(ANS – Brasilia) – On 21-22 November the 6 Provincials of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) and the 9 Provincials of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) of the Salesian Inter-Province Conference of Brazil (CISBRASL) met in Brasilia to approve some projects and to set up the “Red Salesiana Brasil”.

On the first day, the 6 SDB Provincials met with the Councillor for the America-South Cone Region Fr Natale Vitali – representing the Rector Major, Fr Pascual Chávez Villanueva – to assess, set in motion and approve works being undertaken in the Provinces. The three directors of CISBRASIL, Bro Cledson Rodrigues, Fr Pessinatti and Fr Ronaipe presented the plans for 2012. At the same time the FMA Provincials were meeting to assess and approve their national level plans.

On 22 November, on the basis of other successful joint projects, the Salesians and the FMA set up a new network called “Red Salesiana Brasil”.

It is almost 10 years since the Salesians of Don Bosco and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians began net-working, bringing together the infant schools, compulsory middle schools into a single network with shared activities.

The Red Salesiana Brasil is the first project to be  undertaken by all the Provinces of the Salesians and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians. 22  November 2011 will become a key date for Salesian networking, when the joint  activities of the SDB and FMA assume a legal character with e new association.

Published 28/11/2011