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ASUNCION: September 1,
2014 –
The
Colegio Sagrado Corazón de
Jésus, Salesianito in
Asuncion-Paraguay is where the
cleric Agustinus Jou, SDB is
assigned, this year. He is one
of the missionaries who received
their missionary mandate at
Valdocco in 2013. Born in one of
the islands of Flores-Indonesia
surrounded by seas, now he is in
a place surrounded by mountains.
Anyway, in both places, they
have the same blue sky and the
same Salesian work of
accompanying the young in their
mental and spiritual
development. The school has about 2500 students from Kindergarten until Senior High School. He writes about the spiritual activites being carried during these weeks until October for the Senior High School. Last week, in fact, he was the assistant for the batch of 40 Second-Year Graphic Design students who had their mountain retreat. The theme of the Beatitudes was preached by Fr Bienvenido Marciel, SDB during their two day retreat in the place called Tyu. The word means "flowing waters" in the Guarani language, because there is water underground and a stream nearby. The silence of the place and the mountain top view are natural aids for the young to come into contact with God. The morning is usually spent making a trek to a spot where they make their personal reflections and then in the evening they spend it indoors for their group prayers and the reception of the sacraments of reconciliation and the Eucharist. |
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