{"id":97266,"date":"2023-12-06T15:28:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T14:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/?p=97266"},"modified":"2023-12-06T15:28:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T14:28:18","slug":"commitments-and-prospects-after-the-relaf-meeting-with-the-superior-general-and-his-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/commitments-and-prospects-after-the-relaf-meeting-with-the-superior-general-and-his-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Commitments and prospects after the RELAF Meeting with the Superior General and his Council"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“We have come to share stories with you in the shade of the Baobab, the tree of life; we recognise the heroic audacity of the pioneer missionaries who left their comfort zones to come to these lands; we <\/span>have drunk from the fountain of their wisdom and we celebrate the Lasallian legacy that continues to build the Reign of God here and now<\/b>“. With these words Brother Armin Luistro, Superior General of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, closed the meeting with the Lasallian Region of Africa-Madagascar (RELAF) held in Abidjan (Ivory Coast) from 13 to 17 November, with the participation of the Brother Visitors, Auxiliary Visitors, Bursars and those responsible for the Lasallian Educational Mission of the five Districts and the Delegation which are part of the Region, together with the members of the General Council of the Institute, who also took part in it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“There are no superiors or inferiors: we <\/span>are all brothers and children of the same Father<\/b>,” Brother Armin continued, affirming that “under the shade of the Baobab we have a safe space to dare to ask the challenging questions: have our schools contributed to improving the lives of young people in our Region? Are we repeating the mistakes of the past, or creating a new vision of a world where justice and peace reign?\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

Rethinking our formation<\/b><\/p>\n

In summing up and taking up the commitments arising from the Meeting, Brother Rodrigue Taoppen, Visitor of the District of West Africa (DILAO), appreciated the fact that Brother Superior General and his Council <\/span>“have travelled around Africa to see at first hand our own realities”.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

With regard to the formation of the Brothers, Lay Partners and Young Lasallians, he asked himself, “<\/span>Does the formation we provide young people really enable them to transform Africa? <\/b>This is a question we must ask ourselves in order to rethink our formation, so that we can emerge from underdevelopment, or from the poverty in which we have been ourselves for so many years”, he affirmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>