FORMATION FOR MISSION THIRTY-EIGHT LASALLIAN LEADERS FOUR COUNTRIES RE-CONNECT IN 2021 Author: Merv McCormack Executive Director of the Lasallian Mission Council. Approximately thirty-eight Lasallian leaders representing all Sectors of the ANZPPNG District gathered for a one-hour zoom meeting on 1 March hosted by Lasallian Mission Services. After introductions, Lasallian Youth Ministry Coordinator Maddy Forde led the Acknowledgement of Country and opening prayer.
Br David, Visitor, followed, providing opening remarks. Quoting Hebrews 6: 10-12, ‘God is not unjust, so as to forget your works and the love you have shown for his name, or your past and present ministry to the saints’, he spoke of the 44 Lasallian schools and other ministries across the District, the work at yourtown across six States of Australia, the ministry at the La Salle Centre itself, and the almost 32,000 students across the four countries of the District. He expressed his ‘deep appreciation for the successes of 2020 in the unforeseen circumstances’, which COVID presented. He reminded participants that: “You are Part of the Miracle: Our Vision, Our Passion, Our Future”, and that this can be realised with Lasallian zeal, within the certainty of Christian hope. 4 JOURNAL LA SALLE - EDITION 1, 2021
