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Caritas should create a platform that all the MOs can join to easily connect or ask for certain resources or help from other MOs.

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Will be great if there is a common communication platform for all organisations under Caritas. E.g. Slack, Telegram. A platform where we can share info, seek assistance etc.

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Caritas membership card for all MO staff which they can use for special services and offers from the Caritas family. With a database of all MO Staff Caritas can communicate directly with all of them and promote collab.

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Have some form of resource centre / e-platform where members can self-help to address issues they faced or learn about some of the best practices for adoption. Also the contact person to reach out to for additional advice. Set-up “common interest” groups to share ideas

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Can the communication between the MOs in Caritas be made easier through a group chat?

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Sharing of own MO resource and own contacts with each other within Caritas

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What is the final aim of the Synodality exercise that has been completed ?

Perhaps Caritas can provide a guide under the Archbishop on how we can model our lives with the findings

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Bottom up, organically grown approaches are likely to be more sustainable than top down ones.

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Motivation comes back to clarity over our shared vision and purpose. To deeply realize that we are called and invited to collaborate with the Lord, and hence, with one another to live and carry this out.

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How to be present in the process without being prescriptive while being patient

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God as the central figure, love for each other , bond together

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sharing platform for the different services would provide an avenue to support and learn

visit each other services to learn how we are knitted together.

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A calendar that can allow viewing

A calender planned in the way to understand volunteer are holding full time job so avoid frequently or every sat

Difficult to encourage and request participation

Of coz volunteer can turn down but within the volunteer group tension built

Collaboration requires both organiser n group to be in action n therefore collaboration exist

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Different perspective need to be align so that Collaboration Can take place

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CNG-HONESTLY & the key is to set aside time & listen to your heart

Keep appts with Caritas like what u you would do to you important tasks. CNG wil send nursing rep as much as possible!

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Could it be the Level of Understanding and Awareness about the other members of the Caritas Family. Would spending more time together for sharing and learning help? If we put all our missions and objectives side by side, will we be able to find commonality, differences, and potential synergies?

Happy to meet with each of the member organisations to share what we do at Canossaville!

Damon, Canossaville

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Lack of awareness of the needs and gaps faced by member organizations, and how we can support on another with the resource constraints we have

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Barriers - focus on own organization’s mission

Practices - sessions like LCM to refocus on God’s mission and how we need to work together

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Go & join each other in their programmes & events. Get to know, better understand & so find meaningful ways to connect

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We need to have better understandings of each member organisation’s mission and scope of coverage / work so that we could better synergise our good works. Also to leverage on each members’s area of expertise or excellence.

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We need to know each other better in terms of our jobs, our careers, our hopes and likes and visions, so that we can learn to accept each other and respect each other for what and who we are

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Getting caught up with one’s work & failing to set aside time to meet & journey with others.

Having also preconceived ideas/ judgements on what others would say, decide etc.. so results in inaction on our part.

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Have more events for members to interact

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Opportunities like these where we get to meet and get to know what each other does and cares about.

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Susan

Understand each other’s needs & see the gaps that can bring collaboration

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Coming up with a directory / resource book of all the members organization in Caritas and what they do (inclusion / exclusion)

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With many coming from all walks of life and with our own knowledge and skills and professionalism, it can be hard at times to listen to others constructively and productively.

The self opinated persona cones in often blocking our openness to listen to others

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A lack of opportunities to meet with each other

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It is a form of maturity and growth to be able to take the perspective of others. Question to self too: am I holding on to my view because I have expressed it and I want to stand by it? What’s holding me back from taking the perspective of others.

Damon, Canossaville

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Openness, vulnerability, courage, prayer, discernment, Love

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CNG Janet.

I m suprised with the commitment when i set my willing heart to serve. Positivitvity is the strength & driving force that I need more & more.

Draw strength from HIM to nourish the willing heart !

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My love has moved me to devote my time and energy for the people under my care.

As St Magdalene of Canossa, our Foundress, quoted: Those who love are never tired, since love knows no burden.

Damon, Canossaville

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overcome differences will be able come together to face the challenges

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In our relationship with anyone, we should absorb the positive vibes and experiences so that we could strengthen this relationship and build love for each other

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Love leads us to seek what is COMMON in each other which leads us to COMMUNE in order to be in COMMUNION and become a COMMUNITY

Alvin (RCPM)

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What moves me?

It is the moving facts and acknowledgment from others that we are all having the same sentiments and struggles in our efforts to engage in authentic dialogues with our teams and those in Caritas and in oribwork places. And this is a great comfort indeed.

The first thing I ask myself is "is my love there"?

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We all come to realize that we bring our egos and pride to our conversations and discussions. When we are open, we realise that the Lord is pruning us.

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Joyce - when we love, we need to give love in a way that the individual is able to receive… not just how we want to give or share that love. That is when we meet others where they are.

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{Creative tension = progress of humanity}

It is a personal challenge to not quash / obliterate views that are not aligned with mine. I am moved by this reminder to consider more deeply and compassionately the others with whom I work, in this space, doing God’s work.

Peggy Yee

Caritas

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For he loved us first. That is a constant reminder for me that love is real and actionable.

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Having the capacity to give love to all around will inspired me to work and take that extra effort to achieve a given tasks

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Serving needs priority between family & to those in need. Good is marvelous as she gives the space for us to serve.

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Kathleen CNG

openness sharing - made me realise we carry crosses , all of us has 1 cross

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Realise that it is not me that is important in a decision but that all others are just as necessary in the input

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To first ground myself about Why I am there. It is not to judge but to contribute. Get myself out of the way, and let God flow and work.

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Unconditional love

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Unconditional Love

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To raise above my biases and think what is truly good for the other person. Need courage to truly listen and respect.

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love of christ translate to love for others

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Managing the creative tension of different opinions, expressed by folks with different personalities, that is the real challenge.

If we do it well, there will be progress n growth in the relationships n togetherness of the team.

Get it wrong n it could create a lot of hurt n anger.

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Giving love through eveyday actions

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Abhi, Canossaville

My love and deep held respect for children loved me from finance to education. The last years have been a fulling journey. I look forward to learning more and contributing better in this field.

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Richard

It has made me appreciate that I am not alone in my feelings

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When we love others, we also receive love from others

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Q : How has my love moved me to seek the best for others?

I don’t see it as “my” love. I see it as Christ’s love for me, for which grace I must “impel” others. This leads me to see each faceless person in need

Peggy Yee

Caritas

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Gerard

Learning to actively listen to others, and not just fall back on my own views. Learning to respect and yet, understanding it’s ok to disagree. It’s been an ongoing journey.

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Sometimes in the busyness of getting things done we miss this out. Making listening a part of the system, taking time to ask & providing a safe space where differing views can be shared

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sharing similar ideas and appreciate all the works that had been accomplished

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Realizing that pausing to say, "How are you today?" before starting a work conversation. I love having colleagues who bother to ask me that, and take the time to do that.

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To see everyone as a child of God worthy of dignity, and act according to this appreciation

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Always listen before making comments or judgements

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KATHLEEN LOW - CNG

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Open and candid conversations about difficult topics. Hearing different points of view. But also, respecting the landing when a decision is finally made …. By majority or by the chairperson.

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Abhi

Canossaville

Being part of a Village that provides a continuum of care has taught me to listen actively, embrace diverse view points, acknowledge differences, and seek resolution to move forward in unison. As leaders we have learned to discuss challenges openly and seek out each other for resolution. It has been an eye opening by journey.

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There is, to a certain level. However many times we all hold back because of fear - how our vulnerabilities and positions will be used against us, because of our own agenda - always wanting to win / have things our way

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Listen with openness, believing that there's something there that can be learnt. Nothing is wasted.

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CNG - CatholiNurses Guild

Getting.

To know that you are not alone in serving and that there are a community and teams out there with the same aim & same mission.

Together we are one body in Jesus's name !

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How Ngee, Caritas Membership Organisation.

Respect that each of us are different with diverse background and upbringing. Each has his/her own experiences. Let’s be open and be prepared to listen to each other’s viewpoint and try to understand each other’s conviction and belief.

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Respect the views of others and not be bias or judgemental

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When we find time to just sit & listen to each other’s concerns, anxieties & hopes. A time of accompaniment. To make space for each other even when we are busy with our work.

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203. Authentic social dialogue involves the ability to respect the other’s point of view and to admit that it may include legitimate convictions and concerns. Based on their identity and experience, others have a contribution to make, and it is desirable that they should articulate their positions for the sake of a more fruitful public debate.

When individuals or groups are consistent in their thinking, defend their values and convictions, and develop their arguments, this surely benefits society. Yet, this can only occur to the extent that there is genuine dialogue and openness to others.

Indeed, “in a true spirit of dialogue, we grow in our ability to grasp the significance of what others say and do, even if we cannot accept it as our own conviction. In this way, it becomes possible to be frank and open about our beliefs, while continuing to discuss, to seek points of contact, and above all, to work and struggle together”. [197]

Public discussion, if it truly makes room for everyone and does not manipulate or conceal information, is a constant stimulus to a better grasp of the truth, or at least its more effective expression. It keeps different sectors from becoming complacent and self-centred in their outlook and their limited concerns.

Let us not forget that “differences are creative; they create tension and in the resolution of tension lies humanity’s progress”.

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Walk with Caritas Family Highlights 2024

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Walk with Caritas Family Highlights (Landscape) Draft

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93. Saint Thomas Aquinas sought to describe the love made possible by God’s grace as a movement outwards towards another, whereby we consider “the beloved as somehow united to ourselves”. Our affection for others makes us freely desire to seek their good. All this originates in a sense of esteem, an appreciation of the value of the other. This is ultimately the idea behind the word “charity”: those who are loved are “dear” to me; “they are considered of great value”. . .

94. Love, then, is more than just a series of benevolent actions. Those actions have their source in a union increasingly directed towards others, considering them of value, worthy, pleasing and beautiful apart from their physical or moral appearances. Our love for others, for who they are, moves us to seek the best for their lives. Only by cultivating this way of relating to one another will we make possible a social friendship that excludes no one and a fraternity that is open to all.

95. Love also impels us towards universal communion. No one can mature or find fulfilment by withdrawing from others. By its very nature, love calls for growth in openness and the ability to accept others as part of a continuing adventure that makes every periphery converge in a greater sense of mutual belonging. As Jesus told us: “You are all brothers” (Mt 23:8).

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We Christians are all responsible for the Church’s mission. Every priest. Everyone.

We priests are not the bosses of the laity, but their pastors. Jesus called us, one and others – not one above others, or one on one side and others on another side, but complementing each other. We are community. That is why we need to walk together, taking the path of synodality.

Sure, you could ask me, What can I do as a bus driver? A farmer? A fisher? What all of us need to do is to witness with our lives. Be co-responsible for the Church’s mission.

The laity, the baptized are in the Church, in their own home, and need to take care of it. So do we priests and consecrated persons. Everyone contributes what they know how to do best. We are co-responsible in mission, we participate and we live in the communion of the Church.

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We Christians are all responsible for the Church’s mission. Every priest. Everyone.

We priests are not the bosses of the laity, but their pastors. Jesus called us, one and others – not one above others, or one on one side and others on another side, but complementing each other. We are community. That is why we need to walk together, taking the path of synodality.

Sure, you could ask me, What can I do as a bus driver? A farmer? A fisher? What all of us need to do is to witness with our lives. Be co-responsible for the Church’s mission.

The laity, the baptized are in the Church, in their own home, and need to take care of it. So do we priests and consecrated persons. Everyone contributes what they know how to do best. We are co-responsible in mission, we participate and we live in the communion of the Church.

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We Christians are all responsible for the Church’s mission. Every priest. Everyone.

We priests are not the bosses of the laity, but their pastors. Jesus called us, one and others – not one above others, or one on one side and others on another side, but complementing each other. We are community. That is why we need to walk together, taking the path of synodality.

Sure, you could ask me, What can I do as a bus driver? A farmer? A fisher? What all of us need to do is to witness with our lives. Be co-responsible for the Church’s mission.

The laity, the baptized are in the Church, in their own home, and need to take care of it. So do we priests and consecrated persons. Everyone contributes what they know how to do best. We are co-responsible in mission, we participate and we live in the communion of the Church.

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Social Mission Conference Highlights 2024

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Highlights from Social Mission Conference 2024