From 2-4 February, the FSPs in charge of the apostolic projects of our Brazilian Province met with their provincial government in Sao Paulo for a strategic planning session of the circumscription’s mission and economy for 2017-2019. The purpose of the encounter was to reinforce communion and sharing among the various sectors of the apostolate. Guided by Sr. Natalia Maccari, a Brazilian FSP who works in the International Secretariat for the Apostolate (SIA) in Rome, and employing dynamics that involved all the participants in a communal search, the group tackled the problems the province needs to resolve so as to respond to the challenges our apostolate is facing due to the many changes underway in society.
Viewing our Institute’s mission and values from a Pauline perspective, the sisters pinpointed goals and actions to be implemented by every sector in harmony with its own particular context. One fruit of the meeting was the discovery of the province’s need to organize and create procedures for the production and dissemination of digital material, which is steadily increasing today. The three-day encounter unfolded in a spirit of serenity, with the enthusiastic contribution of all the participants, which greatly facilitated the search for new paths for the Pauline mission in Brazil.
