Meeting of the PACC Conference in Nagahuta, Indonesia

April 6, 2017
Published in Animation

Let us embrace the future with hope

Nagahuta, Indonesia, March 12-18, 2017

The General Minister and his Councilors met with the Provincial Ministers, Custodes, and Delegates, together with their respective Councils, of PACC – The Pacific and Asia Capuchin Conference. The meeting took place in the ‘Kamerino’ spirituality center of the Capuchin friars in Nagahuta, Indonesia. There were about fifty friars from the various circumscriptions. The days of the meeting were marked by intense work experienced in a fraternal and joyful atmosphere. Common prayer, listening to input, conversation in groups and in the assembly, as well as evening recreation were the important moments of the days together.

The themes on the agenda regarded the question of multiculturalism and the role of ministers and guardians in fraternal animation. Also important were the presentations on formation in a digital, secularized, and materialistic world, the grace of working, mission, and collaboration between circumscriptions. The participants also had a chance to sail on the famous Lake Toba and to see the surrounding beauty of nature. Currently, at the worldwide level, thirty percent of vocations to the Capuchin Friars Minor come from Asia and Oceania. Evaluations of the meeting were positive; getting to know each other, a good atmosphere in a Franciscan spirit, and the formative offerings all contributed to a broadening of horizons and the lifting up of hope for the future.

To get to know better these presences of our Order, we invite you to listen to interviews with some friars present in the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Korea, and East Timor.

Video, Nagahuta, Indonesia, March 12-18, 2017