{"id":2341,"date":"2024-12-13T09:42:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T09:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/?p=2341"},"modified":"2024-12-30T09:19:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T09:19:34","slug":"formators-and-formation-novitiate-of-manaus-father-jose-martin-serna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/formators-and-formation-novitiate-of-manaus-father-jose-martin-serna\/","title":{"rendered":"Formators and formation: Novitiate of Manaus, Father Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00edn Serna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241127Martin2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241127Martin2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241127Martin2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241127Martin2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241127Martin2.jpg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Father Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00edn Serna during ongoing formation course for formators in Rome. Photo: Jaime C. Patias<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The Colombian Consolata missionary, Father Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00edn Serna Jurado, who this year celebrates his 25th anniversary of ordination, has been the novice master of the Novitiate of the American Continent since 2022 and the vicar of \u200b\u200bthe parish Family of Nazareth of the Missionary Area in Manaus, in the Brazilian Amazon.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>By Jaime C. Patias *<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Novitiate\u2019s protector is Saint Oscar Romero, martyr of justice and peace,\u201d explains the master in an interview given to the Communications Office in Rome in this video from the series <a href=\"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/formators-and-formation-bogota-father-jose-lorenzo-gomez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Formators and Formation.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With him are Brother Tarcisio Lot, Father Gabriel Oloo, responsible for the Family of Nazareth Missionary Area, where they carry out their pastoral activity, and a novice who is preparing for his first vows in December. Recently, Father J\u00falio C\u00e9sar Caldeira also joined the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Padre Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00edn Serna Jurado, IMC, Noviziato di Manaus\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AdnKFNZjbo4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Father Mart\u00edn Serna participated in the <a href=\"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/formators-and-formation-merrivale-seminary-father-simon-mbala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ongoing formation course for formators <\/a>held in Rome in September of this year, and this is what he said about the course: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/father-pietro-trabucco-the-formator-a-witness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The course was very important <\/a>because it helps us in the renewal and updating of our spiritual and pastoral life. The topics presented were very interesting. I was particularly interested in the topic of care for the person of the missionary. As pastoral agents, we must always pay special attention to ourselves in order to be able to give attention to others\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Saint Joseph Allamano<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Lord for the grace he is giving to the entire Consolata Missionary Institute with the <a href=\"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/the-church-of-turin-is-also-celebrating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">canonization of our Father and Founder<\/a>, a very important moment for our Institute and of course also for the Church. We ask the Lord that together with this grace of the canonization of Saint Joseph Allamano, he may also give to our Novitiate\u2019s community the graces that we need, and to all the Consolata missionaries the zeal to carry out their missionary work&#8221;, concluded the novice master.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241127Martin-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241127Martin-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241127Martin-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241127Martin-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241127Martin.jpg 1124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Father Mart\u00edn Serna celebrates his 25th anniversary of ordination in Manaus. Photo: Milena Ferreira<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00edn Serna was born in Marulanda, Caldas, Colombia, in 1968. The son of Luiz Eduardo Serna (diseased) and Maria Nely Jura, parents of nine children. He was baptized two days after his birth in Marulanda. Later he became an altar boy and received the rest of the sacraments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspired by the example of his cousin, the Consolata missionary, Father Ariel Serna Granada, killed in Mozambique in 1991, he entered the Consolata Propaedeutic at the age of 19, studied philosophy in Bogot\u00e1, did his novitiate in Bucaramanga (Colombia) and theology in Rome. He was ordained a priest on March 13, 1999 in Manizales (Colombia). Before becoming novice master in 2022, Mart\u00edn Serna worked for 19 years in Ivory Coast (Africa).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"564\" src=\"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241127Martin3-1-1024x564.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241127Martin3-1-1024x564.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241127Martin3-1-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241127Martin3-1-768x423.jpg 768w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241127Martin3-1.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Meeting of formators from the Americas Continent at the Novitiate in Manaus, September 2022. Photo: Jaime C. Patias<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>A bit of history<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Continental Novitiate of the Consolata Missionary Institute (IMC) before being established in Manaus, was located in other places: first in Bucaramanga, Colombia (1981-1994), and then in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1995-2019). In line with the reflections of the Amazon Synod (October 2019) and within the restructuring process of the communities in the American continent, the Institute decided to transfer the Novitiate from Buenos Aires, to Manaus, in the north of Brazil. The new opening in Santa Etelvina, on the outskirts of Manaus, took place on January 6, 2021, feast of the Epiphany, with the presence of two novices and Father Paco L\u00f3pez as novice master. The Consolata missionaries are also in charge of the pastoral care of the Family of Nazareth Missionary Area, that include 13 Christian communities on the outskirts of Manaus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>* Father Jaime C. Patias, IMC, Communication Secretariat, Rome.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Colombian Consolata missionary, Father Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00edn Serna Jurado, who this year celebrates his 25th anniversary of ordination, has been the novice master of the Novitiate of the American Continent since 2022 and the vicar of \u200b\u200bthe parish Family of Nazareth of the Missionary Area in Manaus, in the Brazilian Amazon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,6,8,143,43,4,16,24],"tags":[121,155,92,186],"class_list":["post-2341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consolata-missionaries","category-featured","category-featured-news","category-founder","category-missionary-animation","category-news","category-spirituality","category-vocational","tag-consolata-missionaries","tag-formation","tag-ongoing-formation","tag-saint-joseph-allamano","post_format-post-format-video"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2341"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2350,"href":"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341\/revisions\/2350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}