Saying “goodbye” to Portugal

Re-entry: A reflection

A. Saying “goodbye” to Portugal

Surface feelings about leaving, saying “goodbye”. Feelings are usually mixed. (+) and
(-). – anxiety, excitement, pain, joy, regrets, gratitude, sorrow, etc.

Awareness/ acceptance / conscious, realistic handling of such feelings is important. I allow this feelings to surface with out reasoning about them. I try to simply accept these feelings as they are, without guilt, without shame for any feeling I may have. I do not cut them short but allow myself to FEEL. I stay for sometime with these feelings, no matter how painful they may be.

Give yourself sufficient time for reflection / prayer, to be in touch with what is happening in your inner self.
Where do these feelings come from?
Evaluate them in the light of reality, in the light of faith.

Example; Feeling: sadness of separation
Origin: - reality of saying “good bye”, returning to my home province
- my own previous experiences of separation, healthy or traumatic

Reality of life: - hellos and good – byes
- need for letting go.

Faith: How did Jesus handle separation? Letting go?
What is the Spirit telling me?

B. Saying “hello” (to Indonesia)
1. Surface feelings about going back to your home and to your home province. Feelings are usually mixed. Refer to the above.

2. Role play: possible scenarios upon returning (anticipate varied attitude of family members and community religious members and their reactions).

3. Some things to consider:
a. There have some changes back home, in your absence.
b. There have been some changes in yourself – some disorientation upon return.
c. How do you cope with the changes positively?

Cultivate helpful attitudes like:
-Showing interest in each member of the family/ life and ministries, not just your own. Have an interest in what happened while you were away, interest in the family/in your province, its development and concerns.
- Being open to establish new or to renew old relationships.
- Avoiding imposing your learning on others. Avoid expressions like: “…in the Portugal…” While recognizing differences and being objective with both cultures: positive and negative aspects, avoid making comparisons between the home province/country/ and the province/country you are leaving, and try to accept things/situations as they are.


Flory and Kenz

This is a blessing for you

May your God be someone you can lean on in your weak or painful moments.
May your know God as your rock, your shelter, your strength, your wing of comfort and support. (Ps 94:18)

May your friendship with God be strong and healthy. May that love be both a comfort and a challenge to you in your daily journey (Jn 21:15-19)

May your spirit be open and perceptive in discovering the will of God for you. May your prayer be that of wisdom, guidance, and a deeper understanding of God´s way for you. (Lk 1:26-38)++

Ini adalah doa yang akan menyertai saudara berdua untuk berjalan menuju ke tanah air Indonesia.

God bless you

(Ir. Ma. Mendes, SSpS)

Participação do grupo timorense na festa multicultural em Fátima, 2003 que foi promovida pelo missionários do Verbo Divino (SVD,Provincia de Portugal)

A juventude é risco, como subir as montanhas.
Vive marvilhosa aventura de arriscar tudo por um ideal que valha a pena.
(Saint-Éxupéry)

Kami mau mengucapkan muita obrigada/banyak terima kasih dan Selamat Jalan/Boa Viagem para diakon Florianus Jaling, SVD dan Felicianus Sila, SVD. Tuhan menyertai para diakon. Sampai jumpa di tahun 2009.

Dari kami putra putri dari bumi Timor Leste yang berada di Portugal-Lisbon

Diakon Felicianus Sila, SVD

Hari hari terakhir di Portugal

Diakon Florianus Jaling SVD

Hari hari terakhir di Portugal

Jadilah terangNya bagi yang membutuhkan kamu (Flory dan Kenz)

Semoga di mana saja kamu berada, hidupmu bagaikan terang untuk menyerangi semua mereka yang membutukannya.

Semoga Rok KudusNya tetap membimbing dan menuntun setiap langkahmu di masa praktekmu nanti.

A saying "goodbye" to Portugal

(Foto dalam perayaan ekaristi di masa natal thn 2007 bersama putra putri Loro Sae, mereka dua bersama Padre Adérito Costa, SDB dan Padre António Leite, SVD)

Dua saudara Florianus Jaling SVD dan Felecianus Sila SVD, dari Indonesia yang telah menyelesaikan studinya di S2 (jurusan teologia) di Universitas Katolika Portuguesa di Lisbon saat ini telah bersiap diri untuk "saying goodbye" to Portugal dan berlangkah menujuh ke Indoneisa.

Mereka telah menerima tahbisan diakon pada tgl 2 Dezember thn 2007 dan akan praktek sebagai diakon di Indonesia lalu di tahbiskan menjadi imam "se Deus quizer" lalu akan kembali bertugas di Portugal sebagai misionaris dari kongregasi Sabda Allah di Portugal.

Kami mau mengucapkan limpah terima kasih atas kesetiaan dan ketekunanmu dalam misi sebagai studante/mahasiswa di negara asing dan juga terima kasih berlimpah untuk segala kesaksianmu di dunia Europa yang sangat materialista ini.

Terima kasih juga untuk pelayanan dan cintamu terhadap putra putri dari bumi Loro Sae selama kamu berada di Portugal ini.

Semoga kamu menjadi saksihNya yang setia di mana saja kamu akan berada dan bekerja. "Jadilah saksiNya yang baik di tanah airmu yang tercinta.

Kami mendoakan semoga menjadi imam yang patut diteladani oleh kaum muda di masa kini.
Terima kasih dan selamat jalan.

Boa viagem Deus abençoe.
Ir. Ma. Mendes, SSpS

Novos "Mestres"

No dia 29 de Fevereiro de 2008 o Felicianus Sila e o Florianus Jaling fizeram a defesa dos seus trabalhos de Mestrado. O Feliciano apresentou o seguinte trabalho: “O diálogo inter-religioso e a missão da Igreja. Interpelação à vida da Igreja na Indonésia”. O Floriano, por sua vez, trabalhou a seguinte temática: “A missão diaconal da Igreja à luz da “Gaudium et Spes”. Desafios na presente situação sociocultural da Indonésia”.

Os dois ouviram palavras de louvor da parte de mesa (Prof. Doutor Borges de Pinho, Prof. Doutor José Nunes e Dra. Isabel Varanda). Depois de algumas perguntas e respostas, seguiram-se os minutos de “suspense” e os dois receberam a notícia de que a nota recebida era 16. Aos dois, os nossos parabéns, e que todo este esforço os possa ajudar, a eles e a outros, nos desafios que irão encontrar na missão que deve realmente ser diaconal e vivida em atitude de diálogo, neste pluralismo religioso.

(P. António Leite, svd)