March 18, 19, 20, Takatsuki, Japan. The three incoming secretaries ;Teresita Noi , Bernadetta Ikeda and Micaela Tsuji ,for the new assignment beginning April until 2014, with Everdina , gathered on those days to review together the Local Secretary manual . It was something new , it was great to be together , shared stories , laughed, listen and reflect and wonder about Secretary work.
" In its making we have taken
into account in a special way the pastoral mission of the secretary which is
the most important part of her ministry.
“The secretary on accepting her responsibility, enters into the river
of the life of her own Institute to know
it, love it and make it grow. She could accept as said for her the words of Yahweh
to Moses: ‘Take off your sandals because
you are on holy ground’. We touch with our hands the life of each one of our
sisters and communities”.[1]
( From the local Secretary Manual p. 7 )
