Learning from one another spiritually and pastorally as pastoral agents undertaking a synodal ministry to the homeless, the slum dwellers
- Building block one: What works and not work when the Church establishes parishes and Projects (works of mercy, schools, clinic/hospitals, development) as ministry of presence to the poor living in shanty towns and slum settlements. Through these experiences, what is the Holy Spirit saying to us as a Church? Click here to access some stories and resources.
- Building block two: What works and not work when the Church is accompanying the homeless or the slum dwellers in their social justice campaigns. Through these experiences, what is the Holy Spirit saying to us as a Church? What works and not work when the slum dwellers and the homeless do their own campaign to demand justice and defend their dignity. Through these experiences, what is the Holy Spirit saying to us as a nation? Click here to access some stories and resources.
- Building block three: Discerning with slum dwellers/homeless what needs to be done in our country for us to experience reconciliation as well as the healing of the broken economy and broken democracy. What are the fruits of this discernment? What pastoral action should we take as pastoral agents in light of this discernment? Click here to access some stories and resources.
- Building block four: Discerning with slum dwellers/homeless what Holy Spirit wants the Church to say to Pharaoh about the unjust situations behind the suffering of the homeless and slum dwellers. What are the fruits of this discernment? What pastoral action should we take as pastoral agents in light of this discernment? Click here to access some stories and resources.
- Building block five: Pope Francis speaks of “the Church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it is out there in the streets.” How do the pastoral agents encounter this when they are working with the homeless and the slum dwellers? What is their experience of God as the good Samaritan who has not passed by, who has stopped to clean and bind the wounds, who is taking the pastoral agents to an inn? What are the wounds that need to be cleaned and bound? Where is your inn where the Holy Spirit is taking you for further healing? Click here to access some stories and resources.
Francesco and his ministry to the discarded of our time, the lepers of our time.
Pope Francis had a deep pastoral concern for the victims of war, genocide, relatives of extrajudicial assassinations. Click here to read more about his concerns.
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