【慈幼通訊社 ─ 2020 年 07月 06 日羅馬慈幼總部訊】 ─ 「團體的策勵與管治 — 慈幼會院長的牧職」作為團體的指南針。總會長范達民神父以這樣來形容這新文件，並附上第28屆全代會所加添的內容，在上一版本慈幼會院長手冊制定的34年後，確立了最新的版本。
年輕的初學後修生Ignazio Coniglio製作影片，向總會長作訪問。培育議員Ivo Coelho神父，協助我們更好的了解，這份范達民神父承諾向每位慈幼會士送上的禮物。
事實上，所有團體都受邀請作持續培育，尤其在全代會舉行後的第一年。
Ignatius詢問的問題還包括：「在考慮到我們修會多樣式的事業後，我們可否提供一個對各人都有幫助的工具？」
總會長回答：
「我說是的。在我們複雜而龐大的慈幼世界裡，不在同一時間作完全同一樣的事情。然而是的，我們要知道要跟隨什麼方向。會規和會憲是中心。而這一份文件，對我來說似乎是指南針。大海中的指南針 — 我作為水手之子這樣說 — 指南針就是工具，告訴你們所要跟隨的正確方向，為回到家中，進入安全的港埠。」
這與GPS定位不同。正如教宗方濟各說，GPS定位這一工具，並非供生命參考的工具。我們在生命中，是不知道每時每刻，將會遇到什麼。
因此，作為一個團體，院長及會士，我們必需首先以深切的信仰生活；然後在我們中尋求大共融；同時也要接納在團體中，時常有一位弟兄中的弟兄，為大家作出引導、調解的服務，陪伴我們一起辨識。
這條原文為意大利語的介紹性質影片，已上載於YouTube，並有英語、法語、西班牙語及葡萄牙語版本，此外還有其他資料，已發送給其他所有團體，協助閱讀這份文件，並向其他會士分享。
隨後，將再有影片及資料，每隔三個月發送出去，循序漸進地介紹這份文件，並對文件中的三個部分進行閱讀及分析：
- 慈幼會士的奉獻身份。
- 在慈幼修道團體中的院長。
- 院長與互相分擔的慈幼使命。
The ministry of the Salesian Rector: a compass for the community
(ANS – Rome–RMG, 06 July 2020) – “Animating and governing the community – The ministry of the Salesian Rector” as a compass for the communities. Thus Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major, defines the new document, which, with the additions received during the GC28, has reached its definitive edition, 34 years after the previous Salesian Rector’s Manual.
The video interview conducted by the young post-novice Ignazio Coniglio with the Rector Major and Fr Ivo Coelho, Councilor for Formation, helps us to better understand this gift, which Fr Á.F. Artime has promised to offer to every Salesian.
It is, in fact, the process of ongoing formation to which all communities are invited, especially in this first year after the Chapter.
Among the questions that Ignatius asks, there is also this: “Can we offer an instrument that is good for everyone, considering the variety and diversity present in our Congregation?”
The Rector Major replies:
“I say yes. Not to do the same, all the same things at the same times in our complex and very large Salesian world. But yes, to know what is the direction to follow. At the center are the Constitutions and Regulations. As for this instrument, it seems to me like a compass. The compass in the sea – and I’m saying so as a son of a sailor – the compass is the instrument that tells you what is the good direction to follow in order to reach back home to enter the safe harbour.
It is different from a GPS. The GPS, as Pope Francis says, is an instrument that does not serve as a reference for life. In life, we did not know what we will find before us day after day, moment by moment.
And it is the reason why as a community, rector and confreres, we must first of all live with a deep sense of faith; then seek a great communion among ourselves; at the same time, accept that there is always a brother among the brothers in the community who does the service of guidance, of mediation, who accompanies us in discerning.”
In addition to the introductory video, available on YouTube in the Italian original version and in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese versions, other materials have been sent to all communities to facilitate its reading and sharing among the confreres.
Subsequent videos and materials will be sent again at an interval of about 3 months, to gradually introduce the reading and analysis of each of the three parts of the text:
- The Salesian consecrated identity.
- The director in the Salesian religious community.
- The director and the shared Salesian mission.