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International MSC news, Philippines province

Cor Vitae Formators Training (Manila)

Chris Chaplin, MSC, is in the Philippines to facilitate some sessions with the participants of Cor Vitae’s nine-month formation training. This year, there are a total of 14 MSC Sisters, FDNSC, and MSC priests participating.

For July, Chris will be facilitating sessions on Integrity in Ministry, Facilitation, Fr. Chevalier and his times, and the Spirituality of the Heart.

Chris shares that the participating formators, together with the Cor Vitae Team: Sr. Cathie Mwagioidi and Sr. Cecilia Kim, are a wonderfully engaged group to work with.

Loyola School of Theology and Ateneo de Manila University

We congratulate Sch. Melvin Ellaga, M.S.C for completing the Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology and Master in Spirituality and Retreat Directing. May your theological studies inspire you to engage, accompany, and journey with the people of God especially the poor and the little ones.

We would also like to congratulate Rev. Fr. Nguyen Dinh Thi, MSC for completing the Integral Vocational Accompaniment program at the Loyola School of Theology.

On August 30, 2024, Frt. Melvin Ellaga, MSC will be ordained to the sacred order of deacons by his Most Rev. Honesto Ontiongco, DD Bishop of Cubao.

Laity of the Chevalier Family

Chevalier Family Lay Associates with our National Spiritual companion Fr. Bong MSC and Trigeneralate Fr. Gene Pejo, MSC

General Council, Chris Chaplin MSC

Over the coming weeks we will be posting thumbnail sketches of each of the five men appointed to our General Council.

Chris Chaplin MSC

Chris has served a six year term as a General Assistant to Superior General, Abzalon Alvaredo Tovar MSC. Abzalon has asked him to continue for a second term.

Chris is to be First Councillor

Looking back at Chris’s life and ministry, we can see a providential journey of preparation. He is from Adelaide, Henley Beach parish, formerly and MSC parish. He joined the MSC in 1980, studied at YTU, had a pastoral year’s experience in Melbourne’s Yarraville parish before entering the Novitiate in 1983, making profession in 1984. He was a member of the foundation community at Navarre House, Drummoyne, when the student house moved to Sydney in 1986.

Experience as a deacon in Nightcliff parish, Darwin, ordination in 1988, returning to Nightcliff and becoming parish priest. He has had a wide range of appointments over the decades, a member of the travelling religious education team, member of the Provincial Council, some years in Fiji, Director of the Retreat House at Douglas Park, hermit life on the NSW central coast and at Shoreham, Victoria, spiritual director, on the staff of the Heart of Life Centre, qualifications in Breathwork, Reflexology and Certificates in Emotional Release Counselling.

He has been drawing on all this experience in his work on the General Council and especially Formation work in the Asian provinces and regions.

Chris and an Argentinian friend.

An event in Kensington Chapel.

Sunday January 14^th saw the celebration of 40 years of Profession of vows, 1984-2024, of three confreres:

Gerard Shanley who has served in Darwin and in Fiji, presently at Kensington Monastery; Terry Bowman, Northern Territory and parishes in Australia, Moonah, Henley Beach, Coogee, Blackburn and is at present PP of Kensington; Chris Chaplin who has ministered in Darwin, the Education Team, Fiji, The Retreat Centre at Douglas Park, hermitage years at Ellenbrook and Shoreham – and now the opposite, on the General Council team in Rome, 2017-2023, and re-appointed for another six year term.

We can still say, Ad Multos Annos.