THE CICM AS INTERNATIONAL AND

MULTICULTURAL ORGANIZATION:
And God’s Spirit Blows Where It
Wills
By: Laurice Kaye P. Laguinday, LPT
 OBJECTIVES
At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

1. identified the reasons that paved the way for the CICM to
open its door towards inclusivity and internationalization;

2. appreciated the CICM as an international congregation and

multi-cultural organization; and

3. drawn significant insights from the manner the CICM

missionaries responded to the call of mission outside their
country.
CONTEXT
INSPIRED WORD OF GOD
 PAUL’S MESSAGE TO GALATIA
Highlights the
transformation,
redemption,
and conversion
experienced by
the people.
 CHURCH TEACHINGS
• WHAT MAKES US ONE AND UNITED?
• The spirit of poverty and charity are the
From: PASTORAL glory and witness of the Church of Christ.
CONSTITUTION ON THE
CHURCH IN THE • The Church preaches the Gospel to all men
MODERN
WORLD GAUDIUM ET
and dispenses the treasures of grace, she
SPES PROMULGATED BY contributes to the ensuring of peace
HIS HOLINESS, POPE everywhere on earth and to the placing of
PAUL VI ON DECEMBER 7,
1965. 88. the fraternal exchange between men on
solid ground by imparting knowledge of
the divine and natural law.
CHURCH TEACHINGS
 CHURCH TEACHINGS
• ‘the Belgian fathers’
• Four General Chapters (1967, 1974, 1981, 1987) occurred
with the same purpose of revising the constitution in
alignment to the vision of Vatican II on ‘alignment to
contemporary society and culture’ and of ‘returning to the
source’.
• During the general chapter of 1974, five CICM members from
outside Europe joined the talks for the first time in the
history of the congregation.
CICM IN THE WORLD
• The distinction between ‘sending’ and
‘receiving’ countries, depending on whether
they were sending missionaries to other
countries and continents or rather
accommodating foreign missionaries in their
own midst, is no longer workable, as the mission
is carried out ‘from everywhere to everywhere.
CICM IN THE WORLD
• The CICM motto received a new meaning and
dimension: in spite of cultural differences among
missionaries and between the missionaries and
their host population, there is a unity of heart
and of soul among congregation members, that
is to be disseminated across the Church, in all
continents.
 CICM IN THE WORLD
• The first countries where local candidates were
recruited were Congo, the United States of America,
and the Philippines.
• In the Philippines, the first batch of eight novices
started their formation in 1953 in Baguio City.
• Today, Filipino CICM missionaries are working in
nearly twenty different countries, spread all over the
world. The ‘receiving’ church has become a ‘sending’
church.
 Missionary Response
TITLE: "My Mission Story”
Inspired by the CICM missionary presence around the world dedicated
to the Incarnate Word, cite practical and achievable actions that you
can do as an expression of your participation in doing mission to the
following:
A. Barangay
B. Church
C. Friends
D. Nation
E. World