austraLasia 1489
Your help requested: a 'portal poll' and a young leaders in catechetics programme
ROME: 15th March 2006 -- While portals and catechetics may not seem to be directly connected, you could be surprised! The only way to discover if there is a connection is to check one for the other... but that aside, here are two requests for readers to consider and, where possible, act on.
PORTAL POLL
An online opinion poll is being conducted on the www.sdb.org , the Salesian of Don Boco portal. You are invited to participate. The final date for doing so is 31 March. The web portal was set up in May 2003, following a decision of the General Council and after establishing criteria based on three studies: an online questionnaire, a research period conducted with young Salesians, and an investigation into the needs of the various departments at Salesian HQ. The portal as it currently exists integrates the official website of the Congregation, and the website of ANS, its news agency. It also links to the Salesian Bulletin (all which have a web site) and some 900 websites belonging to the Salesian Family. Over two and a half years it has shown a threefold growth in the number of daily visits - from 650 in December 2003 to 2029 in December 2005. You are invited to give feedback using the procedure you will find on the home page. This will help improve the quality of the site for the future. Results and analysis will be published on 16 April, Easter Sunday.
CATECHETICS
Some readers are in need of some materials relating to the formation of young leaders as catechists. This is where the contacts that austraLasia has built up over the years can really pay dividends, because there si no doubt at all that such programmes exist around our region. Could you please, if you are aware of such a programme and its accompanying materials, let us know about that and then we can do one of two things or both - put you in touch directly with the enquirers and/or make some of this material available via Bosconet. There is already some material on www.sdb.org though not necessarily in English
Look forward to your activity in both the above areas!
___________________________
AustraLasia is an email service for the Salesian Family of Asia Pacific. It also functions as an agency for ANS based in Rome. For RSS feeds, subscribe to www.bosconet.aust.com/rssala.xml
Your help requested: a 'portal poll' and a young leaders in catechetics programme
ROME: 15th March 2006 -- While portals and catechetics may not seem to be directly connected, you could be surprised! The only way to discover if there is a connection is to check one for the other... but that aside, here are two requests for readers to consider and, where possible, act on.
PORTAL POLL
An online opinion poll is being conducted on the www.sdb.org , the Salesian of Don Boco portal. You are invited to participate. The final date for doing so is 31 March. The web portal was set up in May 2003, following a decision of the General Council and after establishing criteria based on three studies: an online questionnaire, a research period conducted with young Salesians, and an investigation into the needs of the various departments at Salesian HQ. The portal as it currently exists integrates the official website of the Congregation, and the website of ANS, its news agency. It also links to the Salesian Bulletin (all which have a web site) and some 900 websites belonging to the Salesian Family. Over two and a half years it has shown a threefold growth in the number of daily visits - from 650 in December 2003 to 2029 in December 2005. You are invited to give feedback using the procedure you will find on the home page. This will help improve the quality of the site for the future. Results and analysis will be published on 16 April, Easter Sunday.
CATECHETICS
Some readers are in need of some materials relating to the formation of young leaders as catechists. This is where the contacts that austraLasia has built up over the years can really pay dividends, because there si no doubt at all that such programmes exist around our region. Could you please, if you are aware of such a programme and its accompanying materials, let us know about that and then we can do one of two things or both - put you in touch directly with the enquirers and/or make some of this material available via Bosconet. There is already some material on www.sdb.org though not necessarily in English
Look forward to your activity in both the above areas!
___________________________
AustraLasia is an email service for the Salesian Family of Asia Pacific. It also functions as an agency for ANS based in Rome. For RSS feeds, subscribe to www.bosconet.aust.com/rssala.xml
