Day: 23. December 2016

„St. John in Montana“ News 12/2016

Dear Sisters and Brothers After our immersion experience with Pax Christi, we began to reflect on article 14 of the Constitution: “Our vocation gives us a particular responsibility to promote understanding and justice for the Jewish community and to keep alive in the church the consciousness that in some mysterious way, Christianity is linked to Judaism from its origin to its destiny.” We considered that article in relationship to our apostolic commitment, which is shaped by the call of the 2016 Chapter document to reflect on the priorities for apostolic life in Sion, and the section on “Formation in Sion.” With the Ecce Homo community we closed the liturgical year with the celebration of “Christ the King” and began the weeks of Advent in preparation for Christmas in our community. During this Advent we are visiting each Sion community here in Jerusalem following the tradition of “Posadas”, which is Christmas Carolling reminding us of Josef and Mary searching for an inn giving them shelter in Bethlehem. (Click here for wikipedia about „Las Posadas”). This tradition …