austraLasia #2641
Korea Province - "What matters were you discussing as you walk along?"
SEOUL: 12 May 2010 -- The first weeks of May have seen two gatherings of younger confreres, practical trainees and priests in their quinquennium, belonging to the KOR province.
From 30 April to 2 May 11 young confreres in practical training - only those working outside the country were absent - came together for the half-yearly meeting of practical trainess at Naeri, where the summer camp is located.
They took part in one day of reflection and one day of meetings, led by the Provincial, Fr Stephen Nam, though the coordinator for the event was Fr Stephen Yang, the province formation delegate. The moments of reflection focused on the person as a contemplative in action. There was also a conference on Salesian prayer. During the second day of meeting and discussion the young confreres had an opportunity to discuss both Salesian and community life, looking at the degree of care exercised on their behalf by the community, and noting the difficulties, limitations but also the joys the experienced as Salesian assistants to young people. The event concluded with an outing with the provincial to a nearby national park.
The second meeting was held instead at the Provincial House in Seoul, and involved 9 young Salesian priests. Three were unable to attend because they are working or studying outside the province at the moment. They took a line from Luke's Gospel as their general theme for the occasion: "What matters are you discussing as you walk along?" (Lk 24:17). Their programme involved a celebration of the Eucharist with the Provincial, and a conference based on the province handbook for discernment of poverty, given by the Provincial Economer. They also had an opportunity to share aspects of their spiritual life, and to relax together.
The average age of this second group is 39 years of age, slightly below that of the Province overall.
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Korea Province - "What matters were you discussing as you walk along?"
SEOUL: 12 May 2010 -- The first weeks of May have seen two gatherings of younger confreres, practical trainees and priests in their quinquennium, belonging to the KOR province.
From 30 April to 2 May 11 young confreres in practical training - only those working outside the country were absent - came together for the half-yearly meeting of practical trainess at Naeri, where the summer camp is located.
They took part in one day of reflection and one day of meetings, led by the Provincial, Fr Stephen Nam, though the coordinator for the event was Fr Stephen Yang, the province formation delegate. The moments of reflection focused on the person as a contemplative in action. There was also a conference on Salesian prayer. During the second day of meeting and discussion the young confreres had an opportunity to discuss both Salesian and community life, looking at the degree of care exercised on their behalf by the community, and noting the difficulties, limitations but also the joys the experienced as Salesian assistants to young people. The event concluded with an outing with the provincial to a nearby national park.
The second meeting was held instead at the Provincial House in Seoul, and involved 9 young Salesian priests. Three were unable to attend because they are working or studying outside the province at the moment. They took a line from Luke's Gospel as their general theme for the occasion: "What matters are you discussing as you walk along?" (Lk 24:17). Their programme involved a celebration of the Eucharist with the Provincial, and a conference based on the province handbook for discernment of poverty, given by the Provincial Economer. They also had an opportunity to share aspects of their spiritual life, and to relax together.
The average age of this second group is 39 years of age, slightly below that of the Province overall.
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AustraLasia is an email service for the Salesian Family of Asia Pacific. It also functions as an agency for ANS based in Rome. For queries please contact admin@bosconet.aust.com . Use Bosconet-wiki to be interactive. RSS feeds - just go to Bosconet, click on austraLasia 2009 in the sidebar. You will see the RSS orange icon in your browser address bar - add it from there. Or be interactive with the EAO blog Cetera Tolle. Avail yourself of the Salesian Digital Library at http://sdl.sdb.org
