Growing in relationships with Jesus

In the Kuala Lumpur Archdiocese, the Five Year Plan for BEC is Inculcating a sense of Belonging to the people, Enhancing Related Skills in the coordinators while Meeting the various needs of BECs today.

The newly revamped Archdiocesan BEC Animating Team (ABECAT) under the guidance of Ecclesiastical Assistant, Msgr Mitchel Anthony, was designed and formed to build relationships while nurturing the Coordinators of BEC Animating Teams (BECAT), BEC Coordinating Teams (BECCOT) and BECs. They are to continuously look into the needs of the communities through on-going formations, activities and programmes organised throughout 2017 to 2021.

The ABECAT started the year with a formation for all parish BECAT teams on the See-Judge-Act training module. This is a systematic analysis of society with action plans to bring change. It was intended for all groups and communities irrespective of their faith and belief. The aim is to address: individuals, organisations and groups within the Church who are responsible for guiding with reference to the Bible and teachings of the Church as the source of motivation for social change.

For this year, the ABECAT is focusing on a stay-in formation programme on Emotional Skills and a one-day Communitarian Spirituality Experience (CSE) which is offered to parishes and available in four languages.

The pilot stay-in will be from April 27-29 at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Centte. (APC). It will be available in all four languages soon.

For the Communitarian Spirituality Experience (CSE), parishes have been encouraged to book the available dates given as soon as possible.

For more information, kindly email becat@archkl.org.

Encourage… Inspire… Empower…

The Lord has many names, each expressing His nature for aspects of his attributes. We have witnessed Jesus highlighting emotional skills throughout His ministry enlightening remarkable ways in relating to people at his time. As coordinators, let us enrich our people skills in building communities and enhance relationships with the application of Emotional Skills for emulating Christ.

PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES

After the sessions, participants will be able to:

— unveil biblical examples for strengthening emotions
— unlock glitches in relationships & managing people
— administer positive emotions in community building
— identify anxiety & anger in unsettled relationships
— create resources for people in handling emotions

PROGRAMME CONTENTS

PART 1 — Discovering the real you 

Module 1: Knowing Me

— checking your real thoughts and belief system
— recognising your feelings and views
— looking at perceptions and mind patterns
— clustering your emotions appropriately

Activity 1 — Mapping Personal Emotions

Module 2: Knowing Me, Knowing You

discarding old maps for new ones looking into your blind spots developing tools and approaches seeing through the eyes of others

Activity 2 — Identify-Use- Understand-Manage

— neutralising common misconceptions
— fostering positive relationships
— extracting Jesus’ composure and stand
— addressing “pain-body” thru’ reconciliation

— exhibiting empathy in building bonds
–communicating with positive insights
–removing prejudices and judgement
–flourishing with values of Jesus

— discerning for distinguishing God’s signals
— transporting to God’s time and space
— strengthening by building experiences
— pronouncing Christ like friendship

Activity 5 — Putting On Christ’s Lenses

Activity 6 — Registering A Selfless Checklist

METHODOLOGY
Conducted in interactively and reflectively with:

— a group discussion and feedback sessions
— a exercises, role play and practical session
— discernment and scripture reflections

Communitarian Spirituality Experience: One Day in Parish Formation

The Communitarian Spirituality Experience (CSE) is a formation tailored for building communities especially for BECs In deepening their spiritual conversion in living as a community. The formation offers insights to building effective relationships with one another and discerning to bond with God. We want to be God’s people by being together and waiting to be present to God, not forgetting to personalise God’s call to self and others. Therefore, it is important to understand our relationship between persons and relationship with Father, Son and Spirit and distinguish the difference between working for Cod and doing God’s work. Finally, we must be able to compare and clarify personal issues m Parish concerns.

FORMATION OBJECTIVES
After the sessions. participants will be able to:

— Recognise communitarian as going from inviduality to Trinity
— Identify spirituality as a foundation for extending activity to ministry
— Apply experience for moving from Issues to persons

FORMATION CONTENTS

Session One 
Who Am I?

Session Two
–Who Is Jesus Christ To Me / Us?
— Knowing That God Has Chosen Me How Do I Feel His Presence Today

Session Three
–Communitarian Spirituality Exposes itself in Collaborative Ministry
— Challenges Of Our Journey

Session Four
— What Did I Sense? (Integration)

APPLICATION PLAN — Personal Journal

METHODOLOGY Conducted through dicernment, reflection and sharing sessions.

AVAILABLE DATES IN 2018

English, Bahasa Malaysia and Tamil:

(1st Sat)
May 5,
Jun 2,
Jul 7,
Aug 4,
Sep 1

Mandarin:

(4th Sat)
May 26,
Jun 23,
Jul 28,
Aug 25,
Sep 22

Article reproduced from Herald Malaysia online