【慈幼通訊社 2013 06 24 羅馬慈幼總部訊】 現在距離里約熱內盧的大盛事普世青年節尚有一個月,到時來自世界各地的青年,將在教宗方濟各前聚集。青年節主題為「去使萬民成為門徒」(瑪 2819),活動為期一星期,包括聚會、教理講授等等。慈幼青年運動一如其他青年團體,正積極準備參與。慈幼會及母佑會的青年牧民委員會,現已發送有關洲際會議及慈幼青年運動論壇的文件。

慈幼青年運動的青年及他們的引領員,除參與在里約熱內盧舉行的青年節節目外,還被邀請參與其他以大會主題為基礎的特備節目。節目包括:

    * 71620日舉行的大會前聚會 一份在巴西不同慈幼會會院的福傳經驗

    * 71821日舉行的洲際會議。這將是整個美洲的慈幼青年運動成員首次一起聚會,他們是應慈幼會及母佑會的青年牧民委員會邀請參與聚會。

    * 724日舉行的兩場聚會 分為上午的論壇及下午的感恩祭,而晚禱則由總會長及母佑會修姆主持。

洲際會議

會議專題為「以青年福傳青年」,目標在於強化美洲及加勒比海地區的慈幼青年運動,並加強成員的身分認同及歸屬感,一起參與年青基督徒平信徒運動,活出慈幼青年靈修並堪稱為基督的門徒。

與會者包括八名來自慈幼會及母佑會各會省的代表(來自慈幼大家庭的五名青年領袖及三名助理)。會議中制訂了為所有普世青年節的參與者而設的培育課程。課程包括每一階段的主題、講授形式、把課程引用到不同團體及個人的方法,以及課程的展望。

工作文件題為「尋找幸福」,備有西班牙文、英文、葡萄牙文及法文版本,可於sdb.org下載(http://www.sdb.org/en/Departments/Youth_Ministry/Meeting)

慈幼青年運動論壇

724日上午,慈幼青年運動論壇將於具歷史價值的Niterio聖羅撒會院舉行。論壇主題與第28屆普世青年節有關,為「慈幼青年靈修的福傳幅度」。

論壇中將有5名來自不同國家的慈幼大家庭成員參與,包括3名青年及2名助理。論壇中作出的反省及結論,將於下午舉行的慈幼青年運動感恩祭中,以這5個國家的語言,向在場參與的所有青年宣佈。

論壇基本文件題為「作為福傳者,慈幼青年靈修幅度」,備有西班牙文、英文、葡萄牙文及法文版本,可於 sdb.org 下載 (http://www.sdb.org/en/Departments/Youth_Ministry/Meeting)

有關里約熱內盧普世青年節中慈幼會活動項目的進一步資料,已由「慈幼青年運動」上載普世青年節的專用網頁中(http://mjs.org.br/en/)

WYD in Rio de Janeiro is drawing near

(ANS - RMG –Rome, 24 June 2013) – There is just one month to go to the great event of Rio de Janeiro which will see young people from all over the world gathering around Pope Francis. There will be a week of meetings, catechesis, and other events inspired by the theme “Go and make disciples of all the nations” (Mt 28:19). Like so many other youth organizations, the Salesian Youth Movement (SYM) is getting ready to participate. Just now the Departments of Youth Ministry of the Salesians and of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians have distributed study documents for the Continental Meeting and for the SYM Forum.

The young people of the SYM and their guides, apart from joining in the WYD programme in Rio, are invited to some special events, also based on the general WYD theme. These special events include:

  • The Pre-WYD gathering from 16 to 20 July – a missionary experience in different Salesian houses in Brazil.

  • The Continental Meeting from 18 to 21 July. This will be the first time the SYM from the entire American continent have come together, at the invitation of the Departments of Youth Ministry of the Salesians and of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians

  • Two meetings on 24 July – the Forum in the morning and in the afternoon the Feast and the Vigil with the Rector Major and the Mother General.

Continental Meeting
The specific theme is “Youth evangelizing Youth” and the objective is to strengthen the growth of the SYM in the nations of America and the Caribbean, and to reinforce the members’ sense of identity and of belonging to a lay movement of young Christians who live the Salesian Youth Spirituality and are recognised as disciples of Christ.

Taking part in the meeting will be eight representatives from each province of the Salesians and of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (five young leaders and three assistants from the Salesian Family). In this way a formative programme will be drawn up collaboratively with the participation of the people involved. It will include a topic for each stage, the way of presenting it, how groups and individuals can make it their own, and what the prospects for the future are.

The working document is entitled “The search for happiness” and is available on sdb.org in Spanish, English, Portuguese and French.

SYM Forum

On the morning of 24 July, the SYM Forum will be held at the historic Santa Rosa house at Niterio. The theme will be the missionary dimension of Salesian Youth Spirituality with reference to the 28th WYD.

There will be five participants from each nation – three young people and two assistants from the Salesian Family. The reflections and the conclusions drawn up during the forum will be presented to the rest of the young people in the afternoon, during the SYM Feast, in different languages in five locations.

The basic document of the forum is entitled “Being a missionary, a dimension of Salesian Youth Spirituality” and is available on sdb.org in Spanish, English, Portuguese and French.

Further information on the Salesian Events at WYD in Rio de Janeiro is available on the website set up for the purpose by the SYM.


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