Our Mother Earth is in peril and save Her we must! …
So, this Lent, let us, together with our Franciscan Friars of St Mary’s, join forces to make amends for our sins against God’s Creation – by embarking on this Lenten journey of conversion from Cosmic Dust to an Easter Garden!
This video was screened on 11 February 2022 during the World Day of Consecrated Life celebration through ZOOM organised by the Conference of Religious Major Superiors (Singapore).
Put together by the formandi of various religious orders and congregations, you will see them praying for consecrated persons and expressing their hopes, dreams, and aspirations for the future ahead!
Special thanks to:
Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Vice Province of Malaysia-Singapore)
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (Malaysia-Singapore Province)
Good Shepherd Sisters (Province of Singapore-Malaysia)
Order of Discalced Carmelites Friars
Order of Friars Minor – Custody of St Anthony (Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei)
Sambutan Misa Hari Hidup Bakti Sedunia peringkat Keuskupan Melaka Johor telah diadakan pada 12 Februari 2022 bertempat di Skudai Catholic Centre. Misa kudus tersebut dihadiri oleh para religious wanita dan lelaki yang datang dari pelbagai kongregasi lokal serta antarabangsa.
Pada masa sekarang, Friar Claurence Motoyou, ofm mengetuai Conference of Religious Major Superiors (CRMS) di peringkat Keuskupan Melaka-Johor.
Franciscan formation is a gradual process of growth, in which the friar opens his heart to the Gospel and commits himself fully to being continually converted. It is based upon a personal encounter with the Lord, and begins with the call of God and the individual’s decision to walk with St Francis in the footsteps of the crucified Christ as His disciple under the action of the Holy Spirit.
In his Rule and Life of the Friars Minor, St Francis wrote: “If there are any who wish to accept this life and come to our brothers, let them send them to their Ministers provincial, to whom alone, and to no other is permission granted for receiving brothers.” From this Rule and Life, formation into the Order of Friars Minor today falls into several progressive stages, each of which involves the whole person, in his Human, Christian and Franciscan dimensions, and the radical living of the Holy Gospel, in prayer and devotion, in fraternity and minority.
On 12 February, the Franciscan Friars will welcome two men in their 30s into the Postulancy programme for 2022.
Postulancy, also called Pre-Novitiate, is the first stage of formation into Religious and Franciscan life. It is a full-time live-in programme that lasts about a year. The candidate (called a postulant) is not considered a friar, but is able to participate in the life of the Franciscan brotherhood. He is involved in the prayer, studies, ministry and life of the friary community. Through this, he is led to deepen his relationship with Christ and into a greater understanding of the Franciscan charism and life. He is also given opportunities for service and work with people who are in different kinds of poverty.
This transitional stage brings the candidate gradually from his secular lifestyle into a religious lifestyle, allowing him to verify his desire to follow Jesus Christ according to the example of St Francis. At the end of Postulancy, the candidate considers whether he would like to continue in the life of the fraternity. If so, he can apply to the Order for acceptance into the Novitiate.
We invited the candidates to share with you their requests to the brotherhood of friars.
Please keep Jorgerson and Nicholas in your prayers as they begin their discernment process.
