Publication:
Selvam, S.G. (2013), The unnamed companion on the road: Spiritual accompaniment in the context of youth ministry. The Journal of Youth Ministry, 11(4), 41-55.
Abstract
In this article, I would like to explore a model of spiritual accompaniment and to examine its possible use in accompanying young people on their spiritual journey. The model invites the practitioner to be the unnamed companion on the road to Emmaus. The theoretical framework for the model is drawn from various Christian traditions of spiritual accompaniment, particularly the Ignatian tradition. The Ignatian tradition originates from the spirituality of the Spanish Saint, Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), who founded the largest religious order within the Catholic Church: the Jesuits (Idígoras-Tellechea, 1994). The Saint himself provides some implicit guidelines for the process of spiritual accompaniment in the context of what is called, “The Spiritual Exercises” (Fleming, 1996). Despite its Roman […]
Month: May 2013
Homily for the feast of St Maria Dominica Mazzarello
“Every stitch an act of Love for God”
I am really nervous about this homily: an SDB with meagre knowledge of Mary Mazzarello (MM) preaching to a group of FMA! Hence the written text! I asked at least three sisters to do this homily, all refused; so here I am.
One way of escaping this predicament of my ignorance about MM is to say something very generic, as one SDB suggested. But thanks to Sr Virginia, FMA, who gave me a cart-load of books, I shall say something related to MM. So be prepared also for a lengthy homily – giving me time to show that I have tried to read the “cart-load of books”!
If I were to be preaching to a group of SDB, I could be an expert on MM if I were to say to them: MM was born […]