Silent Industrious Man
The present book “Understanding the silent industrious man: Blessed Jpseph Allamano” combines biographical data with today’s challenging times. It endeavors to re-read the teaching of the Blessed Joseph Allamano, Founder of the Consolata Missionaries, in the context of globalization and inter-culturality, the new face of his Institute, both in its members composition and inner life, and its outgoing Mission.
Many are the new interesting insights, expressed with live images, intelligent considerations and philosophical support.
Fr. Jonah M. Makau is a Consolata Missionary from Kenya. He was born in 1978 in Machakos. He studied Philosophy in the Consolata Institute, affiliated to the Urbaniana University (Roma). He studied theology in Tangaza College of Catholic University of Eastern Africa. He got a masters in pastoral theology in Salesian University, Turin (Italy). Currently he is in charge of the initial stage of the Consolata Missionaries formation in Tanzania.
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FOREWORD
In the last 30 years literature about Blessed Joseph Allamano has greatly thrived: a monumental biography, short biographies, the publication of all the letters he wrote, small books, theses, reflections, articles. They have enriched our knowledge of his personality and activity in various sectors of apostolate.
The present book, written by Fr. Jonah Makau, leans heavily on the available material and draws from it, manifesting familiarity with many sources. But its particular perspective adds much to the wealth of the existing writings. The author has in mind formation, seminary educators, and the students in formation. The book combines biographical data with today’s challenging times. It endeavors to re-read the teaching of the Blessed Founder in the context of globalization and inter-culturality, the new face of the Institute, both in its members composition and inner life, and its outgoing Mission. Many are the new interesting insights, expressed with live images, intelligent considerations and philosophical support.
The Blessed Founder clearly stands out as Father and Teacher. Father by the spirit and spirituality infused in his family of all times. That ‘spirit’ which he frequently spoke about, and of which he jealously considered himself the only proprietor and dispenser. Teacher, mostly through his life, and not just by imparting lessons and indicating ways and methods. Hence the ‘silent man’, indeed, speaks loudly. He speaks with his life. He is constantly present to our eyes and heart as a credible witness and a model to imitate. He was and lived what he taught, drawing from his personal experience. And greatly experienced he was!
The self-references are not self-gratifications but instructive indications for life and Mission. Blessed Joseph Allamano, as Father and Teacher, in all humility could rightly say like St. Paul: imitate me. Just as Jesus invited his followers to learn from him gentleness and humility of heart (Mt. 11:29). These, according to all the witnesses who knew the Blessed Founder, were his two typical traits. Typical traits…that he wanted engraved in the hearts and evangelization of his missionary sons and daughters.
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The world has changed a lot from the time of Fr. Allamano to today. This means also that the way mission is seen has also had a tremendous change. Our charism however demands that we remain as a congregation of mission ad gentes. From the onset, Fr. ...
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- P. Jonah Mulwa Makau IMC
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Every time we speak of witnesses in the Church the thing that comes into our minds immediately is martyrdom. For centuries, martyrs were referred to as witnesses of Christ, because they demonstrated through and by their lives their conviction of being ...
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- P. Jonah Mulwa Makau IMC
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If there is something that is difficult to speak about in our world today, it is holiness. It seems quite absurd for a person to talk about holiness today. May be this is because the world does not seem to support such an endeavor, may be because we ...
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- P. Jonah Mulwa Makau IMC
- Silent Industrious Man
As we approach the conclusion of our reflection on Fr. Allamano’s life, it is crucial to admit that having said and insisted that Fr. Allamano was a silent man, there is a risk of having presented him as having been an anti-social and passive person. ...
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- P. Jonah Mulwa Makau IMC
- Silent Industrious Man
Having seen the lessons that Fr. Allamano’s communicative capacity can teach us, it is appropriate to note that the Founder showed that capacity also through his meditative silence. As they say, music is the interlude between beats. It is the silent ...
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- P. Jonah Mulwa Makau IMC
- Silent Industrious Man
FIRST COMMANDMENT Go beyond the narrow-minded ideas that dominate the environment you are in There are so many issues that portray narrow mindedness attitude in the world. Sometimes traditions and cultures are involved, other times a general ignorance ...
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Catechism of the Catholic Church Consolata Constitutions Domenico Agasso, Joseph Allamano: Founder of the Consolata Missionaries, Rome: St. Paul publications, 1990. Joseph Allamano, This I want you to be Bologna: Editrice Missionaria italiana, 2007 Fr. ...