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8/4/2013 - Ecuador - Meeting and Retreat for people involved in Social Communication
– Strengthening teamwork, tackling the Pope's World Communication Day Message and evaluating communications in the Province...
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8/4/2013 - Ecuador - Meeting and Retreat for people involved in Social Communication
– Strengthening teamwork, tackling the Pope's World Communication Day Message and evaluating communications in the Province: these were the aims of a meeting and retreat for members of the social communication commission in Ecuador and others working in Quito and Cuenca in this field. The event took place on 25 March at the Salesian Regional Ongoing Formation Centre.
Fr Marcelo Farfán, Provincial, Marcelo Mejía, Social Communication Delegate, and Mr Gabriel Terán, director of the Province planning office, ran the day.
Fr Farfán took the morning sessions, focusing on three key aspects from the Rector Major's Strenna 2013 on rediscovering the Preventive System: relaunching the “upright citizen” and “good Christian”; returning to the young with greater qualification; education from the heart.
Each of these topics was taken up in group work, setting certain parameters for carrying these things out more effectively at local level. The groups proposed a number of strategies as follows: the educational response must not just follow the labour market trends, but also lead to new ways of being; the importance of a communications strategy that fulfils two things: contact with the places/spaces where young people are, and networking. It was emphasised how all Salesians need to be consistent and authentic in the messages they transmit, the Salesian style of working always being the point of reference.
The morning concluded with a reading of a message sent by Fr Filiberto González, Social Communications Councillor, who invited everyone to reflect on four things that Pope Francis has offered in order to communicate authentically:
1. return to the Lord;
2. look after people, meaning an attitude of care for everyone;
3. look after creation, environment...;
4. believe in the power of service, a service that finds its culmination in the Cross.
In the afternoon they evaluated the Province Social Communication Plan for the 2008-2014 period. Mr Terán helped direct this session, proposing a method to identify what has been discovered, what has succeeded, what have been the weaknesses and suggestions that have emerged. Each group took an aspect of the plan and looked at it from this perspective. The day and the retreat finished with the whole team looking at what the groups had analysed.(ANS – Quito)(close)
17/4/2013 - Italy - Young people, the internet and changes brought about by the new media
– On Saturday 20 April the Salesian University Institute, Venice (IUSVE...
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17/4/2013 - Italy - Young people, the internet and changes brought about by the new media
– On Saturday 20 April the Salesian University Institute, Venice (IUSVE), will hold its annual seminar on how the new technology is transforming people’s daily lives, and the need there is for a proper education in its use.
The seminar is entitled ”Never without the internet? Aspects and prospects of digital literacy”. It is intended for students and teachers of IUSVE, but also for all who, for any reason, are interested in the topic – teachers, educators, parents and people working in the media.
The morning will concentrate on the contributions of experts in communication and other sectors affected by the new media. The chairperson will be the journalist Maria Pia Zorzi. Speakers will include Leslie Haddon, researcher of “EU Kids Online”, a project financed by the European Union; Giovanna Mascheroni, expert on the impact of the new media on children and young people; Luigi Guerra who will speak about education for the new technology and education through the new technology; and Mirko Pallera, leading Italian expert on non-conventional marketing.
The Assistant Secretary for Public Education, Marco Rossi Doria will reply to the arguments of primary school teacher Franco Lorenzoni, author of an appeal to “free schools from the computer”.
The afternoon will be given to a deeper study of various lines of research. There will be 13 workshops conducted by teachers of IUSVE. These will deal with cinema, training of teachers, affectivity and sexuality in adolescents in the internet age, the influence of the new media on politics, advertising, the role of parents, even the effect of the new media on eating disorders. There will also be case studies and testimonies, as well as time for debate.(ANS – Mestre)
Further information is available on the University website: www.iusve.it.(close)
15/4/2013 - RMG - World Advisory Council for Social Communications at the end of the six year period work
– The Department of Social Communications has just held the last meeting of the World Advisory Council for this six year period...
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15/4/2013 - RMG - World Advisory Council for Social Communications at the end of the six year period work
– The Department of Social Communications has just held the last meeting of the World Advisory Council for this six year period, as the other Departments have done in recent months. About 25 Salesians working in the area of Social Communications met at the Generalate in Rome from 12 to 16 April, to contribute the fruit of their experience to the work of the Department.
The Rector Major opened the work of the Advisory Council by reading and commenting on the letter written by Don Bosco in 1885, on the spread of good literature. This is a text that contains basic elements that characterize the Salesian approach to communication. In fact, Fr Chavez defined the text as “a manifesto for Salesian communications that is still valid today”, despite the rapid advances in the area of communications.
The meeting was coordinated by the Councillor for Social Communications, Fr Filiberto Gonzalez. The members worked in groups according to topic, and in plenary sessions. The eight regions of the Congregation were well represented, and also the different areas of work – from study and research, to regional and national coordination, to various enterprises and the Salesian Bulletin. The participants included one representative from each of the other three departments, Youth Ministry, Missions and Formation.
The agenda included the following:
Formation for Social Communication
Responding to the needs and the requests of many Salesians, the Department has begun to think of a formation plan in social communications for Salesians. The participants in the Advisory Council made some suggestions for drawing up a simple training plan for publishing that could be extended later to include digital publishing. They considered various articles that had been prepared for this purpose by experts in various disciplines. This material constitutes a valuable starting point, and should soon be published.
Evaluation of the six year period
The Advisory Council took as its starting point the programme for Social Communications for the period 2008-2014, and identified some aspects of the work of the Department that the Councillor for Social Communications should present to the 27th General Chapter. The contribution of the Advisory Council is valuable because it offers an outside view of what has been done during these years.
Proposals regarding Social Communications for the next six year period
A third topic studied was a list of important elements that should be borne in mind in drawing up the programme of the Department for the next six year period. The suggestions referred to the organization of the Department and the coordinating of its activities with those of other departments.
Contribution to the 27th General Chapter
The last working session, that of Sunday morning, was devoted to drawing up a proposal to be sent to the Moderator of the 27th General Chapter.
During the period 2008 to 2014, there were three meetings of the World Advisory Council on Social Communications: Madrid 2009, Rome 2011 and the one that finished yesterday.(ANS – Roma)(close)
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ROME: UPS, 3-4 May 2013 Formators and formandi, initial formation Italy for study of World Communications Day Message 2013.
ROME: Pisana-Salesianum, 9-12 May 2013, all SC Delegates Europe.
PORTUGAL: 13-14 Mayo 2013, Meeting of 4 Editors
ARGENTINA: 16-22 September 2013, CS delegates meeting - America
INDIA: 15-18 October 2013, CS Delegates Meeting - South Asia
THAILAND: 21-24 October 2013 CS Delegates Meeting - AEO
ROME: Pisana 15-17 November 2013, Meeting of Editors of Europe
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Animation - Letter from Fr Filiberto 
Dear friends,
Warm greetings to everyone, with the news that we have had the SC Advisory Council (Consulta) meeting in Rome. It had good representation from the eight regions and various SC media in a number of the continents. This was a fruitful meeting in a fraternal atmosphere, with quality, high level reflection also shared with the Departments of Formation, Youth Ministry, Missions.
The topics we took up were: evaluation of the six year period and proposals for the next one, proposals for GC27 with regard to articles of the Regulations referring to SC; suggestions for coordinated effort between the departments (formation, youth ministry, missions, SC; and planning the publication of a book which will support formation of Salesians and laity to SC from a Salesian point of view.
Just a brief comment on the final point of the book and formation. I asked experts and scholars in SC in the Congregation to develop topics which can help us to understand, be a basis for and change the mindset of the majority of Salesians have towards SC. The idea is to publish a book, but more especially that the Salesians read these articles, at least one per month. We will be sending out these articles to Provincial Delegates and it will be up to them to encourage, seek strategies for them to be read and reflected upon by at least a good number of confreres, if not all of them. Our confreres and lay co-workers in the mission need information and formation for Salesian SC. This is a task we will be committed to tackling more intensely, since there really is no other way that we can bring about a change of mentality.
To conclude, let me remind you to fill out, please, the data collection forms which are for overall evaluation and information for GC27. We have listened to suggestions and to facilitate everyone's work we have completed and adapted formats that you need to fill out then send to us personally.
I and the Department team send you our greetings and remain at your service.
In Don Bosco,
Fr
Filiberto González, Councillor for SC
Information: 10/4/2013 - RMG - Collecting data for GC27 Statistics – The data-collecting process for drawing up the combined statistics of the Congregation to be presented to GC27 has begun. Those involved in the process are provincial secretaries and provincial delegates for formation, youth ministry, social communication.
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Information: 10/4/2013 - RMG - Collecting data for GC27 Statistics – The data-collecting process for drawing up the combined statistics of the Congregation to be presented to GC27 has begun. Those involved in the process are provincial secretaries and provincial delegates for formation, youth ministry, social communication.
Informing provincials through a brief letter, Fr Francesco Cereda, Moderator of GC27, officially set the processes in motion for collecting data from provinces, vice provinces and other circumscriptions, in view of presenting these data to GC27.
All this effort, which began some time ago with the involvement of the provincial delegate for social communications (in his or her case, online data collection) is now being extended to other areas of the Salesian mission and presence.
Provincial secretaries, and delegates for formation and youth ministry will receive modules in the coming days to be filled out according to their area of responsibility, furnishing data as it would be for 15 June 2013. This date is in fact the date of reference for the many of the formation, education, pastoral meetings in various parts of the Congregation. Having this data will provide us with a snapshot of the state of the mission and Salesian activity.
At a later moment the Secretary Genera will be asking provincial secretaries for the relevant data for the “flash”, to be completed by 31 December. This in turn provides a snapshot of the personnel situation in the Congregation.
These two sets of data will be brought together in a single document to be read, satudied and analysed and commented on at GC27.(ANS – Rome)(close)
18/4/2013 - Slovakia - Lumen Festival to conquer Europe
– The young people of the Salesian Youth Association DOMKA present once again this year the Lumen Festival of gospel music, one of the most important festivals of its kind in Central Europe...
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18/4/2013 - Slovakia - Lumen Festival to conquer Europe
– The young people of the Salesian Youth Association DOMKA present once again this year the Lumen Festival of gospel music, one of the most important festivals of its kind in Central Europe. This year the organizers hope to involve young people from other European countries. All who are interested are invited to register as soon as possible!
What is Lumen Festival and what is it all about?
Lumen Festival is a gospel music event that has been going on for more than 20 years, the largest festival of its kind in Central Europe. This year it will take place on 7 and 8 June at Trnava. The festival features bands from Slovakia and other countries from Europe and beyond, including some from North America. In the past few years bands such as DELIRIOUS?, THIRD DAY, SWITCHFOOT, NEWSBOYS and LEELAND have performed at Lumen Festival. Fringe events include talks and workshops on religious. political and social topics, Zumba lessons, pro-life activities, a coffee-house, programmes for kids, and Mass. There will be ample opportunity to make new friends and spend time together.
What is in mind for this year?
Every year we try something new. In 2013, the organizers want to increase the number of participants. In recent years there have been many groups of young people from other countries in the audience. This year the organizers want to extend a formal invitation to individual young people and groups of young people from other countries to take part in large numbers, in the hope that the festival will develop into an international event. The Festival PR team invites Salesian Youth Groups to publicize the event through their own publicity channels. Materials such as logos, posters, photos, videos and information leaflets are available. “It would be beautiful if someone were to volunteer to act as coordinator in a particular city or country, to make it easier for the young people there to participate and enjoy the festival”, says Terezia Petraskova, PR officer.
What will Lumen Festival be like?
The organizing committee offers to assist groups from other countries and to arrange programmes specifically for them, with an opportunity to join in “meet-and-share” activities with people from other European countries.
For further information visit the Lumen Festival 2013 site or write directly to the PR team.(ANS – Trnava)(close)
Production: 3/4/2013 - Italy - New technologies at Bemaneviky: mission complete
– The charitable initiative promoted by the Informatici Senza Frontiere (ISF) association and Monclick Firm...(read more)
Production: 3/4/2013 - Italy - New technologies at Bemaneviky: mission complete
– The charitable initiative promoted by the Informatici Senza Frontiere (ISF) association and Monclick Firm, to support the Salesian mission at Bemaneviky, in Madagascar, as shown early results: new computer equipment is now at the, along with well-prepared teaching staff.
The initiative which began in September 2012, saw ISF receiving 4% of sales in each product in the “Back to School” campaign being run by Monclick. Thanks to massive client participation, € 35,131 was raised – higher than either partner had predicted.
This figure was then divided across various projects in ISF, financed by the campaign. With the part of the project destined for Bemaneviky, Nico Tordini, ISF volunteer, bought equipment – 15 notebooks, 1 projector and 1 multifunction printer – then set about preparing teachers in the area so they could then pass on what was needed in their classes. The potential use level is 3,200 students across a wide area marked by a number of logistic problems.
The volunteer was working in a complex situation with people who had never used a computer; but the expedition was a success: “in just 9 days I carried out an intensive basic computer course. … I left them with documentation in French, some taken from the internet, some put together ad hoc, and I urged them to study, try, make mistakes and then try again.”
The expedition has provided a basis for the people in the region to learn something about computers and thus reduce the “digital divide” between those who have and those who have not. “It is incredible how much we take it for granted and normal that there is universal access and how much we undervalue the power, in terms of freedom and human development, that this can have in places where they have been excluded” Mr Tordini concluded.
He also mentioned those who had helped in this enterprise; Fr Giovanni Corselli, Fr Carmelo Bucciari, Deacon Judicaël Rasamoelina who interpreted, and Bishop Rosario Vella, Bishop of Ambanja.
You can read the complete story, with photos and a video of the expedition to Bemaneviky, in a report on the Monclick site.(ANS – Vimercate)(close)
2/4/2013 - Italy - Graphic design and publishing production exchange
– As a concluding activity of the upper education courses in graphic design and production...(read more)
2/4/2013 - Italy - Graphic design and publishing production exchange
– As a concluding activity of the upper education courses in graphic design and production, some students from Salesian schools in Pamplona and Urnieta, Spain, compared their own education with that of young people from vocational education centres and graphics enterprises in Palermo, Italy. This took place from 14-21 March.
Responding to the felt need to internationalise Salesian vocational education, teachers and pupils from the graphics arts courses in Spanish schools spent a week of technological exchange in Palermo. They took part in the “Gesus Adolescent” Project run by Salesian Vocational Education in Palermo; “Salvemini” Graphics Institute; the “Pietro Piazza” hospitality centre and the “Meli” senior secondary (Classic-oriented) school.
Technology support was provided by various Sicilian graphics and design firms who offered clear explanations and practical demonstrations of various products: last generation design and communications software, laser scanning and offset printing, flexography, large format digital printing, digital assembly systems, binding, cuting and finishing touches on printed products.
Other activities involved sharing amongst students and discovering Sicily's cultural wealth through a diversified and busy program.
The whole event was part of the “Europa 2020” programme, a strategic plan for internationalising vocational education in Salesian schools; this is a view of quality educational and technological systems by centres that take part and is open to creating teaching and learning systems shared amongst various industrial sectors(ANS – Palermo)(close)
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