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A School Faith Community offers a Dynamic Context for the release of the Charism.
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A School Faith Community offers a Dynamic Context for the release of the Charism
Charism – A FocusGives Story, Shape and Form to a Community and to its SpiritualityThe Original Dreamthe ‘Why’ for LivingStory of Origins(Deep Narrative)VisionSymbols - Rituals - CelebrationsEmotionPassionHistory - Sayings - Beliefs - Attitudes - MotivationMeaningCharism
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Once you define a Charism… You’ve killed it!
Charism Gives particular Shape to a Community
Creating Community for Mission around the Charism offers • A particular story to enter • A language to speak • A group to which to belong • A way to pray • A work/ministry to undertake • A face of God to see.” Marachel
CHARISM... A Spiritual Homeland Lived Story Of an Aspect of the Gospel.
Charism A Flavour that enhances the Essence Already there And brings it to Life For the Mission of God
Charism A Gift bumping into a Need
‘Charism An energy, a dynamic, a power that cannot be contained or possessed... but must be shared.’ (Leddy)
Charism Is a Fire in the Eye of God that has touched our own. Chittister
CHARISM A Living Passion for a particular Dimension of the Gospel (Chittister) It addresses that which is “missing”!
Charism It develops from age to age and dies from age to age…and then grows up again in new ways. Chittister
“The Issue of Charismatic Identity Is not so much of ‘who founded us? As…‘what have we become together by the Grace of God?’ Schneiders
Isn’t that something? Rumi(1207-1273) Ilike whenthe music happens like this:Something in His eye grabs a hold of atambourine in me,then I turn and lift a violin in someone else,and they turn, and this turning continues;it has reached you now. Isn’t that something? ‘Together we will create welcome spacesfor new voices to enter the melody.’
You don’t have the Charism! The Charism has You!
At the heart of Christian community Hesed is at work The Release of the Charism (Group and Individual) is the dynamic which shapes who we are becoming by the grace of our Provident God.