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總會長在闡述得悉地震慘劇消息時所作的相應措施後，便解釋於二月十二至十五日到訪當地的因由：「我感到親自前往海地是必需、重要及有意義的，為使透過總會長本人，能讓人感受到修會的一份親密、友愛與團結。我願意近距離分擔當地民眾所感到的痛苦與無常。」 查偉思神父在探訪太子港時，發覺人們缺乏領導，並感到驅使生命「繼續前進的，主要不是靠任何社會組織的支持與推動，而只是藉著慣性，以及求生存的掙扎。」「我嘗試聆聽天主的聲音，它猶如阿伯爾的血呼喊出來，連同著數以千計埋在集體墳地及瓦礫堆下死者的哀號一起。我嘗試聆聽天主，藉著數以千計在帳幕中掙扎求存者的微弱求助聲講出來的話……我嘗試開啟我的耳朵及心靈，聆聽天主的呼聲，就是那些在憤怒中及感到無力的人，所發出的呼聲。」
總會長數次表達擔心，擔心隨著時間的消逝，以及媒體之間的串通，海地或將被遺忘，仿如陳年舊事。 慈幼會士開放他們的會院，收容在 Thorland、Pétion-Ville、Delmas 及 Cité Soleil 地區流離失所的人，會士的努力值得敬佩。查偉思神父更新鮑思高神子的許諾：「對重建國家，同時一步一步地重建修會及當地的事業，以回應海地社會、教會及青少年的期望與需要。」在這個過程中，國家與本地教會，需要與修會人士一起參與，「不斷深入探求本身的身份，對主耶穌及其福音的忠信。」 信函亦包括一些有關與準會省議會所達成決議的一些細節：「重建各項工作、一般牧民方向的重新審定，以及在某些地區，要尤其特別關注社會、教會以及青少年的需要。」
總會長在總結時，感謝修會、傳教辦事處、與慈幼會士有密切聯繫的國際組織，以及慈幼會事業的恩人及友好，邀請他們「繼續致力回應這個亟需援助國家深切的需要。」 海地地震相關訊息： http://www.sdb.org.hk/cp/p05/Haiti/Haiti.htm A letter from the Rector Major after his visit to Haiti (ANS – Rome –RMG, 28 February 2010 ) – A few days after his visit to Haiti, Fr Pascual Chávez Villanueva has written a letter to the Salesians, to members of the Salesian Family and to all those close to Don Bosco. After describing what was done when the tragic news was received of the earthquake, the Rector Major explains the reasons for his visit between 12 and 15 February: “I felt it necessary, important and of significance to go personally to Haiti so that through the person of the Rector Major the closeness, the fraternity and the solidarity of the Congregation could be felt. I wanted to share at close hand in the suffering and the uncertainty in which the whole population is living.” Visiting Port-au-Prince Fr Chávez was aware of the total lack of leadership and of how life “continues to go ahead, more by dint of inertia and by the struggle for survival than for any social organisation which is supporting or stimulating it.” “I tried to hear the voice of God which like the blood of Abel cried out with the voices of the thousands of the dead buried in mass graves or still under the ruins. I tried to listen to God who was speaking through the dull sound of the thousands of people struggling to live under the tents,... I tried to open my ears and heart to the cry of God which could be heard in the anger and feelings of powerlessness…” The letter is not a simple description of the situation, but contains an exhortation and suggestions for the re-birth of the country, and especially of the Salesian presence. “Therefore the challenge for today cannot be merely to reconstruct the walls of the buildings, of the houses and of the churches destroyed, but rather that of making Haiti rise again, building it on living conditions which really are human, where rights, all rights, are for everyone and not the privilege of some.” The fear, expressed several times, is that with the passing of time and the complicity of the mass media, Haiti will be forgotten, considered old news. The efforts of the Salesian have been admirable as the opened their houses to welcome the displaced people as at Thorland, Pétion-Ville, Delmas, Cité Soleil. Fr Chávez renews the commitment of the Sons of Don Bosco “to the rebirth of the country, re-founding, step by step together, the Congregation with the presences which are responding to the expectations and the needs of the Haitian society, of the Church and of the young” In this process the State and the local Church need to take part together with consecrated life “ seeking more and more its identity, fidelity to the Lord Jesus, and his Gospel.” The letter also contains some details of the decisions reached in agreement with the Council of the Vice Province for “the re-founding of the works, the revision of the pastoral approach in general, and in certain places, having always in mind, in particular, the needs of society, of the Church and of the young.” Rebuilding, re-locating, re-thinking Salesian presences and works in the short and in the long term so as to ensure greater significance and pastoral effectiveness, is, he says, the programme: “Looking at the present and to the future, what becomes the priority is to keep the schools and youth centres functioning where they are fit for use, and in addition to build or re-build as soon as possible those works which have become unfit for use. The priority of the care and the education of the young is absolute, all the more so since what is at stake is the creation, through a new education, of a new culture, capable of building the new Haiti.” In conclusion, the Rector Major thanks the Congregation, the Mission Offices, international organisations close to the Salesians, benefactors and friends of Salesian work inviting them “to continue with the efforts we are making to respond to the immense demands of this country in so much need.” The full text of the letter is available on the sdb.org site. |
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