After a year of welcoming and embracing the CANA year in Northern France, we felt the need to come together for a training session with district leaders and members of the CANA core groups. On September 12 and 13, in Tigery (France), we enjoyed a time of fellowship, sharing, prayer, and training, where everyone was able to voice their questions, concerns, and convictions, and gain a deeper understanding of this new approach to offering CANA.
This time allowed us to come together as one, to strengthen our commitment to our mission, and to better understand the purpose of the CANA year. The role of district leaders is evolving, taking on a more pronounced pastoral dimension: personally accompanying each couple in their spiritual growth and helping them to hear, at the heart of their journey, the call to follow Christ.
The goal of this training was therefore to better equip the leaders and members of the core groups, to work together on the various CANA initiatives, and to renew everyone’s missionary zeal.
Here are a few testimonials from this event:
“Getting back on track together, overcoming obstacles, and rediscovering meaning and freedom. A rare and precious time of quality focused on our CANA mission: feeling trained, guided, and supported; sharing our experiences, joys, and challenges so we can restart the mission with renewed enthusiasm.” Clémence and Baptiste
“Resuming the CANA journey with the joy of serving couples. I now better understand the meaning of the CANA year. While supporting couples—especially at the beginning—can be challenging, passing on the CANA legacy is a true blessing.” Pierre, married to Hortense
“This training period was a true opportunity to make the CANA year our own. It was important for understanding the vision and how to present it to the couples we will meet. A beautiful synodal experience of listening and creativity, together with our brothers and sisters and the Lord, to adapt the schedule and various proposals for Northern France.” Amélie and Clément
“A wonderful fraternal reunion and genuine support to form and energize us under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, in preparation for this beautiful CANA mission in service to couples and families. Thank you, Lord!” Philippe and Sophie
“Our first CANA session was in 2008; we resumed the program with Marie in 2013, and this year we took on the mission. During this training, I saw CANA being renewed like a beautiful house: we modernize and open it up, but the foundations remain. It is a blessing to now be able to pass on this treasure.” Franck and Marie
Thank you to everyone! We leave here filled with joy, renewed and encouraged to make CANA groups into fraternal spaces where we listen to the Holy Spirit, serving couples and families in our various districts.
Matthieu et Daphné, responsables CANA France Nord
