Fr. Dominic Gomes VG
Workshop for SCC Animators was held at Archbishop House on 19 March 2022, of the five Zonal Workshops conducted over the last six months this was the second on the theme ‘SCC Evangelize Family’. The day commenced with a solemn Bible procession and enthronement at 9:30. The Gospel message was “to be the leaven in our mission”. Thereafter Rev. Fr. Dominic Gomes the Vicar General and the Director of the SCC commission of Archdiocese of Calcutta welcomed participants from four parishes namely Our Lady of Holy Rosary Cathedral; Sacred Heart Church Dharmatala; St Thomas Church Middleton Row, and Christ the King Church Park Circus. Fr. Dominic introduced the SCC Diocesan Resource Team (DRT) of Mr. Ravi Samping, Mr. J C Lakra, Mrs. Manju Linda, Mrs. Christine Cramer and Sr. Rajni Marandi SMI who conducted the sessions during the day. The day was blessed with presence of Rev Fr. Peppin the director of the Family Commission and Sr. Alma Montero CSC who provided an inspiring input on why and how it is important that every family, the nucleus of the Universal Church, should and can be living examples of Christian life and living so as to glorify God and His Church.
The day was set in three sessions with the themes – (a) God’s plan in marriage and family life; (b) Forgiveness and healing conflicts with the love in the family; and (c) SCCs Evangelize the family. The entire workshop was conducted in a fully participatory and interactive mode with the 41 participants formed into three working groups and DRT members filling in supplementary information at the end of each session.
The participants found these sessions very engaging and useful in evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of one's own family and Christian life. The sessions also instructed on ways of renewal and revitalization of one’s family life so that they may become beacons of love, service and forgiveness among the society/communities they live in. It is by this exemplary Christian family life that more and more families could be inspired and motivated to join the SCC movement and continue to serve the community and the Church with all humility to foster peace and justice all around.
This second workshop covered all the animators in the parishes in Kolkata Deanery as some had missed attending the first workshop conducted earlier in February 2022. The SCC DRT will continue with these Zonal workshops for parishes in the other three Deaneries and hope to complete this phase of spiritual growth of families within the SCC by the end of April 2022 before going on to more advanced issues to make the SCC a vibrant movement in the Archdiocese.
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