austraL
asia #2589 (By way
of
explanation - the previous aLa was sent 'on the road' and numbered
#2590
when I didn't have access to the list. 2589 fills in the missing
number!)
Samoan Teachers reflect:
Educating with the Heart of Don
Bosco
ALAFUA: 8th February -- As part of their Staff Conference to
commence the 2010 school year the staff of Don Bosco Technical Centre,
Alafua, Samoa, spent time coming to know Don Bosco and his Preventive
System more deeply and reflecting on their role as Salesian Educators.
The event took place towards the end of January.
Fr Bernie Graham sdb, Delegate for Youth Ministry
for
the Australia-Pacific province, provided input and led the reflection
process over three extended sessions, one each day, under the theme
“Educating with the Heart of Don Bosco”. The three sessions were:
1.Don Bosco and the Preventive System
2.The Preventive System and the Gospels
3.A Salesian Educational Vision for Samoa
The conference also included the Celebration of
Eucharist each day and Morning and Evening Prayer utilising the
beauties
of both the Samoan and English languages and styles of liturgy.
About 25 staff participated in the seminar including
Fr Petelo Vito Pau sdb, Rector and Principal, Sr Monika Viapuna RNDM,
Deputy Principal, and Salesians on staff, Frs Sefo Mulipola, Falani
Felise and Aleki Piula.
The staff were encouraged and challenged to begin
interpreting the Preventive System and Don Bosco’s vision for the
education and evangelisation of the young into the Samoan culture and
context and into the specific context of the Technical Centre.
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