austraLasia 1661
Salesian Family celebrates 'Chusok' with special touch
SEOUL: 6th October 2006 -- This week in nations like China,
Vietnam, Korea, tends to be one long holiday as the moon cake festival
is celebrated. In Korea this is known as Chusok, also celebrated
with a strong harvest thanksgiving theme. The population is on
the move, travelling to their homes and to ancestral graves to give
thanks. What better occasion, then, for the Salesian Family to
gather in Seoul at the city-owned but Salesian Society-entrusted
Vocational Training Centre at Ko Dok Dong for the 8th Salesian Family
Spirituality Day.
Some 300 Salesian Family members gathered on the
occasion under the banner of 'The Salesian Family Spirit in the life of
society today'. The day (1st October) was introduced by a dance
on the theme by the Caritas Sisters postulants, drawing on the 2006
Strenna of the Rector Major for inspiration. Introductory talks were
given by the Provincial, Fr Paul Hwang and a special visitor to the FMA
province, General Councillor Sr Wilma De Souza. They spoke of the
precious gift of family spirit shared in our settings and which gives
spiritual strength and attraction to the Salesian lifestyle.
The keynote address this year was provided by Sr
Hyun Wol Shin FMA on educating children in the current cultural and
social environment of Korea. Mr Henry Woo, Salesian Cooperator
provincial coordinator, shared his experience of the Salesian vocation
in his own family. He is a Salesian past pupil, his wife a past
pupil of the Sisters and his youngest sister an FMA living in Daejon
with youth at risk, Nazareth House. To cap it all his eldest son
Felix is a temporary professed SDB practical trainee in Seoul.
As with most Salesian gatherings, time after lunch
was devoted to games. Later in the afternoon Mass was celebrated.
Participants were then free to begin their week-long Chusok holiday.
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지난 10월 1일 살레시오 가족 영성의 날을 고덕동의 서울종합직업전문학교에서 했습니다.연휴 때문에 많이 안오면 어쩔까 걱정했었는데 생각보다 많은 사람들이 와서 기뻤습니다. 약 300여명의 살레시오 가족들이 참석해서 우리 영성을 함께 나누고 심화시키는 기회를 가 질 수 있었습니다.
이번 영성의 날 주제는 "현대 사회 안에서의 살레시오 가족정신"이었습니다.
시
작 전례는 까리따스 지원자들이 시작기도를 대신하여 총장 신부님의 2006년 스트렌나 맨 뒤에 나오는 이야기를 조금 바꿔 아름답고 감동적인 구연동화로 만들어 가족 사랑의 중요 성과 아름다움을 메시지로 전달했습니다.
이어서 황명덕 관구장 신부님의 인사와 FMA 방문 평의원인 WILMA수녀님의 인사말이 있었 습니다. 윌마 수녀님은 한국 사회에서 살레시오 가족이 이렇게 크게 성장하고 있는 것이 인상적이라고 말씀하시고, 살레시오 영성을 통해서 사회 안에서 청소년들의 교육과 복음화에 헌신하게 될 때 돈 보스코의 영성은
