HONG KONG:
18 January 2012 --
According to custom, the China Province organizes a Salesian
Family
Spiritual Day in mid-January every year. Leaders from the
Daughters of
Mary of Christians, Sisters Announcers of the Lord, Salesian
Cooperators, Past Pupils, Don Bosco Volunteers and Mary Help
of
Christians Association, gather to share the Salesian
spirituality and
charism and study the Rector Major's Strenna, so that we can
walk
together with other Salesian Families in the world and fulfill
the
mission of Don Bosco. This gathering was held on 15 January
2012 at
Tang King Po School.
The Rector Major has decided that 2015 is a
'Salesian Holy Year',
the bicentenary of the Birth of Don Bosco. He also set out the
theme
for the coming 3 years – to know Don Bosco, study his
preventive system
and deeply understand his spirituality. We hope this 2015
preparation
and eventual celebration will benefit us to the greatest
extent.
Therefore, the main purpose of the Tang King Po gathering was
to
understand the general goal, the resources available and our
action
plan for the goal.
Fr. Simon Lam, Provincial of China Province, explained
what such a
'Salesian Holy Year' is. He mentioned that the aim was to
invite us to
imitate Don Bosco and sanctify our daily lives. He emphasized
how we
could shape ourselves after Don Bosco and allow Don Bosco to
be born
again through us on the earth. Fr. Simon indicated that every
action
should be done consciously for God and connected with God.
Giving
meaning to every action was referred to as “the deep water” in
the
Gospel's “Put out into the deep” (Luke 5:4). He also gave us 3
practical hints on how to put out into the deep: i.e. to
connect every
action to God, to do it with a heart for unifying people
around us, and
to always remember and to think about God.
Fr. Antonio Leung shared the following thoughts with us:
we can use
Salesian China Province online resources for our continuous
formation.
He introduced the rich collection of online resources on the
web. Using
the search function, we can easily locate the relevant
resources that
are available. The Salesian network in China Province website
is a
network to connect all units of the Salesian Family together.
Fr.
Antonio hoped that all of us could set www.sdb.org.hk as the
front page
of our internet browser.
Following a sharing, Fr. Andrew Fung, Vice-Provincial,
guided us to
use Don Bosco’s trait – “dreaming” for the coming 3-year
preparation
and the 2015 celebration. The mission and vision is set out
for the
coming 3 years. One person’s dream is but one dream, however.
If more
people dream the same dream, it will come true.
The ideas dreamed by participants were recorded, listed and
will be
further discussed each unit's meeting. This gives us a basis
for more
tangible actions to be taken in the 3-year preparation.
Finally, the Salesian family offered all
their dreams to God for his blessing in the evening.
