【慈幼通訊社
─ 2009年4月27日澳洲墨爾本訊】─
四月二十一日，澳洲維多利亞省所有慈幼會學校職員，參加了在墨爾本市郊
Pakenham
舉行的「預防教育法」會議。
這個會議由澳洲慈幼會學校校長聯會組織進行，聯會現任主席為 Chadstone
慈幼書院校長 Chris Ford
神父，出席人數超過四百，他們包括教師、支援人員、行政人員及慈幼會士。會議為澳洲「進教之佑」
會省慶祝修會成立一百五十週年而舉行的活動之一。
省會長 Frank Moloney 神父回想，一百五十年前，鮑思高神父為了延續華道角慶禮院的事業及在那裡洋溢著的「愛的文化」，便集合了一小群的人。而一百五十年後，在 Pakenham 所聚集的這些慈幼學校成員，依然追尋著那個夢，並活出那份由衷的文化。
前來澳洲參與禧年慶祝活動的英國會省副會長
David O’Malley 神父，主持了兩場以討論預防教育法為主題的演講。
O’Malley 神父在第一篇演講中，講述我們「實踐」預防教育法的模式。演講結束前，進行了問卷調查，評估我們如何在我們的學校「實踐」預防教育法。而在第二篇演講中，他指出預防教育法並非一項要完成的任務，而是一份教育者應活出的態度。
當天的會議以墨爾本教區輔理主教，慈幼會士 Tim Costelloe 主持的彌補結束。
Preventive System: 150 years
and still going strong
(ANS – Australia–
Melbourne, 27 April
2009) – On Monday 21 April, all members of Salesian schools staff groups –
in the State of Victoria, Australia gathered at Pakenham just outside
Melbourne for a full day of reflection on the Preventive System.
There were more than 400 people - teachers, support staff, administrators
and Salesians - at the meeting, organised and animated by the Salesian
Principals Association of Australia, and its present Chair, Fr Chris Ford,
the Principal of Salesian College, Chadstone. It was part of the programme
organised by the “Mary Help of Christians” Province of Australia (AUL) to
celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Congregation.
The Provincial of Australia, Fr Frank Moloney, recalled that 150 years ago
Don Bosco gathered with a small group of men to ensure the future of the
Oratory at Valdocco, and the culture of love that was lived there. 150 years
later there are these people involved in Salesian schools gathered in
Pakenham who are still dreaming the dream, and living a culture of the
heart.
Fr David O’Malley, Vice Provincial of the United Kingdom (GBR) Province, in
Australia to take part in several of the jubilee celebrations led the day’s
reflection. He gave two talks and developed the theme of the Preventive
System.
In the first Fr O’Malley addressed the issue of the way we “lived” the
Preventive system. It closed with a questionnaire that assessed how we
“practised” the Preventive system in our various schools.
In the second he pointed out that the Preventive System is not a question of
things to be done, but rather an attitude to be lived by the educator.
The day closed with a Mass celebrated by the Salesian Bishop Tim Costelloe,
Auxiliary of Melbourne.