3285 Don Bosco's Preventive System: 13 month course, HK
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Don Bosco's Preventive System:
13 month course, HK
HONG KONG: 19
September 2013
-- The first session of the 13-month course on
Don Bosco
Preventive System has started. The session took place on 13
September
2013. The aim of this course is to raise the knowledge
of
Preventive System, expressing it in modern terms, so as to
enhance our
mission of serving the young. This course is planned to be
held every
other year, so that it can achieve the goal of promoting
Salesian
pedagogy and Salesian spirituality. This course is not only
beneficial
to parishes and schools, it will also contribute to the
education of
Hong Kong society.
There will be 13 sessions with different guest speakers who
are
specialized in one or other aspect of the Preventive System.
The themes of the
course are very comprehensive. Different practical
perspectives of
the Preventive System will be presented from a variety
of angles: social
science, modern trends, humanism, family spirit, creativity,
religion,
optimism, accompaniment, etc.
Cardinal Joseph Zen was the first speaker for the course. The
social
background of Don Bosco influenced his pedagogy, which catered
for the
urgent needs of the young in his time. He also studied and
collected
what others were doing for the young in order to develop his
own
pedagogy. The Oratory was not invented by Don Bosco but he
initiated
the boarding oratory. Don Bosco also had a good number of
photos taken, something
quite unusual for his time. He wanted to promote his work but
not
himself. These matters reflected that Don Bosco was very
sensitive to the
situational factors of his time when he was serving the young
as the
mission of his life.
There
will be one session each month. On finishing the whole course,
given
85% attendance and completing a case study, a graduation
certificate will be presented to the participant.
