Apostolic and Contemplative Good Shepherd Sisters from RP attend Session in Angers, France on “Discovering our History”

Sr. Lourdes Fabia RGS and Sr. Celeste Engutan CGS from the Good Shepherd
Philippine Province are participating in the session on “Discovering our History” being held at the Mother House in Angers, France.

The session, which began on July 16 and will conclude on August 6, is part of
the RGS-OLC Journey of Enrichment and was a recommendation of the Process
Planning Committee (PPC).  

 

Sr. Odile
Laugier RGS of the Province of Belgium/France/Magyarorszag and former coordinator of
the Spirituality Center, and Sr. Marie Fancoise Le
Brizault OLC, former superior general of the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity,
will give talks during the session. Both are members of the Committee on
History and Spiritually established in 2009 by the PPC. (Read more)

 

The goal
of the session is to improve the knowledge of sisters about the two
congregations: Our Lady of Charity and Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd.

 

The
workshop will be conducted in three parts: 1) Our Lady of Charity with its beginning
in the 17^th Century; 2) Good Shepherd in the 19^th Century
France;
and 3) the changes in society and the Church from Vatican II to the present and
the response of both congregations.

 

During
the 2009 Congregational Chapter, there was a suggestion that both congregations
study the history of the OLC and RGS which will help Sisters in the discernment
of whether the congregations should go for union, fusion or reunion. This aims
to enrich both congregations for mission.

 

Sr.
Cecilia Torres RGS, province leader, on behalf of the Good Shepherd Sisters in
the Philippine Province, sent a message to the participants assuring them of
prayers during the session. A total of 121 participants, including Good
Shepherd Sisters active and contemplative, OLCs and mission partners are
attending.

Photo: Process Planning Committee, fourth from left is Sr. Elena Jalop CGS

After the
session, the delegates are expected to share the information and enriching
experiences to Sisters and mission partners in their respective units.

 

Other
Filipina sisters in the session are Srs. Tarcila Abano of the Spirituality Center and Sr. Elena Jalop CGS, a contemplative missioned in Innsbruck, Austria,
and a member of the PPC. In an email, Sr. Elena said that she has also been
asked to be the communications person of the PPC.

 

Photos on the Gallery of Angers session were sent by Sr. Ellen Jalop CGS: View Here