First Meeting of the 3
Provincial councils of SDB, FMA and VDB in VietNam
TAM HA - December 11, 2016: At
8:00 AM of the Third Sunday of Advent, the first and historical meeting of the
3 provincial councils of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), the Daughters of
Mary Help of Christians (FMA) and the Volunteers of Don Bosco (VDB) was held at
the provincial house of FMA Tam Ha, Thu Duc district.
Present at the meeting were Fr. Joseph Nguyen Van Quang,
provincial of SDB, Sr. Vu Thi Kim Lien, provincial of FMA, the superior of VDB
in VietNam and all councillors of the three provincial councils. The total
number of the participants was 21.
The meeting started at 8:00 AM as scheduled in which the
participants spent time to exchange ideas on what they have been done together
in the past years concerning the Formation, Youth Ministry, Social Communications,
Salesian Family. They also discuss about the common concerns and the possible
plan of the year 2017, especially the course of Youth Ministry which will be
held by the end of September 2017 by Fr. Fabio Attard, the general councillor
for Youth Ministry.
The participants also discuss about the schedule of welcoming
the visit of the Rector Major in February 2017. Fr. A.F Artime, Rector Major of
SDB and the Superior of the Salesian Family in the world, will come to VietNam
from Feb. 20, 2017 to Feb. 27, 2017. During one week, he wants to meet all the
members of the Salesian Family in VietNam, including the Salesians, the Daughters
Mary Help of Christians, Volunteers of Don Bosco, Past Pupils, Cooperators,
especially the Youth.
This will be the first visit of the Rector Major in VietNam, so the
meeting of the Salesian Family with the Rector Major will be organized in
Saigon, Dalat, and in the North of VietNam (Thai Binh diocese).
By the end of the meeting, 2 things were chosen by common
consent:
·The
meeting of the 3 provincial councils will be held once a year by the end of May
or the beginning of June. So the next meeting will be in May or June 2017.
·Formation
and Youth Ministry Delegates of the 3 provincial councils will come together to
exchange views on the youth service, and then propose as the theme for the next
meeting.
First Meeting of the 3 Provincial councils of SDB, FMA and VDB in VietNam
TAM HA - December 11, 2016: At 8:00 AM of the Third Sunday of Advent, the first and historical meeting of the 3 provincial councils of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) and the Volunteers of Don Bosco (VDB) was held at the provincial house of FMA Tam Ha, Thu Duc district.
Present at the meeting were Fr. Joseph Nguyen Van Quang, provincial of SDB, Sr. Vu Thi Kim Lien, provincial of FMA, the superior of VDB in VietNam and all councillors of the three provincial councils. The total number of the participants was 21.
The meeting started at 8:00 AM as scheduled in which the participants spent time to exchange ideas on what they have been done together in the past years concerning the Formation, Youth Ministry, Social Communications, Salesian Family. They also discuss about the common concerns and the possible plan of the year 2017, especially the course of Youth Ministry which will be held by the end of September 2017 by Fr. Fabio Attard, the general councillor for Youth Ministry.
The participants also discuss about the schedule of welcoming the visit of the Rector Major in February 2017. Fr. A.F Artime, Rector Major of SDB and the Superior of the Salesian Family in the world, will come to VietNam from Feb. 20, 2017 to Feb. 27, 2017. During one week, he wants to meet all the members of the Salesian Family in VietNam, including the Salesians, the Daughters Mary Help of Christians, Volunteers of Don Bosco, Past Pupils, Cooperators, especially the Youth.
This will be the first visit of the Rector Major in VietNam, so the meeting of the Salesian Family with the Rector Major will be organized in Saigon, Dalat, and in the North of VietNam (Thai Binh diocese).
By the end of the meeting, 2 things were chosen by common consent:
· The meeting of the 3 provincial councils will be held once a year by the end of May or the beginning of June. So the next meeting will be in May or June 2017.
· Formation and Youth Ministry Delegates of the 3 provincial councils will come together to exchange views on the youth service, and then propose as the theme for the next meeting.
Fr. Peter Chinh, SDB