PNG LASALLIAN HERITAGE 2020 IN SESSION Grace Wrakia
RENEWAL
A fresh start is what many people decide to do at the start of a new year. Teachers, whether they have been teaching for more than 10 years or have just started their careers, are determined to start afresh. All 40 teachers at De La Salle Secondary school, Bomana and 18 new teachers from La Salle Technical College Hohola participated in a one-day PNG Lasallian Heritage Program from the 27th - 30th of January. The program was facilitated by the school-based Lasallian Adult Formators - Br. Luke Warvanuk FSC for Bomana, Br. Sajawal FSC for Lasalle Technical College, and the Lasallian Family office. The day was spent connecting the teachers to the Lasallian story. To which they are all part.
There are many prayer exercises that can be used to renew the Spirit and re-energise teachers at the start of a new school year. For Lasallian teachers inducted by the PNG Lasallian Heritage program- they were guided using the MTR and the Brothers Rule as written by Br. Joan Pierre Laudy FSC; 1. “By the movement of the Spirit” [Rule of 1718, c.11] 2. By God’s direction [Rule of 1718, c.11] 3. “With the intention of pleasing him” [Rule of 1718, c.11]
The Lasallian schools and teachers in Papua New Guinea have participated in many Lasallian Formation programs both within PNG and abroad. There is a varying length of involvement in these programs as well as in the degree of experiences of Lasallian educators who have either attended or have facilitated these programs.
4. “ sacred scripture the first and principal Rule” [Rule of 1718, c. 11] 5. “As ambassadors and Ministers of Jesus Christ” [Med 195:2; 21:2] 6. “Often ask God for the grace to touch hearts” [Med 81:2]
The Lasallian Heritage is shared in more than 80 countries around the world. It is faith expressed in different ways as it passes through generations, culture and geography. This heritage passes on through formal /organised inductions as the ones recently held at De La Salle Bomana Secondary, and at La Salle Technical College Hohola or through small and informal groups and/or through the individual experiences of Lasallian colleagues - Brothers and Partners.
“How fortunate you ought to consider yourselves, to be working in the field of the Lord” [med 207:1] After this exercise, derived from module# 3 Lasallian Spirituality, the teachers were split into two groups; the new, and the continuing teachers. Those who were new received in-services from the Founding Story while the continuing teachers participated in topics on Lasallian Pedagogy. Before lunch and at the end of the day’s program, the two groups merged to pray. Though it was the very first day of work, the teachers participated actively in all the sessions, making it a meaningful experience.
MAMBU MAGAZINE
17
2020 EDITION 1
