Jesus calls us to a Passionate Apostleship: Learning Realities in Formation:

A passionate walk with Jesus... Discipleship,

A passionate faith that spills over into everything we do… Apostleship
A passionate energy for the kingdom of God... and Leadership
A passionate conviction to minister to those around you… —————————————————
A passionate search for others ready to meet & follow Jesus…
It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view:
A passionate life for Jesus The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond
our vision.
We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the mag-
nificent enterprise that is God’s work.
Nothing we do is complete, which is a way of saying that the
Productive Pastoral Purposeful Kingdom always lies beyond us.
Builders Shepherds Gardeners
No statement says all that could be said.
Ministry of Ministry of Ministry of No prayer fully expresses our faith.
Results Presence Meaning No confession brings perfection.
No pastoral visit brings wholeness.
Hierarchical Sentimental Efficacious No program accomplishes the Church’s mission.
and and and No set of goals and objectives includes everything.
Authoritarian Ineffectual Innovative
This is what we are about.
Inspire Action Protect People Evoke Growth We plant the seeds that one day will grow.
We water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold
future promise.
Defenders of Peace keepers of Nurturer of We lay foundations that will need further development.
Structures Community Cultures & mind-sets We provide yeast that produces far beyond our
capabilities.
Managers Leaders Visionaries
We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in
realizing that.
This enables us to do something, and to do it very well.
It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the
way, an opportunity for the Lord’s grace to enter and do the
rest.
We may never see the end results, but that is the difference
between the master builder and the worker.
We are workers, not master builders; ministers,
not messiahs.
We are prophets of a future not our own.

Lowe Glenford sdb Oscar A. Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, in El Salvador, was
Annual Retreat 2016 assassinated on March 24, 1980, while celebrating mass
AFE Province
Enthusiastic followers
GOSPEL:
Mk 1:15-20
“ C ome follow Me and I will make
you fishers of people. ” At once
they left their nets and followed
Him.
Lk 12: 32-34
“ D o no be afraid … sell your
possessions and give to the
poor...where your treasure is,
there will you heart also be ”
John 15:12-17
“ L ove one another as I have
loved you… You are my
friends...Everything I have
learned from my father I have
made known to you
Mt 28: 18-20
“ G o therefore and make disci-
ples of all nations …. I am with
you always, to the end of all
ages. ”
Vulnerable and Ungraced
DISCIPLE STAGES:
Disciples : Confident yet
Incompetent
Leaders: Direct and Set an Example
Disciples : Unenthusiastic and
incompetent
Leaders: Become Coaches
Disciples : Growing Confidence
Leaders: Open to Discussion
Disciples : Confident and Competent 
Leaders: Delegate Authority and
Responsibility
Intimate Friends
CHARACTERISTICS:
 Confidence rooted in Enthusiasm
 Not rooted in any realistic picture
 Clear instructions, modeling
behaviors and expectations from
learners.
 Reality sets in… feel vulnerable...
 Radical Teachings upset : Despair
 Explanations and spends time in
more discussion…
 Let go of old securities...Jesus
shares Vision and Grace.
 Confidence rooted on Vision
 Acknowledge Grace and work in
into our lifestyle…
 Jesus and Disciples on a deeper
level of Intimacy
 A deep personal relationship
Confidence rooted in Enthusiasm, 
Intimacy and Ministry Experience
 Empowers and delegates authority 
 “ Y ou are as good as me ” Go
and do what I have taught you to
do ”
Committed Apostles
APPROACH
 Period of adjustment and
Orientation. “ I do,
 Clearly set out the Vision You watch ”
 In a Spirit of Humility...
 Kingdom comes only by
Grace and not Works… “ I do,
 Period of Disappointments You Help ”
& Vulnerability...Low time.
 Naïve enthusiasm to atten-
tiveness in VISION
 Period of Consensus
 More time for ‘ decision- “ You do
making ’ ..and give credi- I ’ ll help ”
ble opinions
 Move from ‘ hired
hands ’ to ‘ friends ’
Deeply rooted in Grace
and Confidence is in God. “ You do,
Danger of Backsliding—Go I ’ ll watch ”
back fishing…. Jesus gifts
the Holy Spirit