寻灵之旅 Peregrination Pro Christo

两个支团的团员，与本堂管理彭睿明神父合照

 加影晓明之星圣母军支团，在22/9/2013星期天，到文丁圣类思教堂，展开一项寻灵之旅活动。

“寻灵之旅”是圣母军的一项支团活动。

圣母军手册上说，每一个支团，在可能范围了内，奉献至少一个主日，到一个不很远的地方，举行这个活动。

这个活动的目的是让团员到本身的堂区之外，一个不熟悉的环境理，完成一些“辣手，困难及不受欢迎的传教工作”。(手册360页）

团员们透过这活动，能够提升福传技巧，扩大视野，加强信心。除此之外，也可以与当地的信众及圣母军团员交流，学习及认识。

文丁离开加影大约35公里，车程只需35分钟，非常适合作此活动的地点。

晓明之星的九位团员，当天一早就抵达圣类思教堂，参加了早上八时的弥撒。 在用过早点后，活动在十点开始。

晓明之星支团的团员们，共分成五组，由文丁加尔默罗支团的团员带领下，总共拜访了14个家庭。

活动结束后，团员集合做个检讨，体验归纳如下：

• 一些疏离教友，拒绝军友们的拜访；有些则以冷漠的态度，接待他们。
• 很失望的见不到大部分教友家庭里的非教徒成员，他们特意离开，没机会“把基督的平安”传递给他们。
•  一些教友，心怀陈年旧创，不能释怀，乘军友的拜访，大吐辛酸。
• 有些热情的家庭，对军友的拜访，非常的高兴及感谢。
• 教会（圣职，堂区领袖）有意或无意中，曾伤害一些信众，但没有给予理会或和好，修补关系。
•  当地的教会，需要更努力的，更有效的，更积极的把基督的爱，在这个安静的小镇里，传送的更广，更深入。

 这是一个收获良多，大家都受益的圣母军活动。

主客双方都非常珍惜这次的合作，在互相道谢后，寻灵之旅在下午两点左右就圆满的结束了。·

我本人非常喜欢文丁，因为它环境清幽，人情味浓厚，生活淳朴。圣类思教堂歌德式建筑，非常的优美，已经有112年的历史了。

圣类思堂是一个充满历史，也背负着历史包袱的堂区。

我的个人印象，觉得该堂区的地位，就好像是一块鸡肋（三国曹操故事）。它的命运有点坎坷，也有点传奇。

随着新的教宗上任，祈望本地教会能感受到新气息。我期望天主圣神能够刮起一阵革新之风，送来新气息，新作风，新思维，让这个美丽的堂区，以崭新的风貌，迎接一个新的春天。

一个拜访，一个握手，一个拥抱，一笑泯恩仇 。。。 这是圣母军的使命！

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与主人家合照

Morning Star, the Mandarin speaking Legion of Mary praesidium in Kajang, held an Exploration Dominicalis at St. Aloysius's Church in Mantin Negri Sembilan on Sunday, September 22. 

Exploratio Dominicalis is a mini Peregrination Pro Christu which might be translated as the Sunday traveling in search of souls.

Handbook of the Legion stipulated that "every praesidium if possible as a body, to devote at least one sunday in the year to an expedition to some place - possibly a problem area - at a little distance in traveling " .

The main aim of this expedition is for members to engage themselves in the delicate, difficult, unpopular mission work of evangelisation in some areas where "the religious conditions are bad."

Through this activity, members are able to enhance their skills, broaden horizon and increase self-confidence. Moreover, it is an opportunity to foster closer relationship with other fellow legionaries and knowing the life of fellow Catholics in Mantin.

9 members of the praesidium arrived at St. Aloysius's Church early to attend the 8:00 am Mass.

After breakfast, members broke into 5 groups, led by Mantin Legionaries, started visitation of homes at about 10:00 am.

14 families have been visited.

At the end of the visitation, members gathered at the church for a briefing and sharing as follows:

• Members were turned away or treated coldly by a few lapsed families.
• It was disappointing not being able to meet non-Christian members of some Catholic families. They left the house to avoid visitors. (families were being informed of the impending visits weeks earlier)
• Families took the opportunity to pour out their anger and bitterness against the church.
• The Church (priests & leaders) has caused hurt to its members, intentionally or otherwise, and ignored/refused to seek forgiveness and re-conciliation. 
• The local church must broaden and deepen its effort in spreading the Good News of Christ in this tranquil and beautiful town.

It was a fruitful and successful outing which ended at about 2 pm.

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