65 people attended the three day meeting, missionaries working with the peoples of the Mixes, Zapoteca, Mixteca and Chinanteca. Taking part in addition to Bishop Héctor Guerrero Córdova, Prelate of the Mixes, were Fr Miguel Agustín Aguilar Medina, Provincial of Mexico-Mexico (MEM), and 20 Salesian priests and 4 Franciscan priests; also present were the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians and the Provincial of Mexico Monterrey Sr. Marina Nieto, religious of the Holy Family, of the Word Incarnate, the Servants of Mary Health of the Sick, the Family of the Heart of Jesus , 3 representatives of the Servants of the Word – who collaborate in the formation of pastoral workers – 11 diocesan priests and 2 deacons, as well as catechist, pastoral workers and members of groups responsible for the formation and the evangelisation of their own people.
The meeting began with a day of recollection led by Fr Manuel Anaut Espinosa OFM, who invited those present to live their vocation with joy and in loving relationship with God and with those they are sent to evangelise. After introducing the method of work and the Pastoral Plan of the Prelature, Fr Carlos Muro Hernández SDB described the Participative Planning Process which involves gathering information from all the deaneries and the individual parishes with regard to the history, the people, the society and the Christian community.
Fr Pedro González Villanueva SDB spoke about the progress made following the Continental Mission held in the Prelature in 2008. Afterwards the various deaneries got together to discuss the Planning Process and the Continental Mission, in order to improve the Plan for the Prelature.
On 10 June Bishop Guerrero Córdova presented the Canonical Guidelines for the Prelature. There was then an evaluation of the Assembly and a new team was chosen to coordinate the next meeting.
Bishop Guerrero Córdova invited all present to support the formation of the lay people and to continue their task of evangelisation entering into the native culture. The Assembly is the most important event in the Prelature as it brings together all the religious Congregation and the lay people and unifies the criteria for an effective process of evangelisation.
Published 16/06/2010
