慈幼會派遣第148批傳教士 148th Missionary Salesian Expedition

 148th Missionary Salesian Expedition

【慈幼通訊社 2017 9 18 意大利都靈訊】 ─ 現在距離慈幼會派遣第148批傳教士不足一星期:924日主日,將會一如以往,向首次出外福傳的傳教士送上十字聖架:范達民神父將在都靈進教之佑大殿主持彌撒聖祭,並以鮑思高第十任繼承人的身份,派遣慈幼會及母佑會傳教士,向他們的目的地進發,展開他們的新旅程。慈幼家庭的傳教士,時刻扮演著主人翁的角色。

 

總會長一再提醒整個修會說:「我們不要忘記自己的本源和神恩身份:對那些毫不保留地接納這份福傳召叫,往訓萬民的人來說,就是一份祝福。他們應盡心盡力,服務那些有需要的人士。」

 

生命總不會是安逸舒泰,卻需要付上時間與精力,但最重要的,就是必須自願去協助他人,達至美滿成果:這些年來,傳教士前往的國家,聖召數目都不斷上升:「勉力在各處,甚或是上主給你安排的境況,以嘉言懿行拯救靈魂。」鮑思高會這樣說!

 

在他們正式接受派遣,出外傳教之前的數天,22位慈幼會傳教士,於都靈慈幼會的場所,接受預備福傳生活訓練課程,完成他們培育的最終部份。在這兩星期,有賴每年舉辦課程的福傳辦公室,這些傳教士在羅馬慈幼會總院接受培育,取得建議與指引,俾能面對即將展開的新旅程。

 

傳教士派遣慶典已串流至「鮑思高福傳處」網頁(www.missionidonbosco.org),以供未能親身出席的人士收看。

 

在過去數個月,很多路過華道角的傳教士,為即將離開的傳教士送上問候的說話,包括祝福與勉勵的語句,以及他們多年前接受派遣時的回憶等等……(https://vimeo.com/233965791)

 

148th Missionary Salesian Expedition

 

(ANS ItalyTurin, 18 September 2017) – Less than a week to the 148th Salesian Missionary Expedition: On Sunday, September 24, there will be the usual consignment of the crosses to the missionaries leaving for the first time: Fr Ángel Fernández Artime shall officiate at Mass in Turin’s Basilica of Mary Help of Christians and, as X Successor of Don Bosco, and togheter with Mother Yvonne Reungoat, Mother General of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, will send the Salesians and Daughters of Mary Help of Christians to their countries of destination. For them, a new path and journey is about to begin. The missionaries of the Salesian Family are still, as always, protagonists.

 

“We cannot forget our origins and our charismatic identity,” the Rector Major repeatedly reminded the entire Congregation: a blessing it is for those who have unreservedly welcomed the missionary summons to ad gentes and shall dedicate themselves, heart and mind, to the needs of the missions.

 

A life that is anything but easy, one that takes time and dedication, but above all absolute willingness in helping others, but bears its fruit: in recent years there have been increasingly more vocations in countries where the missionaries have been present: “Try via good examples and words to save souls even in the state the Lord has destined for you,” Don Bosco would say!

 

In these last few days separating them from the final mass before their departure, the 22 Salesian missionaries participating in the preparatory training course for missionary life are in Turin to complete the last part of their formation, the one taking place on Salesian sites. Over the previous two weeks, thanks to the dedication of the Missions Sector, which each year organizes the course, the missionaries were welcomed at the General Salesian House in Rome to receive suggestions and guidelines on how to approach this new adventure.

 

For all those who cannot be physically present, the celebration will be broadcast on live streaming on the “Don Bosco Missions” website – www.missionidonbosco.org.

 

Missionaries passing through Valdocco in recent months have left messages for the new departing missionaries, their best wishes, words of encouragement, memories of their own departure many years ago … Here are their words.