FROM THE EDITOR.

This is the second issue of the Congregational magazine

of the Brothers FIC. We sincerely thank those readers

who supported and encouraged us and further gave some

suggestions to improve the quality of the magazine. We are

open to your remarks and suggestions and we are committed

to making this magazine more and more interesting and closser

to you. We hope that this second issue will be more satisfying to

all our readers.

As a precursor to the 175th anniversary of the founding of the FIC

Congregation, we present to you this magazine with the theme:

“Keeping Alive the Spirit of Mission”. We would like to recognize

as well as appreciate the contributions of the fi rst missionaries

who were sent from The Netherlands to other countries like

Indonesia, Ghana, Chile, Malawi, Pakistan, Spain, Sierra Leone,

etc. We would like to re-emphsize that we still need to promote

our mission both domestically and internationally. This missionary

spirit was borne by the desire to spread the Good News of the

Kingdom of God through service to humanity. We hope that more

and more young people will be moved by the spirit to accomplish

the mission of Jesus by being good and doing good. Essentially,

we as Brothers FIC desire to keep the spirit of this mission alive

by promoting our internationality and solidarity among ourselves,

but also with the people arround us.

In this issue you will read about the spirit of the mission of the

Congregation, some experiences of the brothers who have done

their mission in other countries, profi les of brothers who are doing

their domestic apostolic works, and news from our provinces.

Here also information on the ongoing preparation for the 175th

anniversary our Congregation is provided by The Netherlands

province. We fully support the theme of the celebration in the

Dutch Province, “The Story Continues” or in Dutch “Het Verhaal

Gaat Verder”. The story of our Congregation continues, from The

Netherlands to Chile, Ghana, Indonesia, Malawi and Timor Leste.

The Brothers FIC, associate members, co-workers, friends and

families continue to promote the values of the Congregation

among numerous people around the world.