austraLasia #3497
Leaders and Animator Formation (LAF) Part of the preparations for the
Bicentenary Celebration
CEBU: August 24, 2014 – The Salesian Youth Movement team of the Philippine Southern Province continues to develop the congregation's annual theme in preparation for the bicentennial celebration of the birthday of Don Bosco through its program called LAF, aka, Leaders and Animators Formation.
This August 2014, the team headed to all the districts of the SYM presences respectively in Cebu (which includes Dumaguete and Borongan, Eastern Samar), Negros Islands (which includes Iloilo), and the Mindanao Island. This year they had reached out to 151 leaders and animators giving them inputs and workshops centered on the topic of "Integrating the Filipino Popular Spirituality (FPS) with the Salesian Youth Spirituality (SYS)."
There are four elements to the Filipino Popular Religiosity as written by Fr. Alejo, SJ, and they are the spirituality of the body, the many, the celebration, and the negotiation. The spirituality of the body can also be synthesized as the spirituality of expressiveness. Likewise for the spirituality of the many as happiness, celebration as togetherness, and negotiation as creativeness.
And these four elements of the Filipino Popular Spirituality are very much aligned with the Salesian Youth Spirituality namely:
1. Spirituality of Optimism and Joy =
Moreover, all these things can be experienced in the Spirituality of the ordinariness of daily life or in our day to day encounter with people and with God.
In the afternoon of the same day, the workshop centered on making formation modules based on the elements and of the FPS and SYS which was collected and will be edited by the SYM-FIS team to be distributed to all Salesian settings once it is finished. In this way, we can call it our birthday gift to St. John Bosco who continue to inspire all of us. Youth Serving Youth.
Leaders and Animator Formation (LAF) Part of the preparations for the
Bicentenary Celebration
This August 2014, the team headed to all the districts of the SYM presences respectively in Cebu (which includes Dumaguete and Borongan, Eastern Samar), Negros Islands (which includes Iloilo), and the Mindanao Island. This year they had reached out to 151 leaders and animators giving them inputs and workshops centered on the topic of "Integrating the Filipino Popular Spirituality (FPS) with the Salesian Youth Spirituality (SYS)."
There are four elements to the Filipino Popular Religiosity as written by Fr. Alejo, SJ, and they are the spirituality of the body, the many, the celebration, and the negotiation. The spirituality of the body can also be synthesized as the spirituality of expressiveness. Likewise for the spirituality of the many as happiness, celebration as togetherness, and negotiation as creativeness.
And these four elements of the Filipino Popular Spirituality are very much aligned with the Salesian Youth Spirituality namely:
1. Spirituality of Optimism and Joy =
Spirituality of the Many (Happiness)
2. Spirituality of Friendship with Jesus = Spirituality of the Body (Expressiveness)
3. Spirituality of Communion with the Church = Spirituality of the Celebration (Togetherness)
4. Spirituality of Responsible Service = Spirituality of Negotiation (Creativeness)
Moreover, all these things can be experienced in the Spirituality of the ordinariness of daily life or in our day to day encounter with people and with God.
In the afternoon of the same day, the workshop centered on making formation modules based on the elements and of the FPS and SYS which was collected and will be edited by the SYM-FIS team to be distributed to all Salesian settings once it is finished. In this way, we can call it our birthday gift to St. John Bosco who continue to inspire all of us. Youth Serving Youth.
