Report Oasis Encounter 15th of September, 2017: “Fruitful Intensif Commitment”.   We opened the day with a morning prayer at 07.15. The theme was “The Glory of New Covenant.”  In his introduction, Bro. Theodorus Suwariyanto invited us to think of or reflect on the “New Covenant.” The New Covenant reveals the heart of God: Love and forgiveness. May God help each of us to follow Jesus Christ closely and do what he has done for the ....

A report on the 14th of September, 2017. All too soon the oasis 2017 is gradually and steadily coming to an end. Today the 14th of September 2017 was the last but one day of this year’s oasis encounter. We started the day’s activities with an inspiring prayer service led by Bro. Johan Muijtijens, on the theme: Fruitful Intensive Commitment (FIC). In his short, but condensed introduction he indicated that the two days ....

Report Oasis Encounter Netherlands, Tuesday 12 September 2017. In a multimedia morning prayer session we reflected on our getting up and other moments of the day to give thanks to God for all the graces received. The morning prayer led by Sr. Claudia as a kind of preparation to deepen and to reflect on the theme of “Gratitude”. We started the actual morning session with a bible sharing in ....

Oasis Encounter Netherlands. Wednesday, 13 September 2017. The whole day was devoted to goal-setting! After the usual morning prayer followed by breakfast, all were together in the conference hall. The mood could best be described as very solemn; apparently all knew what was ahead of us.  Bro. Guido led the group in singing “peace is flowing like a river”. As a day set aside for setting our goals, a number of exercises were created to ....

REPORT OASIS ENCOUNTER, NETHERLANDS SEPTEMBER 11, 2017.   This morning, God gave us a brightly shining new day, with a temperature of 18 degrees Celcius. The day began with a morning prayer in the chapel led by Br. Johan Muijtjens. The theme of the day was God’s dream for us – for me. Saint Ireneus stated that the glory of God is the human being, fully alive. Br. Johan asked us to focus ....

Report OASIS Encounter 2017 Maastricht Sunday, September 10     The approach of Sunday brought high expectations to the  OASIS participants, since the week had been occupied  with various activities, namely reflection and deepening  exercises. Though a bit  tiring, all the exercises were very helpful in enhancing our spiritual upliftment. Coincidentally, Sunday came with a beautiful sunny weather and we all felt it was the moment to free the mind with recreational activities. ....

TEMPORARY PROFESSION AND RENEWAL OF VOWS IN GHANA PROVINCE Date: 07/09/17 Venue: ISTC Chapel  temporary profession of Bro. Cletus Saanuu and the renewal of vows of Bros. Francis Kofi Sarfo, Linus Delle and Alexander Kofi Koomson came on successfully in the ISTC Chapel on the 7th September, 2017. The following postulants also migrated into Canonical year of noviciate: Yengdem Callistus and Ganye Prosper.  Bros. Elijiah Abugri, Jonas Porekuu and Edmond Mopuu also moved ....

REPORT FIC SPIRITUAL JOURNEY SATURDAY, 9TH SEPTEMBER 2017             The facilitators and participants of the Brothers FIC Spiritual Journey 2017 ended the third week of the encounter with a recollection on the theme: THE LOVE OF CHRIST led by one of the facilitators, Bro. Theodorus Suwaryanto. He developed the theme from the main theme for the third week: LIVING IN GOD’S LOVE to ....