VATICAN - A new training course for the diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Rome

Saturday, 13 April 2024 formation collaboration pontifical mission societies

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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Around 30 representatives of the National Directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Kenya, Cameroon, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, Spain and Bahrain will take part in a training course in English aimed at the diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS). The course begins on Monday, 15 April, at the International Center for Missionary Animation (CIAM) and follows the first training event held in February (see Fides 20/2/2024). The course is coordinated by the Secretary General of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU), Father Dinh Anh Nhue Nguyen (OFM Conv), who is also responsible for the management of the CIAM as Director, and by Father Anthony Chantry, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in England and Wales (Missio England & Wales) and European Continental Coordinator. There will be five days in which the training will alternate with contributions from speakers who actively work as missionaries, with moments of exchange and reflection. There will also be the possibility of participating in visits to places crucial to the life and activity of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for the first Evangelization and the New Particular Churches).
On Monday, the opening Eucharistic celebration in the afternoon will be led by Archbishop Emilio Nappa, President of the PMS. On Tuesday there will be an address by Monsignor Samuele Sangalli, Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches), followed by the contribution of Father Tadeusz Nowak (OMI), General Secretary of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of Faith (POPF), followed by a debate. The afternoon will be dedicated to a visit to the headquarters of the Pontifical Mission Societies and the Missionary Dicastery.
On Wednesday morning there will be the opportunity to take part in the general audience with the Holy Father, while in the afternoon there will be a lecture by Sister Roberta Tremarelli AMSS, Secretary General of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood and a report by Father Anthony Chantry on the future of the missio ad gentes, which will be followed by discussion in working groups.
Father Guy Bognon (PSS), General Secretary of the Pontifical Society of Saint Peter the Apostle (POSPA), will open Thursday morning with his contribution, which will continue with the working groups and the report of the Secretary General of PUM on mission and topicality of the Pontifical Mission Societies based on the messages addressed to them by Pope Francis. In the afternoon, visits to the Urban College, the Pontifical Urbaniana University and the historical archive of Propaganda Fide are planned. On Friday, the penultimate day of the course, the Eucharistic celebration is planned at the tomb of Saint Peter in the Vatican Basilica. Afterwards, it will be the turn of Father Anh Nhue Nguyen who, in addition to presenting the service of the PUM, will address the Pope's messages for the World Mission Days 2022/2023/2024 and will speak about missionary outreach and education work in the light of a renewed perspective on fundraising and communication. In the afternoon there is a visit to the Collegio San Pietro. The course ends with the celebration of the Eucharist and the subsequent presentation of certificates of participation. A training program for delegates from French-speaking countries is planned for September. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 13/4/2024)