【慈幼通訊社 ─ 2019 年 04月 10 日羅馬慈幼總部訊】 ─ 聖母進教之佑善會(ADMA)，將於4月18日慶祝150周年。善會於1869年4月18日，聖母進教之佑大殿祝聖大典（1868年6月9日）翌年，在聖鮑思高的努力下，在都靈成立，作為人們確認對童貞聖母施與的恩惠的感謝，並有助捍衛及增長基督徒的信仰。
鮑思高神父這個構思，是要提供度簡樸的基督徒生活的建議，持守信徒的日常生活，將之緊繫於聖體及聖母進教之佑這「兩大支柱」。
聖母進教之佑善會都靈華道角總會主席華呢拿先生(Renato Valera)，在發送慶典訊息時說：「本年的慶典剛巧在聖週四，這邀請我們懷著感恩祭的精神來慶祝。為感謝聖母進教之佑善會150年來的發展，讓我們許下，忠信於我們會祖鮑思高神父的神恩，在聖神的助佑下，展現嶄新的福傳及教育的動力。」
華呢拿繼續說：「這就是活出對耶穌基督的忠信，以及對聖母的孝愛，並將之介紹給知己、家庭、同事、鄰人、朋友。這福傳動力的基本要素在於以行動來更新本善會，就是以關心家庭及新生代為優先，喜愛關顧人與人之間的友誼，以服務精神向人們開放，承受聖母那深摯的福傳態度—她對天主完全開放、在試探及背負十字架時持守忠信、對上主的一切神妙化工喜悅感恩。」
聖母進教之佑善會位於世界各地的800的團體，特地計劃於聖週四或其他日子，舉行守聖時明供聖體，為偕同聖母，更新對耶穌基督的信仰，並許下成為福音新生命的喜樂見證人。
詳情可瀏覽https://www.admadonbosco.org/。
Towards 150th anniversary of foundation of Association of Mary Help of Christians (ADMA)
(ANS – Rome–RMG, 10 April 2019) – The Association of Mary Help of Christians (ADMA) will celebrate its 150th anniversary on 18 April. It was established in Turin on 18 April 1869 through the work of Saint Giovanni Bosco, the year after the consecration of the Church of Mary Help of Christians (June 9, 1868), as thanks for the benefits that people recognized to the Virgin and as a tool for the defense and growth of the faith of the Christian people.
The inspiration that moved Don Bosco was to offer a proposal for a simple Christian life that would sustain the ordinary life of the faithful, anchoring them firmly to the “two columns” of the Eucharist and of Mary, Immaculate and Help of Christians.
In the message sent on the occasion of this happy anniversary the President of the Primary ADMA of Turin-Valdocco, Renato Valera, said: “The coincidence with the liturgical date of Holy Thursday invites us to live this anniversary with a Eucharistic spirit. As we give thanks for these 150 years of life of the Association of Mary Help of Christians, let us commit, faithful to the charism of our holy founder Don Bosco, to letting ourselves be guided by the Holy Spirit for a renewed evangelizing and educational impulse.”
“It is about living and bringing faith in Jesus Christ and love to Mary to many friends, family, colleagues, neighbors, acquaintances,” continues Mr. Valera. “The essential part of this evangelizing impulse consists in renewing the Association with a privileged attention to the family and to the new generations, favoring and taking care of personal friendship, openness to all and the spirit of service, making the deeply evangelical attitudes of Mary our own: her availability to God, her faithfulness in the hour of trial and of the cross, her spirit of joy and thanksgiving for the marvels that the Lord works.”
More specifically, the 800 groups of ADMA aggregated around the world are invited to plan, for Holy Thursday or at another time, a time of Eucharistic adoration in which to renew, with Mary, faith in Jesus Christ and the commitment to be joyful witnesses of the new life of the Gospel.
For more information, please visit: https://www.admadonbosco.org/