【慈幼通訊社 ─ 2024 年11月11 日羅馬慈幼總部訊】 ─ 今天，11 月 11 日，我們紀念1875 年，第一支傳教士遠征隊的出發！ 這一重要的紀念活動拉開了 2025 年慈幼傳教 150 週年慶祝活動的序幕。
感恩：我們感謝上主賜給傳教聖召的恩寵，使鮑思高神父的的神子們今天能夠向 137 個國家的貧苦無告青少年伸出援手。
反思：這是一個適當的機會，可以根據新的挑戰和新的觀點，重新思考和發展慈幼會的新願景，從而引發新的傳教學的反思。
重新出發：我們不僅有值得紀念、感恩的光輝歷史，還有尚未完成的偉大使命！我們以傳教士的心火和熱情展望未來，以便能夠接觸到更多貧苦無告的年輕人。
150週年慶祝活動將主要在各會省舉行：邀請每個會省在內部開展具體的傳教活動，或大力加強現有的活動，這些活動將成為這一慶祝活動的永久標誌。
在修會層面，新任總會長將於 2025 年 11 月 11 日在華道角的聖母進教之佑大殿主持傳教士派遣禮。這是修會在聖母進教之佑面前重申其傳教承諾的慶祝活動。
慈幼傳教事業議員Alfredo MARAVILLA神父指出：「所有不同級別的慶祝活動都有一個目標，就是保持修會的傳教精神和熱情，以促進慈幼會和教會中更大的傳教熱情和慷慨。是慈幼會士的傳教精神重振修會，使傳教事業保持活力，並吸引新的聖召。」
突顯主題的標誌由來自捷克的 Martina Mončeková 製作。它展現了被海浪沖刷的世界，既像徵勇氣和新的挑戰，也像徵著活力和奔放。這是一種不斷增長的動力，越來越傾向於新的傳教視野。三個紅色數字代表慈幼會標誌和新的傳教熱情之火。中間是一艘船，象徵第一次傳教士遠征（1875年）。從圖中我們可以看出，傳教精神不是個別的事實，而是鮑思高神父留給修會和整個慈幼家庭的魅力元素。圓輪的形狀寓意統一、相互連結。標誌由三個關鍵字和突出的周年紀念數字“150”變得更有吸引力。
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(ANS – Rome–RMG, 11 November 2024) – Today, 11 November, we remember the distant 1875 when the first missionary expedition set out! The commemoration of this important event opens the celebrations for the 150th anniversary in 2025. The slogan chosen for the occasion helps us enter into this anniversary: Give thanks, Rethink, Relaunch.
Give Thanks: We give thanks to God for the gift of missionary vocation which enables the sons of Don Bosco today to reach out to poor and abandoned youth in 137 countries.
Rethink: This is an opportune occasion to rethink and develop a renewed vision on the Salesian Missions in the light of new challenges and new perspectives which led to new missiological reflections.
Relaunch: We have not only a glorious history to remember and be grateful for, but also a great history still to be accomplished! We look to the future with missionary zeal and enthusiasm so that we may reach out to even more poor and abandoned youth.
Celebrations for 150th anniversary will be mainly at the Province level: each Province is invited to undertake a concrete missionary initiative internally or to significantly strengthen existing initiatives that will become permanent signs of this celebration.
At the congregational level, the new Rector Major will preside over the missionary send-off on 11 November 2025 in the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Valdocco. It is a celebration with which the Congregation renews its missionary commitment in front of Mary Help of Christians.
“All the celebrations at different levels have a single goal”, explains Fr Alfred Maravilla, General Councillor for Missions, “to keep the missionary spirit and enthusiasm alive in the Congregation, in order to promote greater missionary zeal and generosity among the Salesians and the entire EPC. It is the missionary spirit of the Salesians that revitalises the Congregation, keeping it vibrant and attractive to new vocations”, he pointed out.
The logo that sums up the theme was produced by Martina Mončeková, from Czechia. It shows the world globe washed by waves, that symbolize both courage and new challenges, but also dynamism and unrestrainedness. It is a growing dynamic which tends more and more towards new missionary horizons. Three red figures refer to the Salesian logo and to the fire of a renewed missionary enthusiasm. In the middle is a ship, a symbol of the first missionary expedition (1875). The picture shows us that the missionary spirit is not an individual fact, but a charismatic element left by Don Bosco to the Congregation and the entire Salesian Family. The shape of the wheel means unity and mutual connection. The logo is complemented by the three key words and the highlighted anniversary number “150”.
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