience in community we were able to understand and get to know each other at much deeper levels.

Over the next week or so we will share more with you of our three month experience.

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