COSAF ACTION PLAN FOR 2021-22.EASTERN PROVINCE
Mission ; To incarnate God’s mercy through global solidarity
Aims:
- To enable the sisters to deepen their intimacy with Jesus for growth in spiritual life by giving them mystical experience
- To strengthen the Spiritual health of the community by giving them mystical experience
- To design a systematic plan to promote good vocation
- To strengthen the existing SCB associates and to start SCB Associates in three more communities
Aim 1: To enable the sisters to deepen their intimacy with Jesus for growth in spiritual life
Objectives
1: To enable our sisters to love the Word of God and to familiarize them with
Gospels
2: To enable the community members in the life of faith through faith sharing
3: Having an hour of adoration to enhance the spiritual well being of province
Objectives 1: To enable our sisters to love the Word of God and to familiarize them with gospels
What: To enable our sisters to love the Word of God and to familiarize them with gospels
Why: To enable sisters to love the word of God and to discern God’s will through reading and reflecting God’s word.
To enable the sisters to grow spiritually
When: Once a fortnight. From 2021 June to 2022 March
How The COSAF members will circulate the format the way the gospels to be read in the communities
For whom: The members in the communities
Monitoring personnel: The sisters in charge of the communities
Mode of evaluation: Report will be sent to the member in charge of the communities
Objective:2 To enable the community members in the life of faith through faith sharing
What: To enable the community members in the life of faith through faith sharing
Why: To enable sisters to share their experience of faith
To increase and inspire the faith of one another
To experience God through daily events
To share about 0ne’s faith and thus to inspire others
When: Once in fortnight
How: By reading and reflecting the word of God and share with the group God’s mighty deeds in the experience of faith
For whom: Community members
Monitoring personnel: The sisters in charge of the communities
Mode of evaluation: Report will be sent to the members in charge of the communities.
Objective 3: Having an hour of adoration to enhance the spiritual well being of province
What: Having an hour of adoration to enhance the spiritual well being
of province
Why: for the spiritual well being of sisters and the province
When: Once in fortnight
How: Every community will have an hour of adoration on the
prescribed days by the COSAF and pray for all the intentions
of the province, family members, sick members ….etc
Individually 15mnts of praise and worship .Rosary followed by
Personal Prayer
For whom: Sisters in the communities.
Monitoring personnel: The sisters in charge of the communities
Mode of evaluation: Report will be sent to the members in charge of the communities
Aim 2: To enhance the sisters about the knowledge of mysticism and the practice of mysticism
Objecitve : To enhance the sisters in the mysticism so as to deepen the awareness of God in their lives
What: To enhance the sisters in the mysticism so as to deepen the awareness of God in their lives
Why: To contemplate on mystical experience of God
To deepen the relationship of the sisters with Jesus.
When: On arranged dates by the COSAF Chair person
How: By attending seminar on mysticism and making use of the time for meditation effectively
For whom: Community sisters
Monitoring personnel: The sisters in charge of the communities
Mode of evaluation: Report will be sent to the members in charge of the communities.
Aim: 3 . To design a systematic way for recruiting good number of vocations
Objective: To promote good number of vocations to our province
What: To promote good number of vocations to our province
Why: To continue the mission entrusted to us
To strengthen the number of sisters in the province
When: Every year
How : Sisters will visit parishes and schools and canvas for vocation
Organise ‘come and see’ program or camps
Through posting videos in the YouTube
standard video presentation for vocation promotion
For whom: The girls and the youth
Monitoring personnel: the zonal leaders and the vocation promoters
Mode of evaluation: Checklist
AIM: 4: To strengthen the existing SCB Associates and to start SCB associates in three more communities.
Objective: To strengthen SCB Associates: in number as well as in spirit.
What: To strengthen SCB Associates: in number as well as in spirit
Why: To strengthen them in faith and in spirit
To share with us our mission of compassion
To extend our mission
When: 2021-2022
How : By having gatherings once in two months
Following the syllabus prescribed by the commission
Visiting the sick people in the hospitals
For whom: for the ladies of the parish
Monitoring personnel: the zonal leaders and the vocation promoters
Mode of evaluation: Checklist
The following COSAF members will be visiting the communities in the following days:
|
S.No |
Names |
Names of the communities |
Dates |
|
1. |
Sr.Celine |
Kadakkal Yelagiri |
Oct 30th Sep 5th |
|
2. |
Sr.Josita |
Adrien Villa Madurai Tirupattur |
Oct 14th Oct 19th Oct 17th |
|
3. |
Sr.Victoria |
Yercaud Jolarpet |
Sep 11th Sep 18th |
|
4. |
Sr.Pushpa |
Ranipet Ammoor |
Sep 10th Sep 12th |
|
5. |
Sr.FatimaRAni |
Vilathikulam Muttom Dindigul |
Sep 19th Oct 17th Oct 24th |
|
6 |
Sr.Jacquline |
Periyakottai Puliampatti |
Sep 11th Oct 9th |
|
7 |
Sr.Sundari |
Ponnapalli kanaparu |
Oct 10th Sep 19th |
|
8. |
Sr.Bincy
|
Perumon Pattimattom |
Se 7th Sep 10th |
|
9. |
Sr.Saral |
Gummudipoondi Mugundanooor |
Aug 30th Oct 10th |
|
10 |
Sr.Supriya |
Chilakaluripet Eraiyur |
Oct 17th Oct 24th |
Turns for the adoration which will be started when the new community is formed
|
Communities |
Dates |
|
Adrien Villa |
1 & 24 |
|
Gummudipoondi |
2 |
|
Charles villa |
3 |
|
Ranipet |
4 & 25 |
|
Ammoor |
5 & 26 |
|
Jolarpet |
6 |
|
Tirupattur |
7 & 27 |
|
Yelagiri |
8 & 28 |
|
Yercaud |
9 |
|
Dindigul |
10 |
|
Madurai |
11 & 29 |
|
Mugundanoor |
12 |
|
Periyakottai |
13 |
|
Vilathikulam |
14 |
|
Puliampatti |
15 |
|
Muttom |
16 |
|
Kadakkal |
17 & 30 |
|
Perumon |
18 |
|
Pattimattam |
19 |
|
Chilakaluripet |
20 & 31 |
|
Kanaparu |
21 |
|
Cherukkupalli |
22 |
|
Eraiyur |
23 |
Checklist of Commission for spirituality and formation
Spiritual exercises
- Is there any member in the community absent habitually for prayer? If yes, intimate to the COSAF
- Examination of Conscience: a) afternoon b) evening. What is the duration? Do all take time?
- Adoration: Daily, weekly, hour of prayer. How is it conducted? What changes it makes in your life?
- Spiritual reading: Individual, common, How? When? What?
- Meditation: Are all together/ where do you sit for the meditation / what is the duration/ what do you do?
- Community:
- Are all together for meals/ If not why?
- Do you have monthly community meeting? Evaluation of the action plan?
- When do you do your recollection? Who gives talk/ what are the topics?
- Do you make regular confessions?
- Is you r community a witnessing one or are there instances that disedify?Can you talk about them and try to avoid them?
- Do you have daily recreation together after dinner? If no what are the reasons?
- Do the sisters in the community meet the superior for personal dialogue?How frequently?
- How beneficial was the Ice breaking session?
- How beneficial was your foundation day/community day celebration?
- How far have you extended your solidarity to the poor in preparation for celebrating the foundation day?
III. Vocation promotion:
- Does the community have a plan for house visits.
- How does your community promote vocation? Give details?
- How many parishes/ villages/ houses have you visited?
- How many girls have responded so far?
- Do you fast on 29th of every month and make sacrifices for vocations to our congregation?
- How have you positively influenced the youth of the parish/ school/ locality to follow Christ?
- SCB Associates:
- Do you have SCB associates in your community? If not what are the measures have you taken to initiate?
- Is the association of SCB in your community organized well? Give the details.
- How many members are there?
- How often do you have meeting?
- Do you follow the syllabus?
- Do you maintain the register?
- What are the measures you have taken to increase the number?
- Formation:
- How are the juniors / youngsters in the community helped to be strong in their conviction about consecrated life?
- How are you enhancing your own vocation and of the other?
- Are there any areas or persons that need to be helped out in your community? In which way?
- Are you a blessing or a threat to others?
- What are the ways and means you think that you build up a healthy and happy community?
- What are ways and means you enhance yourself for ongoing formation as sisters of SCB?
The idea of forming COSAF was conceived at the General chapter of 2000 held at Yelagiri Hills. Later it was planned and executed at the Province level. The commission consists of minimum of four and the maximum of eight members. One of the provincial councilors is appointed as the coordinator of COSAF. She and her team in consultation with the respective provincial/Regional Superior plans meetings of local formatters, vocation promoters and SCB associates. She carries out her duty in close collaboration with the coordinator of the General councilor for COSAF. The commission members are appointed by the Provincial/Regional Superior. The province coordinators for vocation promotion and SCB associates are part of this commission. 
Vision
Establishing the reign of God by incarnating the compassionate love of God.
Mission
Assisting the Provincial Superior in the formation process by promoting integral spiritual growth of the sisters.
Functions/Objectives
- To promote spiritual formation /ongoing formation
- To assist the provincial/Regional Superior in the implementation of the formation programme at different stages.
- To facilitate vocation promotion.
- To coordinate and animate the formation and function of SCB associates.
NOVENA FOR THE FEAST OF ST CHARLES BORROMEO 2014
POPE'S MESSAGE FOR THE FIRST WORLD DAY OF POOR
