{"id":23544,"date":"2025-05-07T05:28:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T03:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vedruna.org\/?p=23544"},"modified":"2025-05-06T13:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T11:29:18","slug":"the-circle-of-life-spiritual-journey-on-ecology-annual-retreat-of-sisters-in-tagaytay-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vedruna.org\/en\/the-circle-of-life-spiritual-journey-on-ecology-annual-retreat-of-sisters-in-tagaytay-city\/","title":{"rendered":"The circle of life- Spiritual Journey on Ecology. Annual Retreat of Sisters in Tagaytay City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last April 23-April 30, the group of sisters from the Philippine Delegation had our Annual Retreat at St. Brigettine Retreat House, in Tagaytay City. The chosen theme for this Retreat was on\u00a0 Spiritual Ecology.<\/strong> The Retreat Master was a Capuchin brother by the name of Jose Raul Rico. He was before a Retreat director and currently in-charge of the Laudato Si\u2019 program <\/a>of the Capuchin Philippine province.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was an experience filled with gratitude, awe and admiration for God and His creation<\/strong>. We were led back to our own spirituality, our identity as created in God\u2019s own image and likeness, beloved and called to serve not only to other human beings but to the rest of creation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first day of our Retreat was a day of Gratitude and Admiration<\/strong> especially on God\u2019s creation. We were reminded that everything is created to a circle of life- that we must respect and balance everything for we are all interconnected. He also challenged us with reality, especially with regards to young people of today -they are in a world that is lacking compassion, which he called the Anesthetic era. We were given two points to reflect on: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Do I really feel part of the earth and responsible for its care?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do I have gratitude and admiration for the fruits of the earth?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

During the second day of our Retreat, we were asked to go back to our own spirituality<\/strong> before we move on to Ecological Spirituality. It was for me a reminder of who really I am, as created by God, as religious and part of the earth. Brother Jojo reminded us of our primary call, our purpose as Catholic Christian, and the Catholic Spirituality. He emphasized what is our spirituality as being religious:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Are we still effective in our ministry? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is there a clarity of our own identity? Of our vocation and call as religious?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

He reiterated the basic and primary expression of our Catholic Faith- our beliefs, traditions and practices. <\/p>\n\n\n

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