Es folgt ein kleiner Erfahrungsbericht von Nadine als Messdienerin in St. Josef. Während meiner Zeit in Kumbo habe ich NIE eine MessdienerIN gesehen - immer durften nur die Jungs dienen. Ich hoffe, Bischof George nimmt uns das nicht übel :-)
"MY EXPERIENCE AS A MASS SERVER IN ST JOSEF
All my life in kumbo I have never serve at mass. It was not a common place activity for girls in our diocese few years back and I actually never thought of joining the group even when it was finally introduced in my parish. Some parishes still have mass serving as a group meant only for boys since they are still enough boys to serve every Sunday at mass. There are other groups where the girls can fit themselves like YCS, YCW and Cardets of Mary.
This is not the case in St Josef where approximately 2/3 of the group´s members are girls. Besides this is the main youth group in the parish and the young mass expressed their wish to have me with them. I will also have no other forum to meet the young people if not in the mass servers group. They have a well organized setting. I like it in the group because my friends and other young people I know all belong to the group. I did not think it that fascinating at the beginning but I am contented it mass serving at the moment. It is also another Experience because I think I would not have done it in kumbo under normal circumstances. The Young Christian Students´ group had been from the early years my choice."
Donnerstag, 28. Mai 2009
Osterzeit
Noch befinden wir uns ja in der Osterzeit! Lesen Sie folgenden Beitrag und erfahren Sie, wie Nadine unsere Ostern hier in St. Josef erlebt hat:
"THE EASTER CELEBRATION IN ST JOSEF
The Holy week celebration in St Josef was not very different from what we have in Kumbo though as usuall with symbolical items .Holy Thursday was celebrated just like at home with it´s solemninity. Good Friday was no difference but for the fact that there was no station of the cross unlike in kumbo but there was one significant experience i made. Just like flowers a place on the graves of our loved ones , so were they placed before the cross during adoration .
The Easter Saturday mass was as well that traditional mass with the lighting of candles, singing of the gloria and the Alleuia,ringing of church bells announcing the resurrection of Christ and the Good news his triumph over death has on mankind.How ever there was some slide difference.Instead of the nine readings which i know from home during this mass,there were four in St Josef and also the fact that the mass started before the lighting of candles unlike in Kumbo where we have the lighting of candles before mass begins and enter the church in darkness.The parishioners had some sort of uniform candles from the parish and very symbolical presents carrying the messages for Easter.
One could fine chocolates in the form of eggs, lamb and rabbits.The parish priest also shared boiled and coloured eggs to his parishioners. The first question in my mind was, why the eggs? Normally the presence of an egg presurposes the existence of new life. Christ´s victory over death is ofcourse the start of a new life in the life of every christain. The reason why we have to keep behind us the past sinful life and live in accordance to our lord´s will.Though without sin Christ became our paschal sacrifice to redemn the world from sin.Come to think of the lamb,how harmless it is and it is for this reason that Jesus is refered to as our Paschal lamb slan on the mount of Calvary to wash away our sins.What then about the rabbit?The rabbit is noted for its´fertility and just like the egg stand for new life which Chrish bought for us with his blood.
Coincidentally all the above smybols happen to signify the season inEurope during which we have the Easter feast.Spring is a season of regeneration,rebirth and vitslity and one can interpret these symbols too in relation to spring."
"THE EASTER CELEBRATION IN ST JOSEF
The Holy week celebration in St Josef was not very different from what we have in Kumbo though as usuall with symbolical items .Holy Thursday was celebrated just like at home with it´s solemninity. Good Friday was no difference but for the fact that there was no station of the cross unlike in kumbo but there was one significant experience i made. Just like flowers a place on the graves of our loved ones , so were they placed before the cross during adoration .
The Easter Saturday mass was as well that traditional mass with the lighting of candles, singing of the gloria and the Alleuia,ringing of church bells announcing the resurrection of Christ and the Good news his triumph over death has on mankind.How ever there was some slide difference.Instead of the nine readings which i know from home during this mass,there were four in St Josef and also the fact that the mass started before the lighting of candles unlike in Kumbo where we have the lighting of candles before mass begins and enter the church in darkness.The parishioners had some sort of uniform candles from the parish and very symbolical presents carrying the messages for Easter.
One could fine chocolates in the form of eggs, lamb and rabbits.The parish priest also shared boiled and coloured eggs to his parishioners. The first question in my mind was, why the eggs? Normally the presence of an egg presurposes the existence of new life. Christ´s victory over death is ofcourse the start of a new life in the life of every christain. The reason why we have to keep behind us the past sinful life and live in accordance to our lord´s will.Though without sin Christ became our paschal sacrifice to redemn the world from sin.Come to think of the lamb,how harmless it is and it is for this reason that Jesus is refered to as our Paschal lamb slan on the mount of Calvary to wash away our sins.What then about the rabbit?The rabbit is noted for its´fertility and just like the egg stand for new life which Chrish bought for us with his blood.
Coincidentally all the above smybols happen to signify the season inEurope during which we have the Easter feast.Spring is a season of regeneration,rebirth and vitslity and one can interpret these symbols too in relation to spring."
Mittwoch, 6. Mai 2009
Nadine in der Bistumszeitung
Die Bistumszeitung "Der Sonntag" hat unseren Gast Nadine bei ihrem Praktikum im "Mafalda" besucht und einen großen Zeitungsartikel geschrieben.
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Mittwoch, 15. April 2009
Neuer Praktikumsplatz
Seit Anfang April sammelt Nadine weitere Erfahrungen an einem neuen Praktikumsplatz.
Was Nadine über ihre erste Zeit im Mafalda berichtet, lesen Sie hier:
"After spending two months in the Kindergarten I am now since the beginning of April in MAFALDA. This is a cultural centre for young girls, bringing together young girls from various nationalities. The girls come to this centre in the afternoons after the lessons in school and the institution has really a wide range of opportunities for the young girls to explore.
The girls can do their school assignment after school. This is made easier due to the presence of help from the adults working in the institution. With someone by the side, the girls gain the motivation to do their work with some serious. They equally have internet facilities available to enable them write their school work and chat with friends thus keeping themselves busy.
The girls also have lunch together after school. This to me is a good foundation of a communal spirit in their lives. These aside, the institution also give them other outlets like dancing lessons, photo shooting, picnics, games, just to mention a few. The institution, being a multicultural centre gives the girls an outlet to learn about other cultures and their values and also about different religions. It is not given any religious preference, thus one can find Catholics, Muslims and Protestants beside one another. This is a forum for one to know about other believes.
I have enjoyed my time in MAFALDA till this moment and hope to enjoy it for the rest of my time with them. The girls are also nice and happy for I can give them a helping hand in their English assignments when need be. I will also be able to learn more about this multicultural Frankfurt."
Was Nadine über ihre erste Zeit im Mafalda berichtet, lesen Sie hier:
"After spending two months in the Kindergarten I am now since the beginning of April in MAFALDA. This is a cultural centre for young girls, bringing together young girls from various nationalities. The girls come to this centre in the afternoons after the lessons in school and the institution has really a wide range of opportunities for the young girls to explore.
The girls can do their school assignment after school. This is made easier due to the presence of help from the adults working in the institution. With someone by the side, the girls gain the motivation to do their work with some serious. They equally have internet facilities available to enable them write their school work and chat with friends thus keeping themselves busy.
The girls also have lunch together after school. This to me is a good foundation of a communal spirit in their lives. These aside, the institution also give them other outlets like dancing lessons, photo shooting, picnics, games, just to mention a few. The institution, being a multicultural centre gives the girls an outlet to learn about other cultures and their values and also about different religions. It is not given any religious preference, thus one can find Catholics, Muslims and Protestants beside one another. This is a forum for one to know about other believes.
I have enjoyed my time in MAFALDA till this moment and hope to enjoy it for the rest of my time with them. The girls are also nice and happy for I can give them a helping hand in their English assignments when need be. I will also be able to learn more about this multicultural Frankfurt."
Endlich ist er da...
...der Frühling!
Dank sei dem Frühling, dass Nadine hier nun etwas erlebt, was sie an zu Hause erinnert. Ein zu Hause das so weit weg ist und auf einmal ganz nah...
Wie Nadine diese Zeit nach einem so langen kalten Winter erlebt, lesen Sie selbst:
"After waiting with all anxiety for spring, it finally came. Most amusing is the fact that it is really as warm as at home in Cameroon. I had been made to hope for this only in summer. After all, such a cold winter is able to give way to a warm spring. I observe everyone is enjoying this period as I can see so many people sitting out by the streets and also in the parks. The vitality of spring can be seen in everything: blue sky, flowers blossoming, bees regaining their leaves, just to mention a few. I have witness what I learnt in the literature of Shakespeare about spring: a period of growth, regeneration, vitality and vigour. I can know feel something from home despite one distance."
Dank sei dem Frühling, dass Nadine hier nun etwas erlebt, was sie an zu Hause erinnert. Ein zu Hause das so weit weg ist und auf einmal ganz nah...
Wie Nadine diese Zeit nach einem so langen kalten Winter erlebt, lesen Sie selbst:
"After waiting with all anxiety for spring, it finally came. Most amusing is the fact that it is really as warm as at home in Cameroon. I had been made to hope for this only in summer. After all, such a cold winter is able to give way to a warm spring. I observe everyone is enjoying this period as I can see so many people sitting out by the streets and also in the parks. The vitality of spring can be seen in everything: blue sky, flowers blossoming, bees regaining their leaves, just to mention a few. I have witness what I learnt in the literature of Shakespeare about spring: a period of growth, regeneration, vitality and vigour. I can know feel something from home despite one distance."
Zeit im Kindergarten
Folgenden Bericht habe ich von den "Burgbewohnern" erhalten:
Die Burgbewohner
Soeben habe ich auch Nadines Zeilen erhalten, die sehr schön beschreiben wie Nadines Praktikum im Kindergarten "Burg der Kinder" war. Ich habe den Eindruck, dass es für Nadine eine sehr intensive zeit mit den Kinder war, die ihr vor allem sehr viel Freude gemacht hat.
Ganz herzlich möchte ich mich an dieser Stelle auch bei dem Team des Kindergartens bedanken! Danke, dass ihr Nadine so offen und lieb bei euch aufgenommen habt!
Lesen Sie nun aber selbst wie Nadine über diese Zeit voller Erfahrungen schreibt:
"Before going to the Kindergarten, I had one general objective: to learn or have an idea about work with children. This is to know what the kids need and what you as a caretaker can give to them at this particular time in their life. The children have different needs and different ways through which they can meet these needs but it is left on the worker to identify the need and then know which means is better for each child to meet it. This is what I did not know and longed so much to know.
The beginning of the period with the kids was not that easy for me, first of all because I did not have self confidence due to the fact that I feared I could not speak the language well and secondly because the children were not use to me and thus preferred working with their teachers.
This problems did not last for ever as the children sooner became use to my presence and could play with me or ask for help when they needed any and because I gradually also gained a little self confidence. I thank very much the workers who helped me to realise my mistakes and thus tried to get out of them. It is thanks to their kindness and openness that I can say my experience at the Kindergarten has yield fruits.
At the end of this period, I got the goals I had set ahead of me which are knowing what children need and what I can offer to them which is good and healthy for their upbringing. And the important thing which I discovered is that despite my love for kids, I am reserved and therefore can not work with them properly. Thus it is left to me to fight it out.Away from the children, I miss them and also their teachers but still have in mind the time spent with them."
Unsere Zeit mit Nadine
Ende letzten Jahres lernten wir Nadine kennen. Sie besuchte unsere Kinderburg an zwei Nachmittagen in der Woche. Von Januar bis März 09 kam Nadine täglich zu uns in die Kinderburg. Sie begleitete uns im Kindergartenalltag und unterstützte uns bei besonderen Aktivitäten, wie z.B bei Festen oder Ausflügen.
Nadine lernte viel Neues bei uns kennen, aber auch wir konnten Einiges von ihr lernen.
Sie sang mit uns ein Lied, dass bei ihr zu Hause, im Kamerun, morgens zur Begrüßung gesungen wird.
Ein besonderes Ereignis war unserer Kameruntag, an dem wir viel über Nadine’s Heimat kennen lernten. Wir hörten afrikanische Musik, sahen landesübliche Kleidung, Musikinstrumente und vieles mehr. Es war für alle Beteiligten eine besondere Erfahrung.
So verging die Zeit sehr schnell und wir mussten uns von Nadine wieder verabschieden.
Es war eine besondere Zeit, die wir alle nicht so schnell vergessen werden.
Ende letzten Jahres lernten wir Nadine kennen. Sie besuchte unsere Kinderburg an zwei Nachmittagen in der Woche. Von Januar bis März 09 kam Nadine täglich zu uns in die Kinderburg. Sie begleitete uns im Kindergartenalltag und unterstützte uns bei besonderen Aktivitäten, wie z.B bei Festen oder Ausflügen.
Nadine lernte viel Neues bei uns kennen, aber auch wir konnten Einiges von ihr lernen.
Sie sang mit uns ein Lied, dass bei ihr zu Hause, im Kamerun, morgens zur Begrüßung gesungen wird.
Ein besonderes Ereignis war unserer Kameruntag, an dem wir viel über Nadine’s Heimat kennen lernten. Wir hörten afrikanische Musik, sahen landesübliche Kleidung, Musikinstrumente und vieles mehr. Es war für alle Beteiligten eine besondere Erfahrung.
So verging die Zeit sehr schnell und wir mussten uns von Nadine wieder verabschieden.
Es war eine besondere Zeit, die wir alle nicht so schnell vergessen werden.
Die Burgbewohner
Soeben habe ich auch Nadines Zeilen erhalten, die sehr schön beschreiben wie Nadines Praktikum im Kindergarten "Burg der Kinder" war. Ich habe den Eindruck, dass es für Nadine eine sehr intensive zeit mit den Kinder war, die ihr vor allem sehr viel Freude gemacht hat.
Ganz herzlich möchte ich mich an dieser Stelle auch bei dem Team des Kindergartens bedanken! Danke, dass ihr Nadine so offen und lieb bei euch aufgenommen habt!
Lesen Sie nun aber selbst wie Nadine über diese Zeit voller Erfahrungen schreibt:
"Before going to the Kindergarten, I had one general objective: to learn or have an idea about work with children. This is to know what the kids need and what you as a caretaker can give to them at this particular time in their life. The children have different needs and different ways through which they can meet these needs but it is left on the worker to identify the need and then know which means is better for each child to meet it. This is what I did not know and longed so much to know.
The beginning of the period with the kids was not that easy for me, first of all because I did not have self confidence due to the fact that I feared I could not speak the language well and secondly because the children were not use to me and thus preferred working with their teachers.
This problems did not last for ever as the children sooner became use to my presence and could play with me or ask for help when they needed any and because I gradually also gained a little self confidence. I thank very much the workers who helped me to realise my mistakes and thus tried to get out of them. It is thanks to their kindness and openness that I can say my experience at the Kindergarten has yield fruits.
At the end of this period, I got the goals I had set ahead of me which are knowing what children need and what I can offer to them which is good and healthy for their upbringing. And the important thing which I discovered is that despite my love for kids, I am reserved and therefore can not work with them properly. Thus it is left to me to fight it out.Away from the children, I miss them and also their teachers but still have in mind the time spent with them."
Freitag, 3. April 2009
Bewegter Monat
Inzwischen haben wir April und Nadine kann endlich die Erfahrung machen, was es bedeutet wenn der Frühling da ist! Die ersten warmen Sonnenstrahlen waren langersehnt und egal wo man hinschaut fangen die bunten Blumen an zu blühen. Wenige Tage ist es her und Nadine hat nach zwei Monaten in eine weitere Gastfamilie gewechselt. Diese Woche war geprägt von Abschieden. Nicht nur das "Auf Wiedersehen" sagen in der lieb gewonnen Gastfamilie ist schwer gefallen, auch das Verabschieden der vielen Kinder in der Kindertagesstätte "Burg der Kinder". Die vergangenen zwei Monate hatte Nadine in der "Burg der Kinder" mitgearbeitet und diese Woche gab es ein Abschiedsfest und somit ist diese Praktikumszeit beendet, was aber nicht heißt, dass Nadine die Kinder auch weiterhin gelegentlich besuchen kommt.
Praktikum im Mafalda
Seit dieser Woche hat Nadine auch ein neues Praktikum begonnen, im Mafalda. Mafalda ist ein Begegnungsort für junge Mädchen aus allen Kulturen. Ich bin selber schon sehr gespannt was Nadine berichten wird.
Nadine hatte inzwischen auch schon ihre ersten Messdienerstunden und als Lektorin hat sie beim Misereor-Gottesdienst, der von der Einen-Welt-Gruppe gestaltet war, auch mitgelesen.
Praktikum im Mafalda
Seit dieser Woche hat Nadine auch ein neues Praktikum begonnen, im Mafalda. Mafalda ist ein Begegnungsort für junge Mädchen aus allen Kulturen. Ich bin selber schon sehr gespannt was Nadine berichten wird.
Nadine hatte inzwischen auch schon ihre ersten Messdienerstunden und als Lektorin hat sie beim Misereor-Gottesdienst, der von der Einen-Welt-Gruppe gestaltet war, auch mitgelesen.
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