austraLasia 803
FORMATION CHALLENGE EMERGES FROM EAO
MEETING
TOKYO: 5th February '04 -- While
the ink is still drying on the as-yet-unfinished minutes of the Tokyo Social
Communications meeting for the EAO Region, it is clear that formation, initial
and ongoing, is emerging as a much felt need at all levels, be it discussions
between provincials of the region or SC delegates.
The meeting, the first for the region since 1997,
has shared its experiences, needs, challenges, and offered guidelines. Fr.
Tarcisio Scaramussa, General Councillor for SC, has indicated his satisfaction
that an EAO Regional vision is definitely growing (as is the region!).
There is a strong desire for formation, and therefore a need for various
responses to this be it by way of developing an SC syllabus, short-term
opportunities for seminars, inclusion of SC more clearly and definitely in
Organic Provincial Plans.
It was at the Batulao (FIN) meeting in 1997 that
'austraLasia' was born. It has been a consistent factor in the regional
vision of SC over these seven years and has been now further reinforced as a way
of encouraging local correspondents to keep a regular focus for the region in
ANS, since ANS effectively uses 'austraLasia' as a source of news from the
region.
There will be further clarification of the
results of the To0kyo meeting when Provincials meet with the Regional Councillor
Fr. Vaclav Klement in the next few days. We will keep you up to
date!
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