(ANS – New Delhi) – The Salesian Provincial Conference South Asia (SPCSA) Commission Heads and leaders of other national associations met on 10and 11 May 2014 in New Delhi to plan ways of networking among themselves and to plan for the coming six years.

The meeting was presided over by Fr. Maria Arokiam Kanaga, the Regional Councillor for South Asia. Fourteen Salesians who are either Delegates of various regional commissions or Leaders of national networking bodies, took part.

Fr Maria Arokiam invited the participants to look towards 2020 and contribute to the six year plan of the Rector Major. He asked them also to look into themselves and the activities of their commissions from the point of view of effectiveness and networking,  in the light of GC 27. The meeting was also in preparation for the forthcoming SPCSA general assembly which will take place at Yercaud, Tamil Nadu, from 27 to 29 May.

The Regional Councillor presented also an evaluation of the Region in the past six years saying that the general picture of the Region was very positive. However, in his view,  some of the major problems to be overcome are: individualism, going by worldly success indicators, inability to subject institutions to causes, “spiritual worldliness”, lack of understanding of life as vocation, and internal divisions.

The meeting provided opportunity to the participants to express concrete ways of implementing the GC27 directives, and to promote collaboration. 

Published 19/05/2014