Towards the Ratio formationis ordinis

FRASCATI - The need for a Ratio Formationis (Basic Formation Programme) for the whole Order is expressed in the need of the times and the calls of the Church (cf Vita Consacrata 68). On many occasions this need has been expressed by the Order itself. The general Minister with his Defi nitory, taking up the wishes of formators, entrusted to the SGF the task to work on a Ratio Formationis Ordinis. In fact from 25 April to 1 May, all the UGF (SGF and CIF) held an Assembly at Frascati and took the fi rst steps in this enterprise. This is certainly not an easy task but we cannot continue to postpone it. In the fi rst part of the Assembly the interventions of Br Paolo Martinelli, President of the IFS, and Fr Sante Bisignano (OMI), professor at the Urbaniana, gave a good stimulus on a study picturing the intercultural realities in which the Ratio has to move and which methodological ways it has to follow. After a day of study at the Antonianum on the theme “The Franciscan Vocation today in our world: Challenges and Opportunities”, in the second part of the Assembly several other witnesses from other religious Orders made presentations. These spoke about their projects for a Ratio and the results obtained in these last few years. The speakers in this second part were Br Vidal Vidal Rodriguez Lopez, general secretary for formation of the Friars Minor (OFM) and Don Beppe Roggia (SDB), professor at the Pontifi cal Salesian University. The results of the Assembly will be presented to the General Minister who will then give the indications to follow while continuing with this process.

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