Message of Unity in Diversity and Accompaniment

By SC TLS

Comoro, Dili, Timor-Leste 2 May 2024 -- Upon their arrival at the Provincial House community, Fr Joan Lluís Playà, SDB, and Brother Dominic Nam Nguyen, SDB, just took some time to rest in order to begin their animation visit to the TLS vice-province. Some members of different groups of the Salesian Family from Maliana and Dili gathered at the AVR hall to greet and meet the two world delegates. Fr Joan is the world delegate for the Salesian Family and Brother Dominic is the world delegate for the Salesian Cooperators and Past-Pupils of Don Bosco.

After the opening prayer led by Fr Nelson Gonçalves, SDB, the TLS Delegate for Salesian Family, Fr Joan and Brother Dominic welcomed the participants with a short video presentation. After that, there was an exchange of thoughts, feelings, and experiences between the participants and the delegates regarding the video.

The two world delegates listened carefully to the participants who wanted to know more about the condition of the Salesian Family at the world level and how to bring together this real and enormous force of the Salesian Family at the local to serve the poor young people. Each group of the Salesian Family has its autonomy to do things and yet all of them must be going in the same direction, to the same mission as Don Bosco wanted. For this reason, there must be an accompaniment program for the leaders of each group of the Salesian Family. Participants in this meeting are the representatives from the Salesian Cooperators, ADMA of Malians and Dili chapters, past pupils of Don Bosco, FMA sisters, and Salesians of Don Bosco.

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