Mexico - Meeting of SYM Provincial Animators
Amatitán, Mexico - September 2022 - From 2 to 4 September the Provincial Animators of the Salesian Youth Movement (SYM) of the Mexico-Guadalajara Province (MEG), met with the aim of reflecting on the journey of the Church, of the Salesian Congregation and of the Province, to offer better accompaniment to young people, tracing a path to be taken starting from the central options of the Provincial Staff project, which has been renewed and proposed for the 2022-2027 six-year period. The meeting was planned and organized by the Youth Ministry Office of the MEG Province: 42 animators who accompany the SYM and its associations were summoned - 32 attended in person and 10 online. In an atmosphere of sharing and planning, the synodal work between consecrated and lay people engaged in the Salesian Mission was remarkable. The thematic axes were the document of the Pastoral Care of Mexico “La Ruta” (The Path) which proposes a formative path aimed at making adolescents know and experience the places where Jesus lived; the preferential choices of the POI, so that each association can live the “Salesian sacrament of presence”, work for the care of the Common Home, reflect and improve their own evangelization strategies; the code of conduct of the Salesian educator; and the triennial planning of the pastoral activities of each association.