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 LA FAMILLE : ÉCOLE D'AMOUR
march 2012
Father Angelo Epis
(Extrait de son intervention au Collège de Bogota 2011)
Brasilia 2012: we not only have to meet in a new place; we have to revive and give life-blood to our movement in order to become more and more a movement of formation and reference, as pf. Caffarel wished. It is our vocation in the Church.
Both the life of Fr Caffarel, and the meeting with the first couples has increasingly led to this conviction: "The one and the others had no difficulty in thinking that their vocation was the holiness: holiness appeared to be the talisman of love, the fulfillment both of the married love and the love for Christ. And then the discussion led them to discover in a whole new way the sacrament of marriage, not simply a formality, but a prodigious source of grace: the Christ who comes to save the love that became ill because of the original sin, and who brings aid and enormous graces. " (Chantilly 1987).
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International News
The Teams of Our Lady in Mauritius
The section on International News has decided to turn the spotlight on the Teams of Our Lady in Mauritius. This very attractive island is presented here by Pascale & Gérard Gouges, the Regional Responsible Couple.
Presentation :
The island of Mauritius is located to the Southwest of the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Madagascar. It is a volcanic island that covers 1865 km² and is home to 1.3 million inhabitants. Mauritius gained independence in 1968 from the United Kingdom and sugar, textiles and tourism are its main industries.
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Logo of the XI International Gathering of the Teams of Our Lady
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Dear Friends,
We are off to Brasilia together!
It has been announced, and here are the details: the next International Gathering in Brazil, result of the "blank page" presented to the meeting of Regional Couples in Rome in January 2009, is at our door:
• The place: Brasilia.
• The dates : 21/26 July 2012.
• The title: To dare to live the Gospel.
• The gospel chosen as the theme: The Parable of the Good Samaritan (Lk 10, 25-37)
Another very important sign was born and will accompany us during these next two years: the LOGO for the Gathering, fruit of the work of a Brazilian team-member and selected from among other very beautiful images by the participants at the College of Madrid in 2010. It is a very beautiful image that has several meanings: we invite you to discover them in the enclosed explanatory sheet. Always keep this image in your heart; it is the image that unites us all the way to Brasilia 2012!
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Memories of our trip to Angola
Our time of service as th  e Responsible Couple for the International Leading Team (ERI) has come to an end. Throughout all our years of service, the Lord has been very generous and we have received many gifts from Him in the form of numerous encounters with Team members from different parts of the world. We can say that these gifts are unending because we really consider our trip to Angola in late March as a great, great gift. We travelled to meet and get to know our African brothers and sisters with the Responsible Couple for the Portugal Super Region, Isabel & Paulo Amaral, the Spiritual Counsellor, Father Armindo Vaz, and those responsible for the Youth Teams of Our Lady, Martha and José.
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