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世界盃熱潮越來越高漲，不單是只在主辦國南非，很高興知道慈幼會也積極參與其中，這是第二十六屆全會代表大會的呼籲的最佳例證。 你們也許已瀏覽「教會講波」'church on the ball' 這個網頁 (如不能按下這個連結，可複製這個網址http://www.churchontheball.com/index.php)，南非天主教主教團也宣傳這個網頁。以下是這個網頁一些有用的背景資料。 大約兩年前，主教團接見本國內的慈幼會士，請求他們負責世界盃的外展牧民工作。這確是有點難度，在有限資源之下不易擔當，然而南非準會省長上Francois Dufour神父樂意擔任這項工作（注意：準會省不單覆蓋南非共和國，同時也包括有慈幼會士工作的的斯威士蘭及萊索托）。 Dufour神父領導一個小型委員會，使教會「最有效地運用資源」進行籌備工作，他還打趣地說尚未製訂財政預算呢！ 委員會的首個決議，就是請求主教們隆重地宣佈一個世界盃主日，讓他們向每個堂區提供禮儀慶典建議。這就是下一個主日，六月十三日。 接著，他們編輯一本祈禱小冊子，內有教會資訊，免費分發給球迷及信眾。 第三個重要而具體的決議，就是Dufour神父同意協助主教團的媒體辦公室，建立以上提及的「教會講波」網頁。 此外，各慈幼會會院及團體，已組織足球活動及球隊。六月九日，享負盛名的拜仁慕尼黑球隊成員艾爾巴探訪當地，隨同的分別有三支攝製隊伍到場拍攝，其中一支攝製隊平均有一千三百萬觀眾。探訪地點為約翰奈斯堡附近，慈幼會教育計劃旗下的 Finetown。 「亞澳區通訊」已收到為數不少，瀏覽「教會講波」網頁的建議。現在，這些「建議者」應知道這網頁究竟是從哪裡來的！ 看來，南非慈幼已射入第一球，在世界杯球賽還未展開時！ Fans and faithful alike: "...to listen, enlighten, guide" (ANS，austraLasia – JOHANNESBURG , 10 June 2010) – Most readers will have little difficulty identifying part of the headline source, GC26, and for Salesian communications enthusiasts, the most-quoted line in that Chapter other than maybe `Da mihi animas`! It speaks of ``The `playground` where we need to be...``. With World Cup fever running high, and not just in South Africa where it is being hosted, it may came as a pleasant surprise to hear the as yet untold story of deep Salesian involvement, an excellent example of GC26`s exhortation. A good starting point is the website that you have possibly already visited, ``Church on the ball``, (http://www.churchontheball.com/index.php for anyone for whom the inserted link is not working), a site promoted by the South African Bishops Conference. Now here`s a little useful background to that. Some twenty months ago, the Bishops Conference approached the Salesians in the country asking them to take charge of the pastoral outreach for the World Cup. That was some demand, and not an easy one to meet with limited resources, but it was enthusiastically taken up by Fr Francois Dufour, Superior of the Southern Africa vice province (note the distinction - the vice province takes in more than the Republic of South Africa, including independent Swaziland and Lesotho as well, both of which have Salesian presences). With a small committee led by Fr Dufour, preparations got under way for the Church to be in action ``in the most cost-effective way at the coal face`` as Fr Dufour puts it, adding wryly that he wasn`t exactly provided with a budget at the time! The first decision of the Committee was to ask the Bishops to declare a World Cup Sunday, which was duly proclaimed, and they provided the liturgical ideas for every parish to celebrate it. It happens this coming Sunday, 13 June. Then they edited a handy pocket prayer book which includes information about the Church, and is being distributed already to fans and faithful alike for free. And the third key and concrete decision was that Fr Dufour agreed to assist the media-desk of the Bishops Conference to help set up the `church on the ball` website indicated above. Apart from that the various Salesian Houses and communities have organised football events and teams. Just yesterday there was a visit from Giovane Elber, the renowned Bayern Munich player, along with three film crews, one of which has an average audience of 13 million. That took place at the Salesian Education Project, Finetown, near Jo`burg. austraLasia has already received a number of recommendations to go to the `church on the ball` website. Now the `recommenders` know where it really comes from! SDB Southern Africa, it seems, has already kicked a goal and the game has hardly begun! |
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