【慈幼通訊社 ─ 2009年8月26日西班牙格拉納達訊】
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慈幼會西歐地區顧問 José Miguel Núñez 神父，最近重開了位於格拉納達的慈幼會聖母雪地團體的初學院。
七位初學生為 Igor、Juan Manuel、Javi、José Manuel、Sergi、Ramón 及 Fabio，他們已把生命獻身初學，並以鮑思高之名，服務有需要人士。
他們剛開始初學的經歷，並在八月份取得豐碩的成果，仿如人們在伊比利半島重生一樣。每位初學生到來時，都有會省培育委員，或初學前期跟進者陪同著。
José Miguel Núñez 主持的歡迎儀式，標誌著初學生預備成為門徒，並透過慈幼會的方式，成為福音所塑造的「陶泥」。地區顧問邀請他們，勉力活出這份培育的經歷，使能向他們的模範
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善牧基督學習。
他們接受來自地區顧問及其他初學院培育者的擁抱，成為初學生。
現在七位初學生已進入另一段階段。他們要面對重大的任務，讓他們人性及基督的幅度在他們內滋長。這一年正讓他們更清楚了解慈幼會的修道生活，使能作出慷慨的回應，為天主及青少年獻身服務。
Renewed hope for Salesian life
(ANS – SPAIN - Granada, 26 August 2009 ) – At Granada, Fr José Miguel Núñez, Regional Councillor for West Europe has recently re-opened the novitiate in the Salesian Our Lady of the Snows community.
Igor, Juan Manuel, Javi, José Manuel, Sergi, Ramón and Fabio are the names of the seven novices who have given life back to the novitiate and work for the needy in Don Bosco`s name.
The month of August has been a period of great expectations for receiving and accompanying of of those beginning their novitiate experience, something of a rebirth in the Iberian peninsula. Each novice arrived with his Province Formation delegate and others who have followed them up during their prenovitiate.
The welcome ceremony led by Fr José Miguel Núñez sealed the readiness of the novices to be disciples and the `clay` to be shaped by the Gospel in a Salesian style. The Regional invited them to live this formation experience with intensity, so as to be able to learn from their model Christ, the Good Shepherd.
They were then accepted into the novitiate with a fraternal embrace from the regional and other formators of the House.
Now it is over to the seven novices. They have to face up to their major commitment and leave room for their human and Christian dimension to grow. It is a year for getting to know Salesian religious life better, and this way being able to give a generous response by offering their life to God and the young.