austraLasia #2379

Blessed Artemides Zatti and human rights promotion in ITM

SUNTER, JAKARTA: 16th March 2009 -- Although the Feast of Blessed Artemides Zatti was not celebrated liturgically on the Third Sunday of Lent, the Salesians in Jakarta met together in the evening to dine together and also outline several Salesian related themes in the Indonesian context.
    The recent discourse of the Rector Major on Human Rights and the Preventive System (January 4, 2009) has been translated into Indonesian and circulated amongst Salesians.  The memory of Blessed Artemides Zatti became the occasion to gather around and reflect on how this holy Salesian Brother in his Viedma community and hospital apostolate was able to live out the preventive system spirituality according to values contained in human rights promotion.
    The key idea was the Rector Major's invitation to Salesians today.  He is asking us to look into fresh ways and new frontiers for making Don Bosco alive in our settings, through our presence, hence let us try out the ways we can share in Don Bosco's loving kindness (Preventive System) in the implementation of attitudes and policies of respect towards human rights of the young and our collaborators.
    Among those present were the Post novitiate confreres, the Practical Trainees, formators, Salesian Brothers and a Salesian Cooperator.  Fr Peter Tukan translated the Rector Major's discourse, and Bro. Ephrem Santos gave the conference based on a visual presentation in Powerpoint format.
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Title: australasia 2379
Subject and key words: EAO provinces ITM
Date (year): 2009
ID: 2000-2099|2379