陳惠民修士宣發終身聖願
斐林豐神父記
台灣台北，2020年8月16日 – 今天，是台灣慈幼家庭的大日子。下午，來自北部台北、南部台南及屏東約400人，齊集台北鮑思高堂，共同慶祝聖母升天瞻禮、鮑思高誕生205周年、台灣首名原住民聖召 – 陳惠民修士 (Br. Paul Giligiljaw Tamauwlul) 宣發終身願，以及黃建軍修士發願鑽禧和陳興翼神父晉鐸鑽禧（陳神父因年老體弱未能出席）。
就如你們所看到的，我們正在慶祝慈幼聖召的兩種方式：就是修道聖召和司鐸聖召。這兩種方式，卻呈現在慈幼家庭眾多其他不同慈幼聖召的境況之中：母佑會修女、協進慈幼會士、鮑思高舊同學、鮑思高之友……所有這些組別均有代表到場參禮。
聖母升天暨宣發終身願的感恩祭，由台北總教區鍾安住總主教主禮，而台北會院院長鄭泰祺神父，代表總會長接受陳惠民修士宣發永願。鍾總主教是協進慈幼會士，也是鮑思高舊同學。1971年，他是台南慈幼學校第二屆畢業生(1971)之一。數年前他成為協進慈幼會士，由總會長親自頒發會員證書。鍾主教在講道中，鼓勵所有慈幼家庭成員，效法鮑思高，如愛子般信賴聖母進教之佑。
慶祝的焦點自然地落在陳惠民修士宣發終身願。在進堂時，他在資深的黃建軍修士陪同下走到祭台前。在宣發終身願時，黃修士與另一慈幼會司鐸一同在場見證。陳修士來自屏東縣原住民山村萬安部落，在場的除了陳修士的家人外，還有約一百名村民，他們大多穿上漂亮的傳統的部落衣服。宣發終身願的陳修士，也穿上母親特地縫製的節日部落服飾。因應新型冠狀病毒防疫措施所限，會士兄弟向宣發終身願者表達平安的擁抱禮，由禮貌地互相鞠躬取代，同時陳修士向每位會士兄弟，送上精美的聖母進教之佑及聖鮑思高的聖牌。在聖母升天感恩祭的奉獻祭品禮時，陳修士所在部落的村民，演出了優美的部落舞蹈，伴同著陳修士的母親及繼父，把餅酒呈獻到祭台前。
陳修士在致謝辭時，講述了他的聖召如何像鮑思高一樣開花結果。九歲時，他父親離世，他進入了鄰近他部落鄉村的慈幼少年城。眾多慈幼會士兄弟的榜樣，決定了他聖召的成長。在這些會士當中，最令他印象深刻的，就是剛安息主懷的林蔭年修士，他為信德作出的光輝的見證。林修士因為拒絕與教宗脫離關係而被囚三十五年。陳修士為表示對大家的謝意，以排灣族語詠唱了天主經。
在結束感恩祭之前，在場的慈幼會修士、母佑會修女、協進慈幼會士及鮑思高舊同學，均以本身的標準方式，重宣對天主、教會及世界的聖願或許諾。台灣慈幼家庭聯同剛宣發終身願的陳惠民修士，在天主的扶助下，將繼續以堅強的望德，在這親愛的美麗島（寶島）播下聖鮑思高神恩的種子（葡萄牙航海員稱台灣為福爾摩沙島，意即美麗島）。
Salesian Brother Paul Giligiliaw Tamauwlul
By Fr. Lanfranco Fedrigotti, SDB
Taipei, Taiwan, 16 August 2020 — Today, 16 August 2020, was a golden letter day for the Salesian Family in Taiwan. In the afternoon, the Saint John Bosco Parish in Taipei saw a gathering of about 400 people coming from Northern Taipei and Southern Tainan and Pingtung, to celebrate: The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin into Heaven; The 205th Birthday of Don Bosco; The Perpetual Profession of the 1st Native Vocation of Taiwan, Br. Paul Giligiljaw Tamauwlul; The Diamond Jubilee of Profession of Br. Dominic Savio Wong Kin Kwan and The Diamond Jubilee of Ordination of Fr John Baptist Zen Shing Yeh (who, however, could not be present because of ailing health).
As you can see, it was a celebration of the two forms, so to say, of the one Salesian Vocation: Brother Salesian and Priest Salesian. These two forms, however, appeared in the context of the many other forms of Salesian vocation in the Salesian Family: Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, Salesians Cooperators, Past Pupils of Don Bosco, Friends of Don Bosco… Representatives from all these groups were present.
The Assumption of Mary Mass and Perpetual Profession was presided over by Taipei Archbishop Thomas Chung An Zu, while Taiwan Provincial Representative Fr. Alphonsus Cheng Tai Kei, Rector of Taipei, received the perpetual vows of Br. Giligiljaw in the name of the Rector Major. Archbishop Thomas Chung is a Salesian Cooperator and Past Pupil of Don Bosco. In 1971 he was one of the second batch of graduates of our Salesian School in Tainan (1971). For the last few years he has also been Salesian Cooperator, having received the diploma directly from the Rector Major. In his homily, Archbishop Thomas encouraged all members of the Salesian Family to a DonBosco-like filial trust in Mary, Mother and Help.
The celebration naturally focused on the perpetual profession of Br. Paul Giligiljaw Tamauwlul. During the entrance procession, he was accompanied to the altar by veteran Brother Dominic Savio Wong Kin Kwan, who also was the witness of his vow-taking together with a Salesian priest. From Wan An, the native mountain village of Br. Paul in Pingtung County, about 100 fellow villagers came together with his family, most of them dressed in their beautiful traditional tribal clothes. When making his perpetual profession, Br. Paul, too, was wearing the festal tribal costume sown for the occasion by his mother. Given the CoronaVirus contact restrictions, the peace embrace of fellow-confreres to the newly perpetually-professed was replaced by a gentlemanly mutual bow, with Br. Paul giving each confrere a beautiful medal with the images of Mary Help of Christians and Saint John Bosco. At the preparation of the gifts of the Assumption Mass, his fellow villagers performed a beautiful tribal dance to accompany the gifts of bread and wine presented to the altar by the mother and step-father of the newly-professed.
In his words of thanks Br. Paul Giligiljaw mentioned how his vocation blossomed, like that of Don Bosco, when he was a 9-year old orphan of father accepted into the Salesian Boystwon near his native village. The example of many Salesian Brothers was decisive for the growth of his vocation. Among them, most impressive was the splendid faith witness given by the recently deceased Br. Paolino Lin Yin Nien who suffered 35 years in prison for refusing to renounce his allegiance to the Pope. To show his gratitude to all Br. Paul sang the Our Father in the Paiwan language.
Before the conclusion of the Mass the Salesians of Don Bosco, the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, the Salesians Cooperators, and the Don Bosco Past Pupils present all renewed their commitment to God, to the Church, and to the world, each group using its own standard form of vow or promise. Together with newly perpetually-professed Br. Paul, with God’s help, the Salesian Family in Taiwan will continue to sow with great hope the seed of Don Bosco’s charism in this beloved Beautiful Island (this is what Ilha Formosa, as the Portuguese seafarers called it, means).
Live streaming of the perpetual profession Mass (2 hrs 40 min)