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Claretian Seminar LEARNING COMMUNICATION TO GROW IN COMMUNION
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Claretian Seminar
LEARNING COMMUNICATION
TO GROW IN COMMUNION
The road to communion
“We tell you what we have seen and heard, that you may be in fellowship with us, and us, with the Father and his Son Jesus Christ. We write this that our joy may be complete.” (1 Jn
1:3-4)
What we have seen and
heard
We tell you
That you may be in
FELLOWSHIP with us
And us with the Father and his Son Jesus
Christ
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1What we have
seen and heard
=Our experience of
the Word of Life
What we have “touched” with our hands
2We tell you
=We communicate our
personal experience to others
We do not hide the light
but we show it
3That you may
be in FELLOWSHIP
(Koinonia) with us=
The communication of faith produces
communion
Ubi caritas et amor Deus ibi est
4And us with
the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ
=Communion unites one another and with God
The fruit of COMMUNION is JOY
How can we learn to
COMMUNICATE “what we have
seen and heard” in order
to live COMUNNION?
The attitudes for dialogue
1. Unconditional acceptance2. Authenticity
3. Empathy
1. Unconditional acceptance
All human beings are humanly acceptable, although they are not
ethically irreproachable
2. Authenticity
I must be the person that I am, not the character or
the role that I play
3. Empathy
It is not a matter of sympathy but rather of
placing myself in others’ place to see things just as
they see them
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Silence Courtesy
Information
Opinion Feelings Communion
The thermometer of communication
NOTICE
EVALUATECOMMUNICA
TE
How to deal with feelings?
NOTICE
Learning to “give name” to our own feelings
I’m OK. Are you
OK?
EVALUATE
It is not a matter of saying whether they are “good” or
“bad” (feelings are not judged) .
To evaluate means to inquire whether a feeling:
+Helps me grow as a
human being
-Destroys my self-esteem and my security
?
COMMUNICATE
To communicate means to share our feelings with
other people
When I communicate my NEGATIVE feelings, they
lose their destructive power
When I communicate my POSITIVE feelings, they are reinforced instead
Are we willing to improve our COMMUNICATIO
N in order to grow in
COMMUNION?
This is one the most urgent challenges to
COMMUNITY LIFE today
