austraLasia 1380
Korean FMA and SDB learn something of St Mary
Mazzarello from Aussie expert
SEOUL: 6th January 2006 -- Acknowledged expert on the
spirituality particular to Mary Domenica Mazzarello's contribution to
Salesianity, Sr Edna Mary MacDonald FMA, has been preaching retreats to
the Salesian Sisters in Korea since 29th December 2005, and will extend
her services to the SDB Rectors in Korea at the Rectors' meeting on
18th January 2006. The retreats to the Sisters are part of the
Golden Jubilee celebrations for the FMA Korean province and are a way
of deepening the FMA spirituality and charism in that country.
Sister Edna Mary is in her second term as Provincial
of the Australian Province. She hails originally from New York,
USA but long ago became a true blue
Aussie.
Korea FMA province is something of a key point in
the FMA East Asian scene. It will be the location for the CIAO
(Conferenza Ispettoriale Asia Orientale) meeting in February which will
be attended by the Mother General, Sr Antonia Colombo, three general
councillors and around 50 other Sisters from the region, a meeting
which more or less compares with the SDB EAO region Team Visit.
The FMA purview at that point will extend
beyond Korea to Mongolia, where the Sisters intend to begin their
presence sometime in 2007.
Korea is a growing FMA reality. They already
have 235 professed Sisters. 11 Sisters today make their perpetual
profession. Yesterday a further 7 made their first
profession. The province has sent 9 missionaries off to Africa
and 3 to various parts of Asia. They currently have 14
novices. Amongst the works of the province are five large youth
centres, and they work with the SDB in 3 other youth centres. In
other respects, their profile in Korea is similar to that of the
Salesian SDB in that they are noted for their work for underprivileged
girls and girls at risk, are involved in parish apostolates, schools
and the animation of youth ministry in various dioceses. In
Seoul, in more recent times, they work in a Salesian cultural centre
with media education and the animation of youth groups.
VOCABULARY
true blue: Australian rhyming slang for
'authentic'
purview: overview or longer term view
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