{"id":1758,"date":"2019-03-26T11:35:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T11:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/equipes.nelsoncardeira.com\/?p=1758"},"modified":"2026-03-16T21:38:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T21:38:38","slug":"histoire-des-equipes-satellites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/en\/history-of-satellite-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Satellite Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"

History of the Satellite Teams<\/h2>\n
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These teams were called Satellite Teams (ST) by the ERI, undoubtedly influenced by their visit to the Johnson Space Centre in Houston and they drew the analogy with the communication, liaison and exploration that man-made satellites accomplish.<\/p>\n

The ERI asked Carlo & Maria-Carla Volpini to ensure the general coordination between and liaison with these new satellite teams.\u00a0 Five teams were set up from the start: Pedagogy, Reflection and Research, Formation, Mission and finally Communication.\u00a0 They work for a period of 4 years.<\/p>\n

During this stage, the Satellite Teams worked on and created the following documents and study topics: \u2018How to Pilot a New Team,\u2019 \u2018Days for the Teams of Our Lady,\u2019 \u2018Jesus-Christ at the centre of Christian Life,\u2019 documents for the Formation of Responsible Couple for the Sector, young couples and \u2018The Teams of Our Lady Couples on Mission.\u2019\u00a0 This work gave unity and a new dynamism to communication within the Movement.<\/p>\n

In 2006, the ERI restructured the Satellite Teams by analysing what had been accomplished.\u00a0 For this second stage, the ERI appointed To & Z\u00e9 Moura Soares as the general coordinators and Father Ricardo London as the single Spiritual Counsellor for all the Satellite Teams.\u00a0 This second stage began in October 2007 and finished in April 2012 and produced the following documents:<\/p>\n

The Pedagogy Team<\/p>\n

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  • The Team meeting (official document)<\/li>\n
  • \u00a0Study Topic: \u2018The Team Meeting<\/strong>‘<\/li>\n
  • \u00a0Study Topic: \u2018The Mystic of the Endeavours and the Sharing<\/strong>\u2019<\/li>\n
  • \u00a0Study Topic: \u2018The Teams of Our Lady Couples on Mission\u2019<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The Christian Formation Team<\/p>\n

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    • \u2018Christian Formation in the Teams of Our Lady: a Way\u2019<\/li>\n
    • \u2018For Initial Formation\u2019<\/li>\n
    • \u2018For Permanent Formation\u2019<\/li>\n
    • \u2018For Specific Formation\u2019<\/li>\n
    • \u2018Vocabulary Specific to the Teams of Our Lady\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      The Elder Teams<\/p>\n

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      • \u00a0\u2018The Teams of Our Lady and their Elders\u2019<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        The Young Couples<\/p>\n

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        • \u2018Young Couples in the Teams of Our Lady Today.\u00a0 What does that mean?\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Father Caffarel<\/p>\n

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          • \u2018Henri Caffarel: Prophet of the Sacrament of Marriage<\/strong>\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Spiritual Conjugality<\/p>\n

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            • Spiritual conjugality<\/strong><\/li>\n
            • Study Topic: \u2018The Way of Spiritual Conjugality in the Couple<\/strong>\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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              Satellite Teams<\/h2>\n
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              Using the questions raised at the International College and analysing the reality of the Movement and the Church in the world of today, the ERI set up 3 Satellite Teams, 2 of which are permanent: Pedagogy and Reflection & Research and 1 which is temporary, Christian Formation.\u00a0 Furthermore, they decided to create two work groups on sexuality, one from Europe and the other from the Americas.\u00a0 These two groups merged to form the Evangelising Sexuality Satellite Team.
              \nThese Satellite Teams were approved at the International College held in Bordeaux in 2013 and began their work in the October of that same year.
              \nHereafter follows the aims, composition and tasks of each Satellite Team currently active:<\/p>\n

              The Pedagogy Team<\/h3>\n

              Aim
              \n<\/strong>To deepen and actualise all aspects of the Movement\u2019s structure and to develop tools to support the formation plan of each Super-Region.\u00a0 This Satellite Team has revised all documents concerning the Endeavours in order to update them and make sure that they correspond as closely as possible to each Team member\u2019s life. They are available in the Document section of this site:
              \na) Conjugal Dialogue and the Sit-Down
              \nb) Private and Married Prayer
              \nc) Listening to the Word of God
              \nd) Rule of Life
              \ne) Retreat<\/p>\n

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              Composition of the Satellite Team:<\/b>
              Florence & Jean-Philippe Joubert \u2013 France \u2013\u00a0Coordinating Couple
              Mary & Robert Jones – UK
              Agostinha & Manuel Carvalho \u2013 Portugal
              Manu & Xose Manuel Dominguez \u2013 Spain
              Roger & Emilia Agbozoh \u2013 French-speaking Africa (Co-responsible Couple)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

              Reflection and Research Team<\/h3>\n

              Aim
              \n<\/strong>Organise a documentation centre for the Teams of Our Lady
              \nInventory, archive and update the extant publications of the Super-Regions and Regions attached to the ERI
              \nOrganise a database
              \nComplete a comparative revision of extant documents checking that they are in line with the pedagogy, charisma and mystic of the Teams of Our Lady
              \nPotentially make recommendations to the ERI about documents that could become official Teams of our Lady documents, depending on their content and their importance
              \nMake the international Teams of Our Lady\u2019s website\u2019s database available to the Super-Regions and Regions attached to the ERI<\/p>\n

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              Composition of the Satellite Team:<\/b>
              Maria Graciete & Jos\u00e9 Rebelo \u2013 Portugal \u2013\u00a0Coordinating Couple
              Elisabeth & Fran\u00e7ois Hatey \u2013 France
              Brigitte & Hubert Wattelet \u2013 Belgium
              Maryves & Cristoforo Codrino \u2013 Italy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

              The database has been set up already and the basic information has been entered<\/p>\n

              Christian Formation Team<\/h3>\n

              Aim<\/strong>
              \nThe aim is to configure a basic catechetical plan for Teams of Our Lady members so that they can deepen their knowledge about our religion and our Church.
              \nThe point of departure is the Movement\u2019s concern to fill in the gaps in certain Team members\u2019 Christian formation by offering them the possibility of enriching their Christian life.\u00a0 Christian education is to be understood as an integral and permanent process, which a) carries the person or the couple to different stages of maturity in their faith and in their spiritual, pastoral and community life; b) begins at a certain moment of their life and never ends; c) must be constantly nourished in the doctrinal, pastoral and spiritual perspective and d) answers the necessity of bearing witness to the Gospel in our current world.
              \nThis team\u2019s work began on October 12th, 2013 at a meeting in Bogota, Columbia.<\/p>\n

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              Composition of the Satellite Team:<\/b>
              Mariola & Eliseu Calsing \u2013 Brazil \u2013\u00a0Coordinating Couple
              Maria Stella & German Mahecha \u2013 Columbia
              Ginette & Martin Bergeron \u2013 Canada
              Virginia & Marcos Kisil \u2013 Brazil
              Padre Silvio Cajiao \u2013 Columbia
              Vee & Ren\u00e9 Pols \u2013 Australia \u2013\u00a0Co-responsible Couple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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              Tasks for 2014-15
              \n<\/strong>A Christian Formation plan has\u00a0 been drawn up using the methodology or basic elements of a formation process based on the theology of The Road to Emmaus.\u00a0 The content is based on\u00a0 eight classes: Old Testament, New Testament, Christology, Ecclesiology, Sacraments, Liturgy, Spirituality and Morality.\u00a0 The Bible, the Tradition and the Magisterium of the Church are sources of Faith for the accomplishment of the vocation and mission of every Christian.\u00a0 We, as Teams of Our Lady members, must know and better understand these sources of Christian faith.<\/p>\n

              The platform of christian Formation\u00a0 is accessible in the documents section of this website.<\/p>\n

              Evangelising Sexuality Team<\/h3>\n

              Aim
              \n<\/strong>The aim is to help Teams of Our Lady couples to look at sexuality in a new way and also to invite them to link the different themes connected to sexuality to their Conjugal Dialogue. In Bogota at the end of 2013, an American work group made up of couples from Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, the USA and Columbia got together to reflect on the topic of evangelising sexuality.\u00a0 This temporary group worked together for a year, defining the perspective, topics and central theme with which the future Evangelising Sexuality Satellite Team will work.\u00a0 Simultaneously, another work group was formed in Europe at Fatima, Portugal with couples from Spain, France and Belgium.\u00a0 Then n Paris in October 2014, the two work groups merged and the new Evangelising Sexuality Satellite Team started.<\/p>\n

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              Composition of the Satellite Team:<\/b>
              Olga Lucia & Antonio Arango \u2013 Columbia \u2013\u00a0Coordinating Couple
              Dominique & Jean Arondel \u2013 France
              Olga\u00a0 & Secundino Gonzalez \u2013 Spain
              Maria & Luis Carlos Nogueira \u2013 Brazil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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              The document Sexuality and Spirituality which helps couples to dialogue on these themes is available in the documents section of this site.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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