austraLasia #2716
A 'vast movement
of people to evangelise the young': EAO SF Delegates prepare
SAMPRAN (THA): 16
September 2010 -- Salesian Family Delegates, incorporating a range
of people across various Salesian Family Groups, and those responsible
for them at provincial and local level, have begun a five day formation
seminar in Sampran, Thailand, at the Salesian Sisters' Retreat House.
Leadership for this event stems from the initiatives of the Vicar of
the Rector Major, Fr Bregolin and his team, and the Salesian Sisters'
Salesian Family formation team in Rome.
Fr. José Pastor Ramirez (World
Delegate, Past Pupils of Don Bosco), Fr. Stjepan Bolkovac (World
Delegate,
Salesian Cooperators), Sr. Maria Luisa Miranda FMA
(General Councillor for the Salesian Family), Sr. Maritza Ortiz
FMA (World
Delegate, FMA Past Pupils) and Sr. Maria Trigila FMA (World
Delegate, Salesian Cooperators) came from Rome for the event.
The seminar opened on 15 September with the Liturgy
of the Word. Then Sr Maria
Luisa Miranda, Fr
Thepharat Pitisant (the Provincial of the THA Province) and Sr Agnes
Nipha Rangabpit (Provincial of the FMA Thai Province) welcomed all the
participants. There are 10 SDBs and almost
30 FMAs participating in the seminar.
A Presentation of Thailand -
the Land of Smiles and Thai dances from the students of Narivooth
School, Banpong (one of the FMA schools in Thailand), followed
the biblical and formal opening moments. The day ended with a
Welcome dinner for all the participants
of the seminar.
The seminar involves a study of two key documents,
one of the Church (Christifideles Laici) and the other of the
Salesian Family (the Salesian Family Charter, otherwise known as the
Common Mission Statement). The study is intended to resolve
quickly into application, looking in particular at the functioning of
local advisory councils and then the challenging but essential
discussion of 'networking', more than a buzzword today, but a fairly
dramatic change of mentality in an otherwise hierarchically organised
institution!
Participants will enjoy a 'cultural day' on 17
September, to resume work on the 18th which will be focused on the
charismatic element in the Salesian Family and one other important
'real' factor: the diversity of cultures in the Asian setting in
particular, and how these play a role in Salesian Family growth and
accompaniment. Delegates from China, Thailand, Korea and the
Philippines will speak to this issue.
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