{"id":97231,"date":"2023-12-06T08:59:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T07:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/?p=97231"},"modified":"2023-12-06T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T08:00:00","slug":"relal-retreat-in-preparation-for-perpetual-vows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/relal-retreat-in-preparation-for-perpetual-vows\/","title":{"rendered":"RELAL &#8211; Retreat in preparation for perpetual vows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97231?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"Download PDF\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-pdf-title\">PDF<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97231?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">PRINT<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From 2 to 22 December 2023, a dozen Brothers of the Christian Schools from Latin America and the Caribbean are participating in La Vega (Dominican Republic) in the <\/span><b>retreat in preparation for Perpetual Vows organised by the Lasallian Region of Latin America (<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RELAL).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The three-week retreat offers participants a unique experience of <\/span><b>fraternal encounter, Lasallian identity and spirituality<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with a fourfold purpose:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To joyfully share the <\/span><b>experience of being Brothers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To value the <\/span><b>experience of the Regional encounter <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">among Brothers as a privileged moment in the vocational process.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To interpret the personal life story and the <\/span><b>experience of God from the perspective of narrative identity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To give thanks to God for the <\/span><b>gift of vocation <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and life.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;By means of the narrative methodology, <\/span><b>it is hoped that the participating Brothers will rewrite their vocational story and share it with each other<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, so that they can reread some constituent elements of their Lasallian identity&#8221;, commented Brother Luis Bolivar, who is part of the team of Brothers accompanying the retreat in the Dominican Republic, one of the Sectors of the District of Antillas-M\u00e9xico Sur.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On this occasion, Brothers from the <\/span><b>Districts of Argentina-Paraguay; Central America-Panama; Bogota; Bolivia-Peru and Brazil-Chile <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are taking part. By promoting this retreat each year, RELAL seeks to provide &#8220;a valuable contribution to the discernment for the profession of the Brothers&#8217; perpetual vows&#8221;. This is the 29<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Regional retreat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brothers <\/span><b>Vinicio Gonz\u00e1lez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, RELAL&#8217;s Secretary for Mission and Management; <\/span><b>Pedro Orbezua<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in charge of Lasallian formation in the District of Antillas-M\u00e9xico Sur; and <\/span><b>Luis Bol\u00edvar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who has been part of the Secretariat for Formation of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in recent years, compose the team responsible for coordinating and accompanying the retreat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On behalf of the General Council of the Institute, <\/span><b>Brothers Mart\u00edn Digilio and Ricardo Laguda <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will also accompany the retreat from 14-17 December.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We invite all Lasallians to unite spiritually, <\/span><b>accompanying with our ongoing prayer during this time of Advent these twelve Brothers <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who are preparing to give their definitive yes to the Lord as religious Brothers of the Christian Schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/eb05d0b7-2398-4784-9941-e33465974145.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/eb05d0b7-2398-4784-9941-e33465974145-200x93.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/eb05d0b7-2398-4784-9941-e33465974145-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/eb05d0b7-2398-4784-9941-e33465974145-400x187.jpg 400w, 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