The Salesians landed in Macao on 13 February 1906 to take over the management of a diocesan orphanage and set up a school of arts and crafts, with the aim of expanding gradually into China proper, which they first did in 1911, shortly after the Portuguese republican revolution forced the them out of the enclave.
Canon 710 defines as secular institute as follows: A secular institute is an institute of consecrated life in which the Christian faithful living in the world strive for the perfection of charity and work for the sanctification of the world especially from within.
The universal call of the people of God to holiness is carried out in a special way by the members of the Congregation of Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (SIHM). The sign of God’s merciful love towards the lnstitute is clearly manifested in the history especially at the time of birth in the Church, through its founder and its history.
Durant le 1er séminaire international d’histoire de l’oeuvre Salésienne pour l’Afrique et Madagascar, qui a eu lieu du 11 au 14 octobre 2011 à Karen (Nairobi – Kenya), nous avons eu la possibilité de réfléchir spécialement sur les questions liées à la production et à la conservation de la mémoire salésienne. Il a été constaté qu’en ce qui concerne le soin des archives provinciales, (à part quelques exceptions comme celles des archives provinciales de l’Afrique Centrale) il reste beaucoup à faire, soit par rapport aux personnes responsables de ce secteur de notre congrégation, soit par rapport à l’état des structures nécessaires pour garder la mémoire de l’oeuvre des SDB de manière convenable. On rencontre plutôt une situation alarmante qui requiert des interventions avant qu’il ne soit trop tard, sans renvois indéterminés.
Durante il 1° Seminario Internazionale di Storia dell’Opera Salesiana per l’Africa e il Madagascar, svoltosi dall’11 al 14 ottobre 2011 a Karen (Nairobi – Kenya), si è potuto riflettere in modo particolare sulla questione legata alla produzione e alla conservazione della memoria salesiana. Si è constatato che nella cura degli Archivi ispettoriali (con poche eccezioni: come quello dell’Archivio ispettoriale dell’Africa Centrale) rimane assai da fare sia in riferimento al personale responsabile per tale settore della nostra congregazione sia in relazione allo stato di strutture che si dovrebbe mettere a disposizione per tutelare in modo conveniente la memoria dell’operato dei SDB. Si riscontra, piuttosto, una situazione allarmante che richiede interventi fatti in tempo debito, senza rimandi indeterminabili.
During the 1st International Seminar on the History of Salesian Work in Africa and Madagascar, held between 11 and 14 October 2011 at Karen (Nairobi – Kenya), it was possible to reflect in a special way on the question of the production and the conservation of the Salesian memory. It was noted that in the care of the Provincial archives (with few exceptions: as for example that of the Provincial Archives of Central Africa) much remains to be done from both the point of view of the personnel responsible for this sector in our Congregation, and from the point of view of the state of the structures that need to be put in place to safeguard in the best way the memory of what the SDB have done. Rather there appears to be an alarming situation which requires something to be done quickly, without it being put off indefinitely.
Reverendo Signore,
con cortese lettera del 10 ottobre corrente, Ella, anche a nome dei partecipanti al primo Convegno Internazinale di Storia dell’Opera Salesiana per Africa e Madagascar, tenutosi a Nairobi dall’11 al 14 ottobre, ha indirizzato al Santo Padre Benedetto XVI sentimenti di sincera devozione, assicurando costanti preghiere per il Suo universale Ministero.
Il presente studio premette una contestualizzazione di carattere storico e teologico che fa da quadro di riferimento all’intera riflessione, e presenta le fonti documentarie e letterarie della ricerca.
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