【慈幼通訊社
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2016 年
09月
23
日羅馬慈幼總部訊】
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有些人經過徹底皈依的旅程，找到信仰。另一些人提出了出外傳教的要求後，等待了二十年才成為傳教士，也有一些人，是受到年輕志願工作者所感召。他們就是慈幼會第147批傳教士，在前赴目的地前，把他們的聖召歷程娓娓道來。
44歲的瑞士籍慈幼會修士Reto Wanner說：「我以前並非天主教徒，有一次到國外時，在海上遇到意外，被水流捲走，差點葬身大海。在沒法返回岸邊之際，奇蹟地被救起。我十分震驚，並開始考慮我的聖召 ─ 天主對我有什麼旨意呢？」
39歲的墨西哥籍Gabriel Cruz神父，約二十年前首次致函給當時的總會長，請求成為傳教士。自他在學校以來，第一眼中的傳教生活，就是愛：「每逢復活節，傳教士團體都會邀請我們，與瓦哈卡市的原住民一起。我深受感動，以後每逢復活節，都會湧現這份情感。」
30歲的波蘭籍Sławomir Drapiewski神父，當年是受到投身於義務福傳工作的青年所感召，他曾與他們合作。他說：「這種合作，有著對福傳生活的祈禱、默想與反省的分享，以及你可以如何幫助別人，尤其如何談論耶穌，這一切令我深受感召。」
這三位慈幼會士的見證，以延展的方式 ─ 即以原文影片附上意大利文、英文及西班牙文字幕的形式，上載於 YouTube 的慈幼通訊社頻道中。
147th Salesian Missionary Expedition: the missionaries speak
(ANS - RMG –Roma, 23 September 2016) – Some have come from a journey of total conversion to the faith. Others have waited 20 years from the time they first asked before receiving the go- ahead to become a missionary, and others still were inspired by young volunteers. These are the missionaries of the 147th Salesian Missionary Expedition, who tell the story of their missionary vocation as they are about to leave for their destinations.
"I was not a Catholic. While I was abroad, I had an accident at sea. I was dragged by the current, and I almost drowned. I could not get back to shore. I was miraculously saved. Then I shook and began to think of my vocation – what was God's will for me?" says Reto Wanner, a 44-year-old Swiss Salesian Brother.
Fr Gabriel Cruz, a 39-year-old Mexican, wrote his first letter to the Rector Major asking to become a missionary about 20 years ago. For him, missionary life was love at first sight, since his time in school: "During Easter the missionary group invited us to go among the natives of the city of Oaxaca. My heart was touched by this experience so much that I repeated it every year at Easter."
What inspired Fr Sławomir Drapiewski, a 30-year-old Polish Salesian, were the young people engaged in voluntary missionary work with whom he had cooperated in the past. He says: "This partnership, made up of shared prayer and meditation and reflection on life in the missions and how you can help others, and especially how to talk about Jesus, all this inspired me a lot."
The testimonies of the three Salesians are available in expanded form - in their original languages and subtitled in Italian, English and Spanish - in the YouTube channel of ANSChannel.