(ANS - Barcelona) – On Thursday 10 October, the Salesian House of Can Prats, headquarters of the Barcelona Provincial, welcomed the members of the Delegation of Social Communication (CS) of the new Province of Mary Help of Christians. The setting up of this delegation is one of the first steps in the restructuring of the Provinces of Spain.

The meeting served to pool the tasks in the field of communication that the new delegation has scheduled in preparation for the unification of the Provinces which is expected to take place in May 2014. The work was guided by the Delegate, Fr José Luis Burguera, assisted by representatives of the Provincial Delegations of CS of Barcelona, ​​Francesc Riu; Sevilla, Carlos Martin; and Valencia, Marta María Peirat.

The starting point was the setting up of the new delegation which is a pioneer in the process of unification and which accepts, among other things, the difficult task of tracing a path for the communications mission of the Salesians in Spain.

At first they reviewed the tasks that the Provincials have assigned to the Delegation, among them the development of a plan for the delegation itself. The main task will be to come up with the Provincial Plan of CS as a theoretical framework for all activities. Other tasks will include the development of a new corporate image, the opening of a new web portal, the creation of the Office of CS and the publication of a new provincial magazine.

They also shared the drawing up of an annual calendar for the initiation and presentation of different instruments of communication.  They drew up an organizational chart for the work of the Delegation in this new situation. This will include translation services and information on each of the houses and different situations for all the members of this new Province of the Salesian Family.

The Barcelona province hosted the meeting which was attended by the Vice- Provincial. It included a visit to Edebé publishing house and to the room where Don Bosco stayed. The meeting ended in the late afternoon but the work can continue with the possibility of digital meetings, a new way of working that will become normal for the Delegation which is responsible for a large area.

The next meeting is scheduled for Valencia in the month of March 2014.

Published on 23/10/2013