Summary of
REFOUNDING Reflection/ Dialogue Questions from
October 12-14, 2007 reported by Sr. Jacinta Benavidez.
In response to the question, "Is our demise imminent?"
most Sisters responded with NO, especially since
we chose revitalization and refounding, and if we keep a positive
outlook on our journey and work together toward the future. The
belief is that the Order will continue to exist somewhere in our
world although it may change as we now know it. It may continue
in existence through other branches of the Order or by a Union of
all our houses. One or two responded with the possibility that we
may go out of existence if we are not open to revitalization or
refounding and if our behavior does not match our words.
It is also believed that if we lose contact with our life-giving
source, "our Spiritual Source", which is the Incarnate Word,
our Prayer Life, our Communal Living, Eucharist and Charism, if
we become so set in our ways and so complacent that we are not willing
to change, then we run the risk of becoming encrusted and fossilized
in our institution. We could lose contact with reality and fail
to see that change is necessary. As our life-giving Spiritual Source
says to us "Do not be afraid ... to risk stepping out into
the unknown, for I am with you always until the end of time..."
The Incarnate Word Himself is our Spiritual Source, our Way and
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