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Hyderabad, Jul. 6. After a gap of five years on 4-5 July 2014, the Salesians of Don Bosco of the Indian provinces came together again to confirm the relevance and urgency of their social ministry in the region. The meeting was held at Don Bosco Navajeevan Hyderabad, and attended by 13 stalwarts from the different parts of the country.
The group met with a lot of enthusiasm. Each one present had been actively involved in various social justice and human rights activities. All work on community based programmes with their reach on the larger canvass of the state, the nation or the world. All in agreement that the present situation did not warrant any complacency. The participants acknowledged that the advent of Pope Francis gave them both the personal example and the manner of going about the work with the disadvantaged people of India.
A large part of the discussions were on the Salesian context. The participants were conscious of the fact that the real purpose of the congregation was to serve the disadvantaged, especially the young people, so that these would live in dignity. Being Gospel based everyone stressed the democratic style of functioning where equality mattered. They said that equality is to be manifested in participatory processes, and that such democratic and rights based approach needed to be manifest in the Salesian style of functioning and formation. ………..
