austraLasia

?

Shortcut

PrevPrev Article

NextNext Article

Larger Font Smaller Font Up Down Go comment Print Attachment
VIE
2017.04.12 02:56

4347_Vietnam, how beautiful!

Views 610 Comment 0

20170411_VIE.jpg


Follow-up of the Rector Major in Vietnam: Are you happy? In communion - Have a vision! - Clericalism


By Fr. Joseph Nguyen Van Quang, SDB


HCM City, Vietnam, 11 April 2017 -- Probably the first bi-lingual circular letter of VIE (Vietnam - Mongolia) province was send on March 24 as the wrap up and follow up after the historical one week long visit of Fr. Angel F. Artime to Vietnam on February 20-27, 2017.


In the first part of his 4 page long letter Fr. Quang reflects on the main message and pointers of the Rector Major during his visit last February, starting with the impressions left among the 250 confreres met during one week:


"Fr. Angel enjoyed the happiness to be with the young and with all of us. He left us, the Salesians, the message of loving kindness, cheerfulness, friendliness, joyful approachability, familiarity, and also, transparency in facing various problems. He has left so much lovely impacts upon us and also he carried with himself with those affections. Meeting me personally, he repeated not a few times: “Vietnam, how beautiful [very good]!”


Then Fr. Quang shares in four main messages - indications for the growth of the Salesian Charism in the province:


1. ARE YOU HAPPY?


" This was the central question raised by our Rector Major to the young and also to us in the meetings. Am I really happy in my consecration? Do I consider my community as my own home and the confreres as my genuine brothers in the family? Or my life is simply one to be pitifully dragged on without any direction/sense/meaning? .... and my true identity is expressed to be a life without any commitment, or with some hidden agenda of self-compensation."


2. IN COMMUNION


This is the second term repeated frequently by the Rector Major as he met us. This is clearly expressed in our Constitutions.... Nevertheless, the modern and consumerist life of today pulls us to somehow a selfish, individualistic one, more caring for oneself with an easy and comfort life, being difficult to reach out to the young. Individualism detaches oneself from community life, dropping community activities at any pretext, to the point of being absent from community prayer moments as prescribed explicitly in our Constitutions and Regulations....


I plead you to go back to the community life, being strongly aware of my total belonging to the community, committing to build up my community, fighting against individualistic temptations that certainly terminate the validity of my Salesian consecrated life...


The Rector Major assess that the living up to “the sense of belonging” is an actual challenge to our Province; to live a life of belonging to the community and to live up to the demands of community life is vital! ...


3. HAVE A VISION!


The GC 27 insists that the province, local communities and presences should have their respective vision. Each confrere, local community, presence and work should have the planning mentality which is expressed with their strategic, operational plans for the growth and development to the person, community and the whole province...


These strategic and operational plans of the Provincial community, local ones, presences, departments, sectors and works should be specific, practical to serve the young, in particular, the poorer ones. Any plan that does not respond to this goal needs to be revised, since the Rector Major constantly recalls us the requirements of our Salesian Charism, mission and identity.


In that sense, the Salesian parishes should not restrict themselves with regular activities like those in other non-Salesian parishes. The diocese entrusts parishes to the Province with the clear expectation that we actualize our charism, mission and identity ... And according to the Rector Major’s instruction, any Salesian parish priest [pastor] who does not accept this line of action [primarily to serve the young], neglecting youth ministry, needs to be replaced by another one.


In addition, the Rector Major recommends us not to hesitate in inviting lay people to share our mission and services. Let us learn to work with them as co-partners, with co-responsibility, and not as hired employees. Particularly, in the modern world, lay people have their irreplaceable roles.


4. CLERICALISM


This term is frequently repeated with explicit anxiety by the Rector Major in all meetings with the Salesians, in particular, in the recent Team Visit 2017 (Hua Hin). He recalls the Pope Francis..... warning for the Church of today; it is a warning against a distressing situation in the Church life: Clericalism. This is the tendency or option to raise the clerical [priestly] status to a high class in the society, to seek for power and to run after money. This is in fact a lifestyle that causes great damages to the Church; yet, unfortunately it is gradually spreading with various forms."


The Circular reflects faithfully the frank, open, kind and courageous interaction of Fr. Angel during his several meetings with different groups of confreres during the Vietnam visit. The full text of the VIE (Vietnam - Mongolia) provincial letter in Vietnamese and English is available on the BOSCOLINK. The original is uploaded on the VIE new website: http://sdbvn.net.




20170411_VIE1.jpg


20170411_VIE2.jpg


20170411_VIE3.jpg


20170411_VIE4.jpg


20170411_VIE5.jpg


Attach

Drag and drop your files here, or Click attach files button.

Maximum File Size : 0MB (Allowed extentsions : *.*)

0 file(s) attached ( / )

  1. 4368(I)_Fr. John Murhpy Senior, SDB passed away

    Salesian for the poor and Mission partners By Bro. David O'Brien, SDB Melbourne, Australia, 30 April 2017 -- I believe Fr. John Murphy (Senior) was born in the Melbourne suburb of Middle Park on May 15 1924. He was finally professed on 31 J...
    Date2017.05.09 CategoryAUL Reply0 Views942 file
    Read More
  2. 4367(II)_Priestly Ordination of John Bosco Taniguchi Ryohei

    By Mr. Okawa Chihiro Provincial Social Communication Team Tokyo, Japan, 1 May 2017 -- On Sunday, April 30, from 2pm, the priestly ordination of John Bosco Taniguchi Ryohei took place at the Salesian parish of Himon-ya in Meguro, Tokyo. Incl...
    Date2017.05.09 CategoryGIA Reply0 Views663 file
    Read More
  3. 4367(I)_EAO Congress Preparation (8)

    KOR: Enthusiasm and energy in formation By Mr. Celestino Yu, ASC KOR Provincial Coordinator Seoul, Korea, 1 May 2017 -- At present in the Korean Province we have 395 Salesian Cooperators with promise (including 74 inactive members who didn'...
    Date2017.05.09 CategoryKOR Reply0 Views548 file
    Read More
  4. 4366_EAO Congress Preparation (7)

    Salesian Cooperators of Japan getting closer to the young By Mrs. Kazumi Maruyama, ASC GIA Province Coordinator Tokyo, Japan, 30 April 2017 -- Heartfelt greetings from Japan, just one week before many of you will come to Tokyo for the 9th E...
    Date2017.05.09 CategoryGIA Reply0 Views558 file
    Read More
  5. 4365(IV)_Quo Vadis Salesian Parish in Vietnam?

    The journey is going on! By Our Own Correspondent HCM City, Vietnam, 29 April 2017 -- 42 years ago a variety of small, humble, poor and mainly rural parishes in Vietnam became the first opportunity for the young Vice-province a good chance ...
    Date2017.05.09 CategoryVIE Reply0 Views542 file
    Read More
  6. 4365(III)_First ADMA spiritual retreat in Japan

    Easter Octave with wonderful sakura spring background By Fr. Mario Yamanouchi, SDB Hamamatsu, Japan, 24 April 2017 -- During a wonderful spring period of full splendid sakura period near the lake Kawaguchi at the foot of the Mt Fuji was hel...
    Date2017.05.09 CategoryGIA Reply0 Views599 file
    Read More
  7. 4365(II)_EAO Congress preparation (6)

    FIS - Cebu Province By Mila Wurtich ASC Provincial Coordinator Cebu, the Philippines, 29 April 2017 -- During past 3 years FIS Province has 10 Centers and 300 Salesian Cooperators with an average age 50-60 years.T there is one more new Cent...
    Date2017.05.09 CategoryASC Reply0 Views476 file
    Read More
  8. 4365(I)_EAO Congress preparation (5)

    Cambodia Delegation sharing By Fr. Leo Ochoa, SDB Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 29 April 2017 -- We are happy to share our situation to the EAO Regional Congress with participation of three ASC members from Cambodia. Local Center ASC Mamma Margaret...
    Date2017.05.09 CategoryCamb. Reply0 Views492 file
    Read More
  9. 4364_Heroic sister helps her fellowmen

    By Bp. Rolando Santos, CM Bishop of Diocese of Alotau-Sideia Alotau-Sideia, PNG, 28 April 2017 -- Sr. Ma Theresa Trinh Vu Phuong, FMA, has been helping Vietnamese fishermen to be freed and repatriated to their home country. Over 130 of thes...
    Date2017.05.09 CategoryFMA Reply0 Views693 file
    Read More
  10. 4363_First IUS-EAO Regional Conference

    By Fr. Ariel Macatangay, SDB Tokyo, Japan, 26 April 2017 -- The Salesian Higher Education Institutions (IUS) in East Asia Oceania (EAO) had their First Regional Conference from 22 to 26 April. The Conference was well attended by six institu...
    Date2017.05.09 CategoryGIA Reply0 Views1117 file
    Read More
List
Board Pagination Prev 1 ... 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 ... 544 Next
/ 544