Haiti – First Consultative meeting for the Salesian Family in Haiti
Haiti – September 2024 - On Saturday 14 September, the first Consultative meeting for the Salesian Family in Haiti was held online, bringing together the Heads of the 8 Groups of the Salesian Family in this country, with the aim of renewing their manner of presence today and seeking together the answers to the many questions of daily life. Due to the disastrous socio-political situation in the country, the Salesian Family continues its mission in very difficult conditions. The Superior of the Salesians of Don Bosco of Haiti (HAI), Fr Morachel Bonhomme, the Provincial of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, Sister Altagrâce Mathias, the provincial delegates for the Salesian Family: Fr Lex Florival (SDB) and Sister Dominique Giraud, (FMA), attended the meeting. “Don Bosco, Father of a charismatic family” was the central theme of the meeting. The Groups were invited to reflect on the different interventions of the morning through the following questions: In the light of the Salesian Family Charter, how does my group work at the local, regional and national level? What will we do so that our group can function according to its particular identity? Concrete resolutions. All participants at the end of the meeting were satisfied with this first Consultative meeting.
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