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Handling Emotions: a Workshop

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Nairobi, 15 April 2011
I facilitated a two day formation seminar for the Junior Sisters of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (Salesian Sisters) on the theme “Handling Your Emotions”.  It took place at the FMA Provincial house at Hurlingham from 13th to 15th April 2011.
The input part of the workshop targeted the following themes: clarifying various affective states; the difference between moods and emotions; the difference in the way men and women process emotions.
The training attempted to impart  following skills: naming one’s feelings; journalling as a way of handling emotions; assertive communication of emotions; examen of conscience.
The liturgies and some prayer moments offered reflections on the role of emotions in spiritual life, namely, God moves us from within us, and we can get in touch with these movements by getting in touch with our feelings.

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Youth Caught in the Web

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Nairobi, 15 April 2011

A three-day symposium organised by the Institute of Youth Ministry (IYM), came to an end today at Tangaza College.  On three afternoons different experts shared their ideas to a large audience on the theme of www.youthcaughtintheweb.com The symposium is an annual event, and this year’s one was specially planned by Fr Hubert Pinto.  On the first day, Mr Ronald Omboto, an IT-expert, led a three hour session on the history of Internet and  the World wide web (WWW).  He spoke also of the tremendous possibilities that exist due to this relatively new development. He also enumerated the socio economic political and cultural impact of the internet.

On the 2nd day, Fr Sahaya G. Selvam, SDB led the discussion on three sub-themes related to ‘youth caught in the web’.  He began […]

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