Tó and Zé Moura Soares Members of the International Leading Team (ERI) Responsible for the Satellite Teams
1. To talk about helping and rendering service in the Satellite Teams is an interesting task. It is the reason why we placed ourselves in God's presence and asked Him to help us share what we think and have in our hearts. Couples who make up the different Satellite Teams try to get together and to listen to each other in order to discover a way to serve. Their guiding principle is the charisma of the Teams of Our Lady Movement and they make full use of the training that the Movement provides. Couples who belong to the Satellite Teams certainly give thanks to God for the marvels that are accomplished in their lives, via the listening, the discovery and their very own evolution and progression in the service, and thanks to their exchange of ideas and experiences. This discovery is not a fugitive impulse that is over in an instant. It is a strength that accompanies them, and cultivates the spirit of service in these couples and incites them to serve graciously.
2. Once they have listened, discovered and distinguished, they must exchange ideas and experiences with each Satellite Team couple so that their work is consensual and collegial. This process means that the international dimension of the ideas and cultures is incorporated together with the needs of the Movement and the realities of the world. Throughout the year, each member of the Satellite Team communicates with the others via Internet, Skype or Messenger. At the end of the year, all the couples from each Satellite Team gather together. An assessment of the work accomplished and the aims of future work are discussed at this a meeting. The organisation of this meeting is similar to a basic Team of Our Lady meeting with the Meal, the Communal prayer, the Sharing of Endeavours and the General Sharing. The final part given over to the study topic concerns the document the Satellite Teams have put together over the year.
3. Last year, in 2009, two major events should be highlighted: -The translation of ‘Father Caffarel, the prophet of marriage' into 5 languages. It was edited and distributed to all those responsible in most of the Super Regions and Regions. Thus, team members, even those in teams only starting out, now have access to the thoughts of the founder of our Movement on various different subjects, like the sacrament of marriage, married spirituality, silent personal prayer... It is important to know about the life of Father Cafferel in order to better understand and evaluate the impact he had on the development and formation of the Movement.
-The International Leading Team (ERI) decided to set up a new Satellite Team to deal with the subject of spirituality according to the stages of life. This team began its work in Paris in April 2009. This is an important subject for the Movement and it was felt necessary to put together a detailed study. The work of the 4 other Satellite Teams (Pedagogy, Training, Older Teams, Young Couples) progresses and will be sent to those responsible in the Super Regions and Regions for correction as soon as they are finished.
4. We ask the Lord to give confidence and joy to those couples that are committed to the work of the Satellite Teams. We are sure that Father Cafferel will intercede for us by asking our Father in heaven to renew us every day through his Spirit, by giving us the wonderment and enthusiasm to serve the Lord as on the first day. It is the Lord who invited us and chose us as individuals and as a couple by calling us incessantly to this wonderful service.
Let us be joyful for He is with us!
Thought for Today
'Being on the road' means letting oneself be carried along by the events and by things without necessarily being able to make sense of them. ‘Taking to the road', in contrast, means opening oneself up to new demands because it implies the decision to start a trip, to think about the route to be taken, to experience the preparation time that brings alive the sensation of expectation and waiting, and above all, it allows one to realise that ‘being on the road' is our new state of being. This state of being creates different behaviour in us. It gives us new words to tackle everyday life in its little and large aspects and to look at the way history is unfolding around us and how we are actors within that history." Carlo & Maria Carla Volpini
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