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Reflection on mission talk from Fr. Fernold, CICM

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Second from his mission ad intra. After he

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Intra
Reflection on mission talk from Fr.
Fernold, CICM
From the mission talk of Fr. Fernold, I
reflected some insights that stroke me,
some insights that I think they are needed.
First from his mission ad extra. Fr. Fernold
was sent to Congo, Africa. This is not an
easy place. I can say that this the place with
many challenges. They can be from the
environment, the culture, the food, the
people, etc. as his journey his internship he
faced war, rebels, bandit, and the
languages.
came back to the Philippines, he has been
assigned in SLCC. In this place, beside
work as a manager or president of the
school, the main work of him is as a
mission animator. This work is not easy.
We must deal with our workers, teachers,
and students not only about the education
but also about their spiritual aspect. This is
a good way to animate people to closer
themselves with God. This somehow
inspired and motivated me my vocation
that there are many ways of mission. It is
not only to work in parish or sent to another
country but also to work in school.
By Dicky Lmuda

However, from those difficulties did not

give up and faced them all. Even though
the situation became worse he stood firm.
There are few point from his sharing that,
in my point of view, were needed to stay
strong in this situation. They are to
exchange story of our journey in mission
with our confreres, the readiness to let it
go, and putting our feet in their shoes. We
need to humble our self to learn and know
the culture and the language.

Readiness to let it go is the most point that

gave me a big effect. It is not easy to let go
something that we love. We have an
intention to stay still when we are
comfortable. We afraid to go outside our
safe zone because outside this zone is
unclear. However, this point is the nature of
a missionary. We are ready to leave to be
sent to the unclear zone.

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