MALAWI: Association of Women Religious in Malawi Launches Formation Handbook
Association of Women Religious in Malawi (AWRIM) launched a formation handbook to be used by formators from various congregations to guide in the formation of candidates who wants to live religious life to engage in a fruitful conversation with the Holy Spirit about one’s life.
Speaking during the event, chairperson of religious in Malawi, his Lordship George Tambala, thanked AWRIM for developing and launching such an important book and urged the congregations to use it properly in order to produce dedicated religious women.
“Formation should help a young person engage in a fruitful conversation with the Holy Spirit about one’s life. This book is a powerful tool for answering questions in a candidate. Every young person, upon joining religious life, ask herself the question “How shall this be? Like that of Mary when she was told she will have a child. Formation should help the candidate hear God say it will be possible let’s journey together. A candidate should be open and ask questions, it helps the formators to know her, don’t profess a candidate you don’t know,” Bishop Tambala said.
He also added that selection of candidates should be done carefully as this is the first most important step in formation.
“Let’s know exactly whom we are taking, give the right information to new candidates. Do not negotiate at the first stage, be clear. Remember the generation we are dealing with now is different from that of the past. The person should have deep values of religious life. Do not turn juniors into professionals, we will have trouble. Professionals are secondary in religious life, invest in properly,” His Lordship Tambala urged.
AWRIM Chairperson, Sr. Brandina Kamba said the association was so grateful to God for helping them in various ways until the book was produced.
The event was attended by mother superiors and formators from various congregations of all the dioceses in the country.
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By: Stella Zulu, ECM Communications Office
