ad vitam - Winter 2020
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The ad vitam webzine is unique in its offer of an integral and interactive experience featuring articles and audio-visual content. We strongly suggest that you read it online, ideally on a computer or tablet (not recommended on a smartphone). To zoom in: on a computer, double-click or use the + and - found at the bottom-right of the screen; on a tablet, double-tap the screen. Use your mouse or finger to move throughout the page.
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I NTERVIEWS<br />
Challenges calling us forth!<br />
Louis Cinq-Mars, OFM Cap, Provincial Minister, Capuchin friars<br />
Consecrated life is in transformation. Aging<br />
is an undeniable characteristic of its demographic.<br />
"Styles" of consecrated life<br />
that emerged in different times and from diverse<br />
spiritual impulses continue to evolve together,<br />
but emphasis is shifting. Apostolic congregations<br />
have been numerous and have championed<br />
missions abro<strong>ad</strong>. Today, those mission destinations<br />
of the past are sending sisters and brothers<br />
to us in North America.<br />
The challenges are great: inculturation, of course,<br />
but also the need to listen to the visions of the<br />
Church and of mission learned in other cultures;<br />
intercultural dialogue within religious communities<br />
hoping to build authentic relationships and<br />
mutual support; intergenerational dialogue to<br />
care for the faces of the Church in all its stages...<br />
In the face of these challenges, it is necessary to<br />
return to the source of consecrated life: a desire<br />
for communion, a call to witness to an alternative<br />
way of life, a thirst for the humanization of<br />
the world. Louis Cinq-Mars, outgoing president of<br />
the CRC (2018-<strong>2020</strong>), was a social worker before<br />
joining the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. He<br />
worked with the L’Arche communities in Ottawa<br />
and Montreal as a Capuchin. His role as Minister<br />
Provincial took him to India, Brazil and M<strong>ad</strong>agascar.<br />
Based on these experiences, he brings his<br />
perspective on the future of consecrated life to<br />
this interview.<br />
AD VITAM • WINTER <strong>2020</strong> • 7
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