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Our community has more than twenty years of history in Dallas. What began as five or six families coming together to study the Bible and pray together, quickly became a community that regularly gathered at nearby churches for Masses and meetings. As the numbers grew, they requested that the Diocese of Dallas help establish a permanent Chinese Catholic community in 1990. In 1992, we put our money together and purchased a small office building in Richardson, Texas. By the end of 1993, we had renovated it to become our sanctuary and activity hall. With the guidance of priests seconded from Taiwan and the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit, our small community grew stronger in numbers and in faith.

陪伴員困難因應


在陪伴求道者時遇到困難的因應步驟


1. 祈禱
求聖神光照我,並請耶穌陪伴我。

2. 釐清問題
a)分辨對自己或對求道者的期待是否合理?是否看到並接納自己的限度?
b)分辨問題的產生是否與“時機”有關?陪伴員可想想天主為慕道友有祂的時間與計劃。

3. 尋求資源
a)陪伴員找到適當的人討論問題或疏離情緒
b)陪伴員引介有助解決問題的人或資源給慕道友。

4. 回歸祈禱
a)藉著向天主報告自己對問題的瞭解及尋找引介資源的做法,將一切奉獻給天主,讓天主來照顧求道者的需要及未來。
b)求天主派聖神光照我,告訴我祂願意在前二項的過程中教導我什麼?祂願意我學到什麼?祂願意我的信仰怎樣成長?

附錄:陪伴員的平安與喜樂來自在服務慕道友的過程中,不斷地把自己的經驗當做與天主交談的材料﹝祈禱﹞,因此得到自己信仰的更新與成長。