Category: CENTRAL EUROPE

Students from the Technological High School “St. John Baptist de La Salle” in Pildesti, Romania, have the opportunity to participate in many activities organized by the school under the guidance of teachers. In addition to these curricular and extracurricular activities a considerable number of them are involved in two groups: Scout – Romanian Scouts and Catholic Youth Action. These two groups perform their activities in their local communities / parishes of origin: Pildesti and Gherăeşti.

The activities are varied, from catechesis to volunteering and spending their leisure time together in the most pleasant and creative ways.

We encourage the other students to participate in these two or other existing groups, to be more useful to their peers and community.

The love of Christ asks us to pray, but aslo requires us to go beyond the mere Prayer for Christian Unity. Communities and churches need the gift of reconciliation with God who is the source of life. But they need above all to bear witness together to the world: “May they all be one; as thou, Father, art in me and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. “(Jn 17:21).
The world needs apostles of reconciliation to remove barriers, build bridges, bring peace and open the way for new forms of living in the name of Jesus Christ who reconciled us with God. The Holy Spirit guides us to the path of reconciliation on his behalf.
Monday, January 23, our school organized an ecumenical celebration attended by the entire educational community.

There were together in prayer with us parish priests: Ciobanica Andrei parish priest of Pildeşti community and priest Liviu Lupu, vicar of the Orthodox community in the neighboring village, Gherăeşti. The theme chosen this year for the Week of prayer was entitled Reconciliation – the love of Christ compels us (cf. 2 Cor 5.14 to 20) and the texts used in the celebration were developed by the Council of Christian Churches from Germany (ACK). This theme celebrates reconciliation, which is offered through an irrevocable manner by our faith in Jesus Christ. The love for Christ is the moving force that helps us overcome the divisions between us and pushes us towards acts of reconciliation.

During the celebration there were two symbolic actions: a first action was to build a wall (with reference to the Berlin Wall), which symbolized our sins and the division recogniyed by Christians. After the sermon this wall was turned into a cross. The second action was the symbolic lighting of 12 candles by 12 people. By doing that, all the present persons were invited to be Christ’s ambassadors and carry this light into the world, into the dark places where conflict, discord and divisions of all kind are a common obstacle to their testimony.

Duchovnú prípravu na vianočné sviatky zvládli žiaci tercie a kvarty dokonca v nemeckom jazyku – aktívne sa zúčastnili na svätej omši. Liturgické odpovede a čítania sme mali nacvičené vopred a pri pochopení zmyslu kázne nám pomohli symboly. Boli to darčeky, ktoré kňaz, Tomáš Jellúš, SJ podaroval žiakom s krátkym vysvetlením, ako každá z vecí symbolizuje radosť, ktorú nám dáva Boh. Z omše sme odchádzali obdarovaní nielen vecne, ale predovšetkým duchovne a s dobrým pocitom, že vieme omšu vnímať aj v cudzom jazyku.

Monday, December 12, was completed the international educational project, Christmas Packages along the Danube, promoted by the organization “Danube-Networkers for Europe” (DANET).

It was a widespread activity, as there were 50 direct participants (the School Associations and cultural organizations) from 11 countries. There were sent around 150 Christmas packages.

In the educational community of our school, we were glad that we had the opportunity to interact with students and teachers from Bulgaria, Germany and Slovakia, two colleges from Bratislava – Slovakia – and Illertissen – Germany – part of the vast network of educational lasallian centers from RELEM – European and Mediterranean Lasallian Region.

On 5 December 2016 we had the honor of receiving the visit of two General Councilor Brothers from the Congregation of the Christian Brothers Schools namely Br. Rafael Matas Rossello, from Spain, responsible in the Congregation for Lasallian vocations and for the Lasallian Family and Br. Gustavo Ramirez, from Mexico in charge in the Congregation with the Association and with the Lasallian Educational Mission.

The meeting was attended by representatives of students, teachers, and non-teaching staff within our school, and the Signum Fidei group representatives.

The purpose of our guests’ visit was to know the reality of the Lasallian Educational Mission and of the Association in order to achieve this Mission in the two educational centers from Pildeşti and Iaşi.