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PhilippineCarmclin the Asia-AustraliaRegionall|lecting

f wo FilipinoCarmelites andtheDutchPrior experience ascelebrated in our liturgical celebra-
/ Provincial, Fr.Tieullmmermans atlended the tions.Thenovices ledusin theEucharistic celebra-
Carmelite Asia-Aushalia Regional meeting heldin tionsandprayersin theJavanese (Java),Bataks
Batu,EastJava, Indonesia fromMay16to21,2004, (Sumaha) andBalinese (Bali)settings andwaysof
Fr.Anthony Scerri,theGeneral Councilor forAsia- worship. Fr.Cregarious Ucewho oncestudiedin
Australia & Africaconvened themeetine whilethe Manilawith thenovices ledtheparticipants in li-
ViceCeneral - Fr.CarloCiconneti addressed the furgical
celebrations.Thanks alsoio Frs,i'aulusand
gathering. Theotherparticipants werefromAus- Dionysius of theNovitiate Communify in Batu.
tralia,Indonesia, U.S.A., India,TrmorLorosae, and Frs,TjeuTimmermans (DutchPriorProvin-
themissions in fwo(2)countries of Asia,rvhichfor cial),AntoniodelaCruz(Commissary Provincial) AustraliaRegional
Meetingin Indonesia,
securify reason cannot beidentified. Reports from andChristian Buenafe (Councilor & Coordinator of May2004
eachcountry rvereshared by theProvincials,Com- theCenterfor Spirituality-Manila) attended the onlybrothers
inCarmel
butalsoneighbors
inSouth-
missaries andMissionSuperiors anda dayof ex- meeting representing thePhilippine Carmel Com- eastAsia.Frs.TonyandTootsspenttwodaysin
changes on futurecollaboration andcooperation missariat. TheIndonesian Carmel graciously hosted SurabayawithSammy andNenaPaler ashosts.
withintheregionarnongtheprovinces andcorn- themeeting andintegration with our Indonesian Thankyouverymuch.
missariats tookplace. Frs.TonydelaCruzandTjeu Carmelites.\Vevisitedthecloistered nuns
Carrnelite
Timmermans presented thereport on rhesratus oi andthepanshand thenor,itiate communities in
thePhilippine Carmel Commissariat whileFr.Chris- Batu,thehermitage of St.Joseph in Sadaang and
tianBuenafe presented
tusanddevelopment
a reporton thepresent
of theInstitute
sta- theconvent ofPutriKarmel.
ofSpirituality in theProvincialatein Malang
Westaved forfwodavs
andvisited thestu-
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in theManila, Philippines. dentfriarsin theirfinalyears,St.Albert'sHigh
Significant decisions n'eretakenandagreed School, thetheological seminary, retirement house tr Wolk for A Couse...... l8
uponto rvit:an ongoingform.rtion amongthe in Dieng,and a parishin Malang.Fr. Yulius
Asian-Australian formalors to beheldin 2005and Sudharnoto rvhowasamissionary tothePhilippines
regular meeting ofProlincials fromtheregion. Like- formorethan8 yearsserved asourguide.
- Manila(CSM)is
tr On Medio ond
wise,theCenterior Spuihralrty WethankyouFr.NaPengBo(lndonesian Prior
tasked to offera summer course onInter-Religious Provincial),Fr.Edison Tinarnbunan (Councilorand €ommunicqtion.........t9
Dialogue vis-a-vistheCannelite Traditionsin Au- Organizer of thegathering), Fr.AgungandBro.
gust2005. Harrywhoserved assecretaries of themeeting. The
It rvasa n'armgathering ofbrothers in Carmel Indonesian brotherhood, hospitality andcamarade- tr News from The I
andwithintheIndonesian culturalfraditions and rieinspiredusdeeplyto therealilythatwearenot
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Frs.Tjeu,Tonyand TooGwith the participants

of the Asia-Australia
O.Carm,
Regional Meetingand the IndonesianNovices,Batu,EastJava,lndonesia
 On frledia,and
Comnunication
Seminary Formation for professors and situation- globalvillage,everything in life is
Formators on Commmunication interconnected andinterdependent.
As part of the nefworkingeffortsof the A session on Media-iion, pluralismand
media ministry, the Titus BrandsmaMedia Globalism: Understanding theContemporary
Programhasbecomea memberof the Asian Locusof Ministryendedthefirst daywitir
Communication Network(ACN) web corlmu- Nadarajah, afreelance documentary filmmaker.
nity. Theprogram'sfirst encounterwith ACN He mainly expressed .on..in for the
was in a study programthru a seminarcon- sustainability of theparishwith threemajor
ductedin partnership with Inter-Congregational factors surrounding ih media-tion (therolethat
Theological Center(ICTC)lastMay 2Z-28on the mediaplaysin thelivesof theparishioners),
relevance andapplicationof communication for pluralism (mono-culture of theparishleading to
formationandministry. unsustainability) andglobalism (parishbeing
The activityfocusedon the threemajor isolated andindependent).
pointsof its rationale:makingsenseof contem- Thesecond dayfocused on theChurch,s
poraryminishy,makingsenseof socialcommu- effortsin communication thru its documents Fr.Tonyduringhistalk at St.Francis
nicationand approaches to innovativeinstruc- and structures.ProfessorChainarong de SalesTheologicalCenter
iion.Fr.JerryMartinson, SJ,knownasUncleJeny Monthienvichienchai enumerated a longlist o1 legeseminarians
:r Tairvan of St.JohnMaryVianney
spokeabouthisministryaspriestani documents andencyclicals writtenby various CollegeSeminary,
:edia practitioner SanCarlosCiiy,Negros
andhis struggles in getting Popes aboutthedifferentaspects of communi- Occidental
:, '.''here lastJune 1V79, 2004.
heis norv. cationanditsrelevance to theChurchandtoits Module on Media and Spirituality
Dr. Tosede l{esa discLrssed a topicon ,,A people.He alsoexplained thecommunication
'i::, thruFilmDialoguc
The..lcgv of Communication,,. He prima- structures withintheChurchandthepeople
' -'------i'-:i TheMediaand Spiritualitythru Film
: r - r l l es e r p e r i e n c e o f Caondd responsible in handlingthemediaoffices in the Dialogueis thenew modulethat theTitus
_ , j. r : : : : i : _ * . l : : . ) . 1 . - :e r ; l : i r e J dioceses, Brandsma MediaProgram is currently offering
--r r'rir.t :i \^\. r thl s rer)- seU,rtive on Mr. CharlesBertile,a Churchworkerfor toseminariansand students of differentschools
- -: riuJ anl horr the Churchsimply partici- over20years, shared alecfure ontheNewpeda- andseminaries.
:ates("missiondei"),andthatwe participatein
Thisisaone.day, two-partcourse
gogyin Teaching andLearning. Thisspecifically on MediaandSpiritualilyandIntroduction
God'scommunication ("communication gaveinsights to
dei,,) onthenewapproaches toteaching FilmDialogue. Thisis theformalized
:rat leadsto thequalityof life(ZOE). version of
andlearning, typesof intelligence thatneedto whattheprogrampclikula@tihrbrandsma
A llalaysian speaker,Mr. Augustine beknownin ordertohelpseminarians has
integrate beenpresenting foroverthreeyears.
Loorthusamy, entertained aswell asinformedon these andbecome whattheylearn. Thefirst partof themodule,Mediaand
thefirstafternoonsession with Communication, Seminars andWorkhopsgivenby TBClvlp Spiritualify,
\lediaandValuesFormation.
will explaintherelationship of the
Thehighlightwas MediaandSpiritualitythroughtheFilm twodisciplines
..n Value-distortions and concepts and how they are
in a Media-mediated Soci- Dialogue moduleof themediaprogramwas interconnected.
eh'ivhereinhecompared How media can open uncon-
familyvaluesamongst presented tomorethan45students of theology, sciously
mediavalues.
andpropagate different spiritualvalues
college seminarians of theArchdiocese of Lipa andhowspirituality
Mr.ConradSaldanha can bemanilested tlrough
discussed the,,culture andOblates of St.Joseph, andtheBenedictine mediacontent.
of death"on how deathis packagednow asen-
Introduction to FilmDialogue.
Sistersif theIncamate WordatSt.Francis deSales Thesecond-part, gives
tertainmenttluoughmedia.His expertise basicknowledge onhow
liesin Theological Seminary in LipaCity,Batangas last to conductfilm dialogue,
the MediaBusiness how it differsfrom
and Cultureof Life.He June18,2004. otherconceptsand what areits major character-
focusedon the Languageof the Alphabetand Based ontheevaluation of theparticipants, isticsandobjectives. It alsoofferstheunderstand-
theLanguage of Electricity, whichis thecurrent theactivitywasverysatisfying andlibeiating ing
of differenttypesof viewersthroughthe
sinceit wastheirfirsttimeto watch concepts of Sensibilities
andSensitivities.
filmswithadifferent approach, criti-
callyandsymbolically. Thiscourse
wasalsogivento 45seminarians of
St.PaulSeminary Foundation in
Silang,Cavite lastFebruary 22,2004.
Fr.Reynold Caigoy, O.Carnr,
currentlythePresident of Mount
Carmel Collegein Escalanteandalso
a member of thepoolof lecturers of
theTBCMedia Programshareda
ncNatcrc'ffiffiffi"''ffimlt seminar onMedinAwareness to 48col- The"attentive"seminarianparticipants