From the experience of the processing of the module on Teamwork and Community Building, we, the participants, were filled with enthusiasm to participate fully and truly in the Mission of Christ entrusted to Holy Mother the Church. However, we came to a realization that we cannot go out into our world to share this goodnews…
MODULES 1) Team work 2) Community Building 3) Growth or Change 4) Abuse 5) Shadow work 6) Dream work and 7) Midlife Transitioning. TEAM WORK From the module of Inner child, we were taken through the paths of Teamwork and Community Building. The facilitator for this process of life journey was Fr. John Dunne,sma. He…
With this awareness on inter-faith dialogue, we were encouraged to make a downward movement into ourselves in acknowledgement of the presence of “Inner Child”. This journey of acknowledgement of Inner Child is somehow and sometimes tough thus, there is the need for guide of a positive experience. The facilitator picked by ICOF for this task…
Having gone through a presentation that challenged and encouraged us, to value our role as commissioned ministers of the Word, a Word handed down from the Apostles, our immediate intent is to effectively interact with other religions in the future. However, in the space of many of this kind, we opted first for Islam. The…
The module of globalization enlightened us of the need for humane condition in our activities globalized world. There is the task to create awareness in partakers of activities in the globalised world that economic and political interests should not be the sole governing principles in market transactions, there is need for these to be guided…
Our participating in the process of ‘”knowing’ who am I and what am’ in order to be “healed, refreshed, re- energized and integrated for Christ’s mission” took us the dimension of “spiritual thanksgiving.” It was in a way a call from “being grateful to bring gracefulness “. Our facilitator was no other but Rev. Fr.…
To conclude the introductory module started by “Appreciative Discernment,” participants were presented the process of “Fallen Upward” of Richard Rohr by our facilitator James Shimbala, sma. It is a process which sees us stronger in intents after falls. This process of self awareness is not about removing or solving the problems rather, it is about…
Our journey towards radical aliveness which was anchored on Theory U now took us to another module titled Integral Growth. The facilitator for this module was Fr. James Shimbala, sma. In presenting this, he said, another word for this is Reaching Deep. However, inorder to achieving reaching deep in our persons, we need to identify…
The six months ICOF Sabbatical Renewal program came into swing with the first module (Theory U). We started with self-presentations, both from participants and facilitators, sharing experiences of our past and articulating our expectations for this sabbatical program. These human experiences of our past brought out in us the various and different manners of human “brokenness ”.…
We have already began our new six months sabbatical program. It is held in Boko, Dar es Salaam. We have 11 participants from 6 different nationalities. We have started with a very good spirit! The participants have already identified the common intent for this sabbatical: