The satellite team "old teams and old team-members" met in London,May 23rd and 24th 2009 in the presence of To and Ze Moura Soares to give a progress report on its work. The team compiled a working paper with use for persons in charge of the Movement on the old team-members and the way of giving them all their place in the Movement. This document was given to the College of Rome last January and it is under examination by the Super-Regions. A final version will be prepared for September 2009. The team also started its thinking about the ideas to be proposed for the teams having already a certain seniority and wishing to go further in their life of faith and charity as for those who want simply to return to the sources of the charisma of the Movement. It will be based on the experiments already known in this field, in particular the years of deepening and the old teams which existed in the years 1960-1980. Its work will lead to the drafting of a working paper at the end of 2009.

MEETING OF THE SATELLITE TEAM FOR TRAINING,
VERONA, SEPTEMBER 4-5, 2009

The Satellite Team for Training, consisting of four couples from three different countries, with its leaders, To and Zé Moura Soares, met in Verona, Italy, in the first weekend in September. Over these few days of intense work, the exchange and familiarity between us grew and strengthened the work already developed throughout the whole year. During this second meeting, we revised the general document on training, together with various specific training files within the Teams of Our Lady framework. Afterwards, we put together a work plan for the next year concerningpermanent training and a dictionary in 5 languages of the terms most used in the Teams of Our Lady. It is terribly important to realize that the work method accentuates good communication between the Super Regions and the ERI (International Leading Team), so that there is a fruitful exchange about the various documents worked upon. It is a service that ought to answer the Super Regions' needs and ought not to be felt as a burden. The idea is to see training as a continuous and continual way for team members to grow and mature within the Teams of Our Lady movement, so that they realize and understand their calling to holiness and to serve others. It is also important to understand that the international aspect is always present in these documents, since they are propositions made for the intention of all countries where there are teams. In addition, the goal of unifying the movement and being faithful to the charisma of the Teams of Our Lady is essential. Finally, despite the fact that these documents were the primary concern of the couples participating in the Satellite Team for Training, the wonderful, warm hospitality of the Verona team members must be remembered and thanked.

The third meeting of ESP1 was held at the Social Centre of Saint Mary's Church, in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA, from July 31st to August 2nd, 2009. All members of this team, together with the Spiritual Counselor Father Ricardo Londoño, and To and Zé from the ERI (International Leading Team) participated. A new couple, Lourdes and Sobral from Brazil, were introduced to the Team. They will replace Cida and Raimundo, who have been nominated to take up the leadership of the Brazil Super Region. At the beginning of this meeting, To and Zé, who are in charge of the Satellites Teams' work, presented a synthesis of all that the Satellite Teams have accomplished, and then set out the directions and end goal for the new document that the ESP1 will produce, a second Study Topic. During this meeting, we developed the first document produced by ESP1 in view of its publication; we evaluated the final text of the second piece of work, the Study Topic, that is already finished; and we drew up a plan for the next piece of work, in line with the directions and end goal presented by To and Zé.
ESP1's various pieces of work should be finished for the International College of International Leading Teams (ERI) in 2011.