Bucaramanga (Colombia), 07/26/2023, Sr. Eleein Paola Navarro González.- Waiting for dawn to rise with the joy and hope of the heart that knows itself called to welcome the light that appears on the horizon, this is the experience that has illuminated the days of encounter that the group of sisters of the provinces of Bucaramanga, Manizales and El Caribe lived, where we were summoned for a few days of spiritual renewal.
The fragile clay which in the hands of God becomes a new vessel was a symbol that gave meaning to these days of encounter; Through the spiritual experience of rebuilding ourselves from within, also welcoming the help of others, we open ourselves to the joy of the Spirit to live these days in openness and docility to the grace that the Father-Mother wanted to give us.
Sister Daniela Canavina, secretary of CLAR, accompanied the first days of the meeting with the illumination and inspiration of the "Women of Dawn", inviting us to leave like them, determined to face the challenges of life, together, like sisters, with faith in the hope that it is possible to live a life with meaning, embracing like the Women of Dawn our "body, heart, head and center" to generate in ourselves, in our communities, in the mission of the Congregation and in the Church, new dawns, news of revivals, new dawns that are prophetic in a world that needs places of meaning and a living encounter with Jesus Christ .
To continue on the path of strengthening our identity and our human formation, we were accompanied by Dr. Angela María Rubiano who, through conferences and different experiential group workshops, facilitated the process of becoming aware of who we are, what are the belief systems or mental patterns from which we relate to the environment and begin to redirect our minds and hearts into new ways of thinking, feeling and making decisions that help develop our human potential and to strengthen teamwork skills, assertive communication, empathetic listening among many other skills.
The time we had to meet was very precious, to listen to the empathy of the other and to understand how God accompanied each stage of our life.
The joy, the party, the hugs, the moments of spirituality and prayer, the beauty of nature that surrounds our house, the attention and the details of all those who made these days of spiritual renewal possible, remain etched in the memory of our heart and will be for each sister who lived the experience an impulse to continue to find an answer to the following question: Where is the Spirit leading us in this present hour?
