austra L asia 1165
Korea: ASC in 38 Centres
SEOUL: 14th June 2005 -- The Association of Salesian Cooperators (ASC) in South Korea, in the light of a changeover of its provincial council membership, has been taking stock. With some 38 Centres throughout the nation and 500 members, the Korean ASC is a strong organisation, also ready to acknowledge where its weaker points might lie.
The association has a regular newsletter, KOSCO, one of two such newsletters in the EAO region (the other being Japan). Roughly 600 copies of this are distributed each time. There is also an online edition http://www.iacs.or.kr Their news service is fed by five active correspondents throughout the Centres.
The outgoing Coordinator, Mr Henry Woo, under whose presidency the 5th EAO ASC Conference was held in Seoul last year, has recognised the growth in numbers over the past six years, but acknowledges that while individual apostolates are excellent, the common apostolate of Centres is not always as strongly marked.
The initial formation of members is well planned, based on a 3 year cycle with appropriate printed materials to help. But Mr Woo indicated that ongoing formation remains a challenge for the Association. The new Coordinator, who has a term of three years, along with other newly elected members of the council, is Mr Kim Hyun Soo (John).
VOCABULARY
take stock: to look at resources, activities over the recent past
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Korea: ASC in 38 Centres
SEOUL: 14th June 2005 -- The Association of Salesian Cooperators (ASC) in South Korea, in the light of a changeover of its provincial council membership, has been taking stock. With some 38 Centres throughout the nation and 500 members, the Korean ASC is a strong organisation, also ready to acknowledge where its weaker points might lie.
The association has a regular newsletter, KOSCO, one of two such newsletters in the EAO region (the other being Japan). Roughly 600 copies of this are distributed each time. There is also an online edition http://www.iacs.or.kr Their news service is fed by five active correspondents throughout the Centres.
The outgoing Coordinator, Mr Henry Woo, under whose presidency the 5th EAO ASC Conference was held in Seoul last year, has recognised the growth in numbers over the past six years, but acknowledges that while individual apostolates are excellent, the common apostolate of Centres is not always as strongly marked.
The initial formation of members is well planned, based on a 3 year cycle with appropriate printed materials to help. But Mr Woo indicated that ongoing formation remains a challenge for the Association. The new Coordinator, who has a term of three years, along with other newly elected members of the council, is Mr Kim Hyun Soo (John).
VOCABULARY
take stock: to look at resources, activities over the recent past
__________________
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