【慈幼通訊社 ─ 2024 年3月 20 日葡萄牙里斯本訊】 ─ 2024年8月29日至9月1日，第九屆進教之佑國際大會將於葡萄牙花地瑪舉辦。是次大會的主要目的是了解、進一步探索並推廣對進教之佑的敬禮。大會於3月15日在里斯本舉行了新聞發布會，邀請了葡萄牙會省省會長Tarcízio Morais神父介紹是次大會，並提供更多這慈幼家庭重要活動的相關訊息。
歷屆進教之佑國際大會皆由「聖母進教之佑善會」（ADMA）籌備，為慈幼家庭各個組別參與，大家都在瑪利亞身上找到所有聖召的母親和導師。
第九屆進教之佑國際大會的主題是《我給你一位女導師！》，以重溫聖若望鮑思高的九歲奇夢，而慈幼家庭正好在今年慶祝奇夢二百週年。
此會議四年一屆，是一個非常重要的聚會。因此，慈幼家庭的所有組別都被邀請參與這個重要的團結和虔敬的機會。這次在葡萄牙舉辦的獨特大會，將會讓所有慈幼家庭的成員都能感受恩寵的時刻。
進教之佑國際大會已開始接受報名，網上提供了個人或團體方式的報名表格。目前已有約500名參加者，包括來自世界各地的慈幼家庭個人和團體成員；當中約70%是平信徒，19%是修會男女會士，9%是神父。
大會將準備一系列培育計劃，分為五個主題和十個講臺，探索鮑思高神父的九歲奇夢。奇夢中的第一個主題當然是慶禮院的使命：在這裡，將分析教育神恩和預防教育法作為成聖之道。第二個主題強調生命的奧秘乃召叫和使命，這是在每個人之內，但卻大於人的。在這些講臺，將邀請人反思：信仰、辨別召叫、靈性鬥爭和基督徒生活等問題。
第三個主題要求反思天主的臨在和奧秘，這包括與主相遇的經驗和宣告、皈依和信仰、默觀和行動、禮儀和使徒工作。第四個主題介紹慈幼神修的風格：仁愛。目標是推廣一種完全被天主的愛德所啟發的愛的教育，因此呈現一種建立關係的作風，具有謙卑和溫良、仁慈與和藹的特徵。最後一個主題將討論教會的女性和母性在天主整個計劃中的面貌。
慈幼會副總會長Stefano Martoglio神父，及母佑會總會長賈素娜修女（Chiara Cazzuola）將出席是次大會。此外，烏克蘭頓涅茨克Maksym Ryabukha輔理主教亦將與會，他將向大會參與者分享在戰火下的團體中實踐鮑思高神夢的經歷，並在最後一晚主持玫瑰經和聖像遊行到花地瑪聖母聖殿。
大會預計將有以下講者參與：羅馬慈幼宗座大學院長Andrea Bozzolo神父；西班牙聖經學者Juan José Bartolomé神父；系統神學專家Adriana Silva Castillo修女；以及心理學家和心理治療師Maria Rita Scrimieri，她同時是慈幼協進會士，也是Work of the Living Tabernacles（生活約櫃的事工）研究中心的創辦人和統籌人。
大會的重點環節將會是第一天舉行開幕禮。之後會參觀花地瑪聖地，並邀請來自世界各地的學者和進教之佑虔敬者進行不同的講座，以討論和反思進教之佑的傳承和影響，而這形像對天主教歷史和信徒生活是這麼重要。
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Portugal – 9th International Congress of Mary Help of Christians in Fatima
(ANS – Portugal –Lisbon, 20 March 2024) – From 29 August to 1 September 2024, Fatima will host the 9th International Congress of Mary Help of Christians. The main aim of this Congress is to get to know, further explore and spread devotion to Mary Help of Christians. A press conference was held on 15 March, in Lisbon, also involving the Provincial of Portugal, Fr Tarcízio Morais, to present the event. Further relevant information about this important event of the Salesian Family was offered there.
The International Congresses of Mary Help of Christians are events organised by the Association of Mary Help of Christians (ADMA) for all the groups of the Salesian Family, who find in Mary the Mother and Teacher of all vocations.
The theme chosen for the 9th International Congress of Mary Help of Christians, «I will give you a Teacher!, recalls Don Bosco’s Childhood Dream, whose Bicentenary the Salesian Family is celebrating this year.
These meetings, which are usually held every four years, are a very important occasion for everyone. Therefore, all groups of the Salesian Family are called to participate in this important occasion of unity and devotion. The organisation of this congress in Portugal is a unique event that is experienced by all members of the Salesian Family as a moment of grace.
Registration for the International Congress of Mary Help of Christians is already underway and can be done individually or in groups using the forms available on the congress website. To date, around 500 participants have registered, both individuals and groups of the Salesian Family from various countries; around 70% are lay people, 19% religious men and women and 9% priests.
The formation process designed as preparation for the Congress will seek to explore the dream at nine years of age and will be divided into five topics and 10 stages. The first topic in the dream is, of course, the Oratory mission: here the educational charism and the Preventive System as a path to holiness will be analysed. The second topic underlines the mystery of life as vocation and mission, something that is inside every human being, but bigger than the human being. In these stages peoplewill be invited to reflect on the question of faith, vocational discernment, spiritual struggle and Christian life.
The third topic calls for reflection on the experience of God as presence and mystery – an experience that involves the themes of encounter and proclamation, conversion and faith, contemplation and action, liturgy and apostolate. The fourth topic presents the style of the Salesian charism: loving-kindness. The aim will be to promote a pedagogy of love, totally inspired by God’s charity, and therefore a relational style characterised by humility and gentleness, benevolence and affability. The last topic will provide an opportunity to discuss the feminine and maternal face of the Church, in the whole of God’s plan.
The Congress will be attended by Fr Stefano Martoglio, Vicar of the Rector Major, and Mother Chiara Cazzuola, Mother General of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians. Also taking part will be the Auxiliary Bishop of Donetsk, Ukraine, Maksym Ryabukha, SDB, who will give his testimony to the participants of the Congress on what it means to live the dream of Don Bosco in the midst of a community at war, and who, on the last evening, will preside over the rosary and the procession to the Shrine of Fatima.
Among the speakers the following are expected: Fr Andrea Bozzolo, SDB, Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical Salesian University (UPS) in Rome; Spanish biblical scholar Fr Juan José Bartolomé, SDB; specialist in Systematic Theology, Sr Adriana Silva Castillo, FMA; and psychologist and psychotherapist Maria Rita Scrimieri, Salesian Cooperator, Founder and Coordinator of the “Work of the Living Tabernacles” Study Centre.
As far as the programme is concerned, the highlight will be the opening celebration, which will be held on the first day of the Congress. There will also be visits to the sites in Fatima and various talks by academics and devotees of Mary Help of Christians from all over the world, who will discuss and reflect on the legacy and influence of this figure so central to the history of the Catholic Church and the lives of the faithful. For more information, please visit: https://mariaauxiliadora2024.pt/en