AMRSP
CBCP News said the appointments of Fr. Christian Buenafe, O. Carm, and Sr. Cleofe Trance, OP, were announced by the Order of Carmelites in an article posted on its website.
The two were appointed during the recent board meeting of the Association of Major Religious Superiors of the Philippines.
The appointments were also announced during the recent AMRSP online convention, which approved the change of the association’s name to CMSP after 50 years.
As co-executive secretaries, they will supervise the day-to-day operations of the CMSP Secretariat and coordinate with its member institutes and congregations.
Fr. Buenafe and Sr. Trance will also serve as the conference’s representative to its partners and networks.
the Association of Major Religious Superiors of the Philippines. (NCR, GSR logo/Toni-Ann Ortiz)
It s been almost a year since the Philippine government enforced quarantine restrictions in the Philippines. For some, it was a welcome break from the busyness of their regular lives, but for many consecrated men and women, it was a challenge to be more daring and to allow new and creative expression of their respective charisms amidst the changes in the world due to the pandemic.
The Joint Secretariat of the Association of Major Religious Superiors of the Philippines (AMRSP) received reports of the COVID-response from the different members. Common themes emerged. First was the desire to provide for the immediate needs of street-dwellers, those from the informal economy, and other daily wage earners. Individual institutes often had their own programs, depending on the availability of both human and material resources.