austraLasia #2874
 
Upcoming Mission Study Day in the Region

THAILAND: 19 June 2011 -- One part of the Region, the East Asia part, is in the proximate stage of planning for what is being billed as the East Asia Mission Study Day involving a wide range of Salesian Family members. The event is scheduled for 14-18 August at Sampram, Thailand.
    The Salesian SDB and FMA Mission Councillors are behind this event, backed by their respective departments.  It is the FMA Thai Province which will in fact be hosting the event, which will bring in 45 members of the Salesian Family (SDB, FMA, SIHM, ACS, DQM, SCJ).
    Clearly this event is a foretaste of the 2012 Salesian Mission Day theme "Telling the Story of Jesus". The choice has been made to restrict this particular August event to East Asia since the focus is primarily on first proclamation, a key issue in that part of the Region. While some of the resource persons are from within the Salesian Family, care has also been taken to think outside the box and involve several other resource persons - from Thailand itself - who are not Salesian.
    A number of the reflections that will 'feed' the event are already coming in, and they make interesting reading. Participants have been asked to 'story' their experience via four questions:
    (1) Where you live and work, what has been your experience of initial proclamation of Jesus to young people and adults?
    (2) What questions emerge, what challenges are there, and what opportunities present for initial proclamation in your particular context?
    (3) Within the multicultural, multi-religious and poor contexts of East Asia, what contribution can religious awareness and sensitivity make (bearing in mind traditional and new forms of religious experience)? What attitudes do you encounter amongst the more marginalised (due to culture, financial means, moral life)?
    (4) Collect experiences and reflections emerging from your own context regarding initial proclamation of Jesus who was born, died and rose again in west Asia, yet even today the Church remains a 'little flock' in all of Asia (Ecclesia in Asia, n.1)

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