Viatorian Community
Spring 2011
Volume 16, No. 2
Viatorians Reaffirm Their Ministry Around the World at General Assembly second general assembly of the Viatorian Community. Their tasks included clarifying the foundational elements of the Viatorian charism, as articulated in the Viatorian Charter, and establishing strategies whereby international solidarity among all Viatorians will be strengthened.
Viatorians gather for a plenary session.
The newscasts frequently narrate massive, and sometime catastrophic, events — the economic free-fall, 12 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. living in fear of arrest and deportation, the earthquake and subsequent cholera epidemic in Haiti, the violence in the Ivory Coast, and the recent massive earthquake in Japan. Viatorians affirm that the Gospels challenge us to respond to Br. BenoÎt Tremblay of the Province of Canada addresses the assembly. the emotional and physical upheavals of our brothers and our sisters. This evangelical task is especially After much discussion, the delegates formed a pressing since three of the sixteen countries where consensus that Viatorians must continue to employ Viatorians live and work are Haiti, Japan, and the innovative methods to develop vibrant faith Ivory Coast. communities, which often entails taking risks. A central feature of these faith communities is close To respond to these and other concerns in a proactive collaboration between the laity and religious. In the manner, fifty-three Viatorians from five continents past, Viatorians identified themselves as professed recently gathered in Bogotå, Colombia, for the 2
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