Salesian Cooperators in the Region thinking to Macau 2008
ROME: 17th December 2008 -- The World Councillor for the
ASC East Asia
Region, which also includes Cooperators from Oceania, Philip Yu of Hong
Kong, has recently been in Rome for the World Council Meeting.
Given
the adoption of the new Project of Apostolic Life 'ad experimentum',
some minor reorganisation in some regions around the world, and the
writing up of a new commentary for the PAL, the forthcoming Congress in
Macao in May (22-25) 2008, along with similar Regional Congresses in
other parts of the world, takes on considerable importance.
Amongst the groups to 'sign up' for this important
Congress has
been the newest of them in the region - ITM, The East Timor-based
Centre only began on April 30th 2006 with promises by the first six
Salesian Cooperators. However they have 30 aspirants and plans to
begin two new centres, one in Bacau and another in Jakarta. In
both places aspirants are already in formation under the guidance of
one or other SDB/FMA Delegate.
One SDB and
FMA Delegate each and two of the Cooperators are planning to attend the
Macau Conference. It is the intention of the ITM Centre to plan
for
the formation of more members in the coming five year period and, since
a number of the existing members are involved in formal education, to
establish close links with Senior High Schools in order to help form
youngsters who are drawn into situations of violence.
The Macau Congress has set communion and family
(both family at
home and Salesian Family) as central to its discussions. There
will
also be the tasks of electing the new World Councillor from the region,
drawing up a regional Directory, and electing two regional councillors,
one in charge of formation, the other of administration.
Meanwhile, the PAL is now being made available in a
printed edition in English - printed by Lulu.com in an attractive blue
cover pocket-book edition, the link for ordering a copy can be obtained
by requesting it from the appropriate World Councillor, or from austraLasia. _________________ AustraLasia is an
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for the Salesian Family of Asia Pacific. It also functions
as an
agency for ANS based in
Rome.
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