Brazil - 10th Meeting of the University Pastoral Network, Salesian Higher Education Institutions America
Brasilia, Brazil – August 2024 – The 10th Meeting of the University Pastoral Network of the Salesian Higher Education Institutions (IUS) America took place from 28 to 30 August at the Catholic University of Brasilia The event aims to train the leaders and facilitators of IUS America pastoral care, involving representatives of IUS from Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and El Salvador, as well as to evaluate and plan the work of this network in accordance with the common programme 6. The meeting was opened by the UCB Pastoral Care team, followed by the welcome of the Rector of the university, Carlos Longo; the President of the Board of Directors of the UBEC-Brazilian Union of Catholic Education Group, UCB managing body, Fr Geraldo Adair da Silva, SDB; the Network Coordinator, Prof. Genésio Zeferino; the Pastoral Care Coordinator for IUS America, Fr José Marinoni; and the General Coordinator of IUS, Fr Oscar Lozano. Before concluding the meeting, there was an analysis of the book "Pastoral Universitária Salesiana Reflexões e experiências nas IUS América", the result of the network's reflection on this important dimension of Salesian educative and pastoral work.
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