May the grace an peace of Jesus, be with us always!

I am writing to you once again to extend a formal invitation to participate in the Missionary Formation Session at CIF that will take place at our Motherhouse in Paris from 5-26 November 2023.

The formation of missionary disciples, convinced of the urgency of keeping alive and operative the missionary mandate of Jesus Christ: Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you (Matthew 18:18-20) is what moves us to continue, in spite of the past difficulties, with the Missionary Formation Sessions at CIF that were begun five years ago.

Saint Vincent de Paul encourages within us the missionary spirit with the following words: How happy, how happy the condition of a missionary who has no other frontiers in his missions and works for Jesus Christ than the whole habitable earth! Why, then, restrict ourselves to a point and set limits, when God has given us such a great extension in which to exercise our zeal? Once again, the urgency of the mission in a wounded humanity that needs the Good News of peace cannot leave us indifferent, especially us, Vincentian missionaries, who within this wounded humanity are demanded to open our eyes and hearts to the situation that the poor are living today.

The Missionary Formation Session at CIF is offered:

• For those missionaries who are preparing for a mission ad gentes or local mission;
• For those missionaries who are already in the missions, but so far did not have the opportunity to participate at the “Mission Formation Session at CIF”;
• For all missionaries of our Little Company who will like to participate at the “Mission Formation Session at CIF”.

I would like to invite all the Visitors, Regional Superiors and Superiors of the International Missions, to encourage the confreres to participate at this course. One of ours priorities as the Congregation of the Mission, is to keep opening new missions in the countries where we are still not present.

With this in mind, this yearly course is a very valuable tool to prepare our confreres for the new missions, that is so much part of our Charism.

NB: Those confreres who need a VISA to enter France should contact Father Andrés Motto in order to initiate with sufficient time (3 months) the process to obtain said visa. Any observation, question, suggestion, or proposal is most welcome.

For those confreres who will need financial help to participate at the “Mission Formation Session CIF” we are ready to help.

For Registration or questions regarding the course, please write to:

Father MOTTO Andrés Román María, CM Director of CIF: International Formation Center; (95, rue de Sèvres; 75006 Paris; France). Tel cell: +33 6 31 52 43 52; email: andresmotto@gmail.com

CIF MISSIONARY – Formation Session 2023

We have divided the session into four modules which will be developed over three weeks.
Below, you will find pertinent information about each module:

MODULE #1 – MISSIONARY CONTEXTS

MODULE #2 – THEOLOGY OF MISSION

MODULE #3 – VINCENTIAN MISSION

MODULE #4 – GROWTH IN MISSION

Your brother in Saint Vincent,
Tomaž Mavrič, CM