THIRD SESSION OF FIC PROVINCIAL CHAPTER, GHANA PROVINCE DATE: SEPTEMBER 23RD 2018 VENUE: ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY CONFERENCE HALL - WA. THEME: “DEEPENING OUR APOSTOLIC MISSION THROUGH PRAYER AND COMMUNITY LIFE” DAY ONE REPORT The session opened with a prayer service led by Bro Isidore Aabeisie on behalf of the liturgy committee. The Provincial Superior presented his opening address to the House after which he introduced practical matters and the agenda for the coming days as follows: 1. Timetable: The PS led the ....

RITES OF TRANSITION, RENEWAL OF VOWS AND FIRST PROFESSION OF BROTHERS IN GHANA PROVINCE, 6 – 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2018. On the 6th and 7th of September, 2018, more than thirty brothers ended the FIC common retreat in St. Louis community, Wa. In the evening on that day we witnessed the ceremony of transition of one candidate into canonical year of novitiate (Michael Besigrinee) and two candidates into apostolic year of formation (Prosper ....

    Herewith we present to you the fourth issue of IGC in 2018, which will inform you about the following: * Reflection on our witnessing through prayer * Report General Chapter 2018 * My impression of the General Chapter 2018 - Bro. Martinus Dariyo * My impression of the General Chapter 2018 - Bro. Seregeous Dery * Provincial Chapter Chile 2018: second session * News from Ghana Province: Junior Aspirants Contact Days * In Memoriam: Bro. Nico ....

WITNESSING A GROWING CONGREGATION Apart from my family, I have received my basic education from the FIC Brothers. Through this General Chapter, I have received an ongoing education. Thank you very much, for inviting me to have this three weeks course: not only intellectually, but also affectively and spiritually. Theology, especially that of Innsbruck, Austria, about which I have written a dissertation, does not consist primarily of  studies in the laboratory or library, but in the life experience of the ....

GENERAL CHAPTER FIC 2018 VOTE OF THANKS TO THE OUTGOING GENERAL COUNCIL (Wednesday, 22 August 2018)   Dear Brothers Martin, Guido, Raphael and Theodorus, I consider it an honour to express the gratitude of this chapter for the high quality service you have given to our Congregation during the past six years. During the first week of our chapter all four of you shared with us how you have experienced ....

WHAT AN EXPERIENCE!   If we had officially stopped the General Chapter, after the General Superior and his General Council was elected, and then tell the story to the Brothers and the Associates yesterday, would we have proclaimed the good news about the legitimate General Chapter of the FIC Brothers 2018? If we had explained to the Brothers and the Associates the discussion like what was written in the General Chapter Message yesterday and edited further according to what we have discussed ....

WHAT WE, THE DUTCH BROTHERS, WANT TO PASS ON AS PART OF ‘THE STORY CONTINUES...’ CONCRETE ACTIONS OF LOVE 1 John 3: 16-18 “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on ....

by Mary Rezac  Denver, Colo., Aug 31, 2018 / 03:59 pm (CNA).- Chatting with Lee McDowell is a peaceful experience. Seated in a comfy leather chair in a rust-colored office near downtown Denver, McDowell serenely and thoughtfully explains the “art and science” of her particular trade - and it’s not surprising to learn that she has a background in clinical psychology. Today, McDowell serves not as a psychologist, but ....