Meeting of coordinators Centro-Levante (October 2018)

On the 27th and 28th until noon we met the coordinators of the Centro-Levante Cluster. 

We began on the morning of the 27th with a prayer that helped us prepare the spirit for the work ahead of us.

During the morning we resumed and deepened the article: "Religious-Religious-Reconciliators" willing to be "collateral damage" of the Jesuit Elías López. At the August Assembly, Elias offered us the possibility of reading this article to deepen our understanding of this topic. 

We worked on it personally, then in small groups and finally we shared briefly in assembly. We had the following guidelines for working on it: 

• What clues do you give me so that my life is connected to God, the sisters of community, the zone, the province? 

• In light of the article, what lights do I receive for my vows to walk in the line of prophecy? 

•  What green spaces do I have in my life? 

• Do we cultivate, care for the spirituality of communion in our lives and as coordinators? 

Phrases-ideas that came to us with force. 

• Don't redeem what you don't embrace. We need to be willing to be "collateral damage". 

• Importance of personal and community discernment. 

• The relationship between the functions of the prophet and the vows.

• We want to take more and more care of what are personal and community "green spaces". 

• The spirituality of communion is fundamental for living as sisters, disciples, followers.... We are aware that sometimes it is not easy... 

After a rich meal and a time of rest, we spent the afternoon sharing how we have welcomed the work that the integration commission Servants-Laity have sent us to the communities and how the work is going. 

We share that the work has been very well received in the communities and that there is interest and desire to contribute and support this new stage in which we find ourselves. 

Next, we went on to raise possible issues for the 2019 Zone Assembly. Ligia proposed to us what we thought the theme should revolve around the fourth line of result 1.1.2. of the Spanish Operational Plan. "Channels that help to grow in the experience of an incarnated God and strengthen the joyful experience of following Jesus in Nazareth and the urgency of working for the Kingdom...". 

It seemed good to all of us and we thought of possible people who, from the outside, would help us to carry out this reflection. 

At the end of the afternoon, we spoke about the ecumenical meeting of Taizè that will take place this year in Madrid from December 28 to January 1, 2019. We have been talking about it in the communities of Madrid and they are going to welcome young people these days, in addition to being collaborating with the parishes in the organization. 

We ended the day celebrating the Eucharist together. 

On Sunday morning in prayer we are invited to meet with the surprising newness of God that is done for us in the Word, in the Beatitudes. 

This last block of work is dedicated to sharing about how we have received in the communities and what initiatives we have carried out, or are going to carry from the UISG campaign: "Sowing Hope for the Planet". 

Ligia brings us the materials that are collected on our website so that we can count on them and participate more actively in this campaign, to which the whole Congregation has joined. 

We share the interest that this topic produces in each community and we exchange habits, ideas, initiatives around how we take care of the planet on a daily basis, the communities. 

We take note of the materials and propose to use some of them as well as to carry out initiatives that will help us to become more involved in sowing hope for the planet, in everyday life. 

We ended the meeting with the evaluation, which highlights how this meeting space between the coordinators is a rich space, where we can share and build zone. 

Poche Rodríguez, ssj