austraLasia #2320
Preventive System and Human Rights: trust, hope, alliance
ROME: 3rd January 2009 -- With a significant presence from the East Asia-Oceania and South Asia Regions, in excess of 40 people between the two regions, the long-prepared VIS (International Volunteers for Development) Congress on the Preventive System and Human Rights is underway in Rome. It is very well attended, full to the brim in fact.
The important thing for readers to note is that they can follow the proceedings and some of the more interesting addresses with ease via both ANS and sdb.org - the latter offers a link also to the VIS website where you can pick up the material from the Congress. And SDL is also preserving the material long-term, so as each day concludes you can check on material of interest through that channel as well.
One of the exceptional presentations so far has been by Fr Jean-Marie Petitclerc of France. Jean-Marie is an expert in both the Preventive System and Human Rights by whatever measure you wish to apply. As a Salesian working directly with the difficult situations in suburbs (the word 'banlieu' has become well known worldwide for all the wrong reasons due to the French experience of recent times) he has founded the Valdocco Association in both Paris and Lyon. The work and its positive results soon became obvious to Government, and he works as a consultant to the Ministry for Housing and the Cities in the current French Government.
His Congress address (The most significant values of the Preventive System) would be usable in many contexts. You can find it on the SDL English collection by searching under Petitclerc under 'Author'. Jean Marie reminds his listeners-readers that Don Bosco, visiting Paris in 1883, told people there "If you don't take care of young people now, they will soon keep you very busy". Prophetic words for today's France, but not only. He points out that what characterises today's youth, as in Don Bosco's time, are their lack of trust towards adults, their anxiety for the future, and the difficulties they experience in the process of socialisation, and then offers Salesian pedagogy as represented by the Preventive System, as a response: a pedagogy of trust, hope and alliance.
The congress will conclude on 6th January.
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Title: australasia 2320
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Date (year): 2008
ID: 2000-2099|2320
Preventive System and Human Rights: trust, hope, alliance
ROME: 3rd January 2009 -- With a significant presence from the East Asia-Oceania and South Asia Regions, in excess of 40 people between the two regions, the long-prepared VIS (International Volunteers for Development) Congress on the Preventive System and Human Rights is underway in Rome. It is very well attended, full to the brim in fact.
The important thing for readers to note is that they can follow the proceedings and some of the more interesting addresses with ease via both ANS and sdb.org - the latter offers a link also to the VIS website where you can pick up the material from the Congress. And SDL is also preserving the material long-term, so as each day concludes you can check on material of interest through that channel as well.
One of the exceptional presentations so far has been by Fr Jean-Marie Petitclerc of France. Jean-Marie is an expert in both the Preventive System and Human Rights by whatever measure you wish to apply. As a Salesian working directly with the difficult situations in suburbs (the word 'banlieu' has become well known worldwide for all the wrong reasons due to the French experience of recent times) he has founded the Valdocco Association in both Paris and Lyon. The work and its positive results soon became obvious to Government, and he works as a consultant to the Ministry for Housing and the Cities in the current French Government.
His Congress address (The most significant values of the Preventive System) would be usable in many contexts. You can find it on the SDL English collection by searching under Petitclerc under 'Author'. Jean Marie reminds his listeners-readers that Don Bosco, visiting Paris in 1883, told people there "If you don't take care of young people now, they will soon keep you very busy". Prophetic words for today's France, but not only. He points out that what characterises today's youth, as in Don Bosco's time, are their lack of trust towards adults, their anxiety for the future, and the difficulties they experience in the process of socialisation, and then offers Salesian pedagogy as represented by the Preventive System, as a response: a pedagogy of trust, hope and alliance.
The congress will conclude on 6th January.
_________________
AustraLasia is an email service for the Salesian Family of Asia Pacific. It also functions as an agency for ANS based in Rome. For queries please contact admin@bosconet.aust.com . Use Bosconet-wiki to be interactive. RSS feeds - just go to Bosconet, click on austraLasia 2008 in the sidebar. You will see the RSS orange icon in your browser address bar - add it from there. Avail yourself of the Salesian Digital Library at http://sdl.sdb.org
Title: australasia 2320
Subject and key words:
Date (year): 2008
ID: 2000-2099|2320
