總會長向他「親愛的會友」

發表的新錄影片

【慈幼通訊社 ─ 2015 年 3 月 25 日羅馬慈幼總部訊】 ─ 現任總會長當選一周年，適逢聖週的開始，鮑思高第十位繼承人范達民神父，透過影片向所有慈幼會士，發表題為「親愛的會友」的季度信息。天主至高無上 ─ 「天主在我們生活中不可抹煞的優先地位」 ─ 是這段信息的中心思想。

慈幼會社會傳播部，得悉總會長願意簡短而直接地，把信息送達給所有慈幼會士，著手把影片以二十一種語言發送，比去年十一月首次發表的錄影片，多了四個語言版本。

在這段歷時四分鐘的簡短信息裡，總會長以慈父般親切的態度，向他的會士說話，渴望與不同團體會面，即使不能直接對話，也能透過影片媒體，「親見慈幼會士」。

范達民神父憶及最近在修會中進行的活動，包括發表贈言，以及實踐「效法鮑思高，與青年同行，全心為青年」的努力。因此總會長邀請我們生活得像慈幼會士，尊重「天主的首要性」，意識到慈幼大家庭聖德的偉大傳統，並真心為青年服務。

在信息結尾部份，總會長向整個慈幼大家庭致候，表示「毫無疑問必定會再次見面」。他懇求鮑思高神父及聖母進教之佑，降福每一位；然而他同時藉此機會，重申他渴望個別地與「我的同會會士」接觸，因為這是他當初的意願，並感到確實有此需要。

錄影片其他語言版本可於慈幼通訊社頻道收看。

A new video from the Rector Major to his "Dear Confreres"

 (ANS - RMG –Roma, 25 March 2015) –In conjunction with the first anniversary of his election to the office of Rector Major, and now on the threshold of Holy Week, the Tenth Successor of Don Bosco, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, is sending a new video to all Salesians with his quarterly message entitled "Dear Confreres". The Supremacy of God - "the irrepressible priority of God in our lives" - is at the centre of the thought offered on this occasion.

Acknowledging the Rector Major’s wish to reach all Salesians as clearly and directly as possible, the Department for Social Communication took steps to make the video message available in twenty-one different languages, four more than the first in the series, published last November.

In the short four-minute message, the Rector Major speaks to his confreres in a spirit of closeness and paternity, eager to meet the different communities and to "look the Salesians in the eye", if not directly, at least through the medium of the video.

Don Á.F. Artime recalls recent events in the Congregation, the presentation of the Strenna and the commitment to be "Like Don Bosco, with young people and for young people." For this reason the Rector Major invites us to live our lives as Salesians respecting "the primacy of God", aware of the great tradition of holiness of the Salesian Family and as an authentic service of the young.

The message ends with a greeting addressed to the whole Salesian Family "with whom no doubt there will be other opportunities to meet”. He invoked the blessing of Don Bosco and Mary Help of Christians on all; but at the same time Fr Á.F. Artime takes the opportunity to reiterate his desire to reach specifically "my fellow Salesians, because this was the intention I had at the beginning and because I really feel the need of it."

The videos are available on YouTube at ANSChannel.