【慈幼通訊社 ─ 2019 年 07月 29 日意大利弗拉斯卡蒂訊】 ─ 2019年7月26日星期五，正值慈幼家庭第七個組別，鮑思高志願會（女性）召開第八屆全球大會，會上選出新任總會長，斯洛伐克籍的Dagmar K. 姊妹。她是前任總部議員，負責跟進東歐地區、菲律賓及英語團體的事務。
意大利籍的Pina B. 姊妹獲選為副總會長，她在上任議會，負責法語團體（法國、比利時及非洲國家）及與慈幼家庭聯繫的工作。
除了總會長和副總會長外，大會亦選出其他總部議員，組成合共十名成員的總部議會。
是屆大會，共有83名來自亞洲、非洲、拉丁美洲、歐洲的代表出席，她們代表著鮑思高志願會182個團體及27個地區共約1,200名會員。大會中有緊密的反省和分享環節，之後她們通過了是次大會文件《鮑思高志願會的使命》，作為鮑思高志願會未來六年路向的指引。
文件探討了目前多個範疇所遇到的挑戰（大眾傳媒、政治、人權、工作、家庭、青年、自然生態、生存的周遭境況、教會環境、跨宗教及跨文化對話等），鮑思高志願會一眾會員，作為慈幼會在世俗獻身的女性，都被召成為世上基督慈愛的標記。
鮑思高志願會是一個直屬宗座的女性在俗團體，於1917年5月20日，由鮑思高神父的第三任繼承人，真福李納德神父在都靈創立。目前是天主教會人數最多的在俗獻身團體，最近獲得教宗方濟各的特別認可，在月初委任在過去12年，連續兩屆擔任鮑思高志願會總會長的Olga K 姊妹，成為獻身生活會及使徒生活團部（CIVCSVA）首七名女性成員之一。
New World Moderator of Don Bosco Volunteers (VDB) elected
(ANS – Italy– Frascati, 29 July 2019) – On Friday 26 July 2019, on the occasion of their Eighth General Assembly, the Volunteers of Don Bosco (VDB), the seventh group of the Salesian Family, elected their new World Moderator: the Slovak Dagmar K., who in the previous Central Council was in charge of following the Eastern European Regions, the Philippines and English-speaking groups.
The Italian Pina B. was elected as Deputy; in the previous Council she dealt with French-speaking groups (France, Belgium and African countries) and relationships with the Salesian Family.
In addition to the Director and Deputy, the General Assembly also elected other VDBs of the Central Council, composed of 10 members.
During the days of the General Assembly, the 83 delegates from Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe, representing the nearly 1,200 VDBs organized through 182 Groups and 27 Regions, experienced intense days of reflection and sharing, after which they approved the document “The mission of the VDB” which will serve as a guideline for the journey of the Institute in the next six years.
The document explores the challenges present in the various areas (mass media, politics, human rights, work, family, youth, ecology, existential peripheries, ecclesial environments, interreligious and intercultural dialogue …) in which Don Bosco Volunteers are called, as secular Salesian consecrated women, to be signs of the love of Christ in the midst of the world.
The Female Secular Institute with Pontifical Rights of the VDB was founded by Blessed Philip Rinaldi, III Successor of Don Bosco, on May 20, 1917, in Turin. It is currently the most numerous secular institute of the Catholic Church, and has recently seen a significant recognition by Pope Francis, who at the beginning of the month appointed Olga K – the Major Coordinator who has led the VDB in the last two terms for a total of 12 years – among the first seven women included as members of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (CIVCSVA).