After a couple of days of quiet with time to stroll through the beautiful grounds of the Salesianum, the pace picked up today with the arrival of over 200 delegates from across the world. There has been joy, discovery and celebration as old friendships are newed and new ones are made. We began with Vespers and the procession of the Word through the complex to the amphitheatre where we have our meetings. Then the fun began. Fr. Henry O'Shea thankfully has a wonderful sense of humour as he announced a number of changes to our program. The translators would not be able to make it until later because of a transportation strike in Rome, the original presider of Vespers got his dates mixed up so someone else stepped in and unfortunately Abbot Primate Wolf was feeling unwell so Fr. Henry had to step--and we still hadn't gotten to dinner time. The good news is that he may be able to join us tomorrow. Even with all these adjustments there is anticipation of "listening carefully", praying, learning and celebrating together. On a much sadder notes a delegate from Montserrat who first name is Marie, died as she was travelling to the Congress. Please pray for her and those who love her.
We hold our community in our prayers.
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