【慈幼通訊社
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2014
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08
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12
日意大利羅馬訊】
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「我們為新世代所準備的世界，窒礙了他們追求幸福的權利。……我認為如果鮑思高神父今天與我們一起，他會向我們說：『我們診斷充足，但我們現在需要的卻是處方。』」這些話就是宗座拉特朗大學校長慈幼會士達爾柯沃洛蒙席，在數天前接受「梵蒂岡內裡人」(Vatican
Insider)訪問時，所表達的一些關注。讓我們節錄一些來看看。
成為慈幼教育者，有什麼意義？
你們知道每天在我們使用的社會網絡中，發生了什麼事嗎？很多青年渴望得到別人的注意、渴望尋求他人「讚好」，並經常作出一些行為，純粹是要為使他人「看見」及與他人「分享」……在這個背景中，慈幼教育者擔當什麼角色呢？就是不論青年的品格和成就如何，也讓他們感受到一份無條件的愛；鮑思高神父經常說：「只要你是青年，我便十分的愛你們。」 基本上他會無條件地向所有青年「讚好」。
慈幼教育者是情理兼顧的，不單是情感的一面。只有愛是不足夠的；青年的境況所引起的挑戰，必需予以正視。愛需要轉化成具體的計劃，並要投放大量人力物力，為青年的福祉工作。
為什麼要慶祝鮑思高神父誕辰二周年？會祖在這第三個千年，有什麼話要向男男女女，尤其是向青年說的？
我們為新世代所準備的世界，窒礙了他們追求幸福的權利。……你們知道在歐洲，自殺是青少年的第二致死原因，更是青年人的首要致死原因嗎？在此要指出的是，我們所欠缺的是解決辦法，我們都能診斷問題，但我環視教會內外，卻看不到任何「脫困策略」。因此我們所慶祝誕生二百周年的鮑思高神父，便走進來。他實在執行了天主為青年福祉所作的事業。他仔細分析青年的狀況和他所實施的具體解決辦法，既具爆炸性又有所裨益。我認為如果鮑思高神父今天與我們一起，他會向我們說：「我們診斷充足，但我們現在需要的卻是處方。」
Reflections of Msgr. dal Covolo on Don Bosco, the bicentennial and the Salesian education
(ANS - Italy –Rome, 12 August 2014) – “The world we have prepared for the new generations smothers their right to happiness. (…) I think that if Don Bosco was with us today he would say to us: ‘we have more than enough diagnoses, what we need now is prescriptions’”. These are some of the considerations offered by Msgr. Enrico dal Covolo, SDB, Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University, in an interview with the Vatican Insider, a few days ago. Let us quote some excerpts.
What does it mean to be a Salesian educator?
Do you know what happens every day on social networks which I also use? A mass of young people who desperately need to be noticed, who desperately seek to get “Likes” and are often willing to do anything just to be “seen” and “shared”… What role does a Salesian educator play in such a context? It is someone who feels unconditional love for the young, regardless of their qualities and performance; "It is enough for you to be young for me to love you very much,” Don Bosco used to say. Basically he would give all young people a “Like” no matter what.
Salesian educators care about the rational not just the emotional dimension. Loving is not enough; the challenges the youth situation poses need to be taken seriously. Love needs to translate into concrete plans and large-scale efforts in favour of young people.
Why celebrate the bicentennial of Saint Giovanni Bosco’s birth? What does the founder of the Salesians say to the men and women and above all to the young people of the third millennium?
The world we have prepared for the new generations smothers their right to happiness... Do you know that in Europe, suicide is the second cause of death among adolescents and the first among young people? The point here is that what is lacking are solutions, we are all able to diagnose a problem but when I look around, both inside and outside the Church, I see that “exit strategies” are missing. This is where Don Bosco – whose bicentennial we celebrate this year – comes in. He really was God’s entrepreneur for the wellbeing of young people. His careful analysis of the situation of young people and the concrete solutions he came up with, turned out to be an explosive and beneficial mix. I think that if Don Bosco was with us today he would say to us: “we have more than enough diagnoses, what we need now is prescriptions.”