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COMMISSION ON MISSIONS TEAM
Bro. Carlo Bacalla, sdb
Fr. Felino Albesa, sdb.
Fr. John Cardinal, sdb
TEAM SALVO – Local Coordinators
DB Balamban – Fr. F. Rotor, sdb. DB Maa – Fr. J. Cardinal, sdb. .
DB Borongan – Fr. R. Garcia, sdb. DB Mati – Fr. A. Banogon, sdb
DB Dumaguete – Fr. J. Dublois, sdb DB Pasil – Ms. Dahlia Ardona
DB Dumangas – Fr. G. Militante, sdb. DB Pakistan – Fr. M. Ruiz, sdb.
DB Lawaan – Fr. R. Vilbar, sdb DBTC Punta – Fr. R. Espiritu, sdb.
DB Liloan – Fr. J. Paradiang, sdb DB Talamban – Bro. E. Villordon, sdb.
DB Lourdes – Fr. W. Dianon, sdb DB Victorias – Fr. B. Butanas, sdb.
DB Mambucal – Ms. Leclec Tamparon
• The SALVO MOA spells out the duties and responsibilities of the offices and individuals involved in the Volunteer Program of the Salesian Society of St. John Bosco-Philippine South Province (FIS).
• It serves as a framework of action for all concerned within the period of engagement
Ensures the proper execution and
performance of the Volunteer Program
Receives, deliberates, approves
and disapproves Volunteer
Refers to the Volunteers matching
of needs and skills/expertise
Communicates to relevant
individuals/offices
Assigns volunteers
Provides housing arrangements
Facilitates immigration papers of Volunteers during engagement period
Updates sending centers of the
performance of the volunteers
Ensures the work and services of Volunteers in
accordance to what is agreed upon.
Issues Volunteer ID, Certificate & other related documents
Provides the Volunteer a direct Supervisor/In-Charge for direct communication, monitoring, and feedback
Provides Volunteer free board and lodging or facilitates housing arrangements outside the Salesian Community
Ensures the work and services of the Volunteer are in accordance with those agreed upon
Reviews the report drawn by the Volunteer & evaluates her/his performance
Enables the Volunteer to attend to trainings or activities for his/her personal & professional growth
Observes the regulations in the Volunteer Site including instructions relating to
professional discretion
May be allowed to do extra
work outside
the Volunteer
Site
Volunteers are not
allowed to drive, as a
general rule
Complies with the orders
and instructions given by the Supervisor or
In-Charge
Performs with due care the
work assigned to him/her &
observes parameters set
of the work assigned
Volunteer must secure
waiver if he/she go outside the Volunteer Site during day-offs or vacations
Openly communicates any problems or difficulties encountered
with the Supervisor
Understands that any violation in the terms and conditions of this MOA or
commission of serious misconduct detrimental to
the program and or the volunteer site is ground for revocation of his/her
volunteer work
Makes oneself
available for the training
and or similar opportunities
offered to him/her
Regularly communicates with the
Sending Center
he/she is connected
with
Collaborates with the Salesians
and undertakes tasks given
extraordinarily to promote the
welfare of the young people’s mind and heart
Shows the young
people good example by becoming a Role Model
to them
Observes the number of
hours required by the work as well as the number of days for vacation
COMMISSION ON MISSIONS
PD 129 The chair person of the Commission on Missions promotes the lay volunteer program as an important component of the movement for committed animators and youth leaders and coordinates with the different provincial commissions in all the aspects of missionary animation. The members are appointed by the Provincial
SCOPE AND NATURE OF WORK
1. Missionary Animation of the FIS Province
2. Salesian Lay Volunteer Organization (SALVO)
Missionary Animation of the FIS Province
MISSIONARY ANIMATION – Refers directly to the growth of the mission of the Church, and in particular at the task of first evangelization and new evangelization. It also refers to the new missionary approach of the ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue. (1st Asia-Australia Missionary Animation Meeting in Bangalore, India)
Salesian Lay Volunteer Organization (SALVO)
VOLUNTEER is a person growing towards a vision of life as a gift, as a vocation, and therefore towards the acquisition of an interior disposition for service; a person in a permanent state of formation towards full human and Christian maturity.
SALESIAN LAY VOLUNTEER is a lay person, a man or a woman, a young person or an adult, single or married, who having come of age, and after an appropriate preparation, places at the disinterested sevice of the young and the working class, especially those who are poor and “at risk,” their professional expertise or other personal gifts and ability, in line with the Salesian charism and mission, in an explicit and continuing commitment.
a. Local Volunteersb. Foreign Volunteers (with PDO)
PRIORITY OBJECTIVES
1. Re-kindle the Missionary Spirit in the hearts of the FIS Salesians
2. Enkindle the Missionary Spirit in the hearts of Lay Mission Partners and Youth in our Salesian Centers
3. Organize a strong the Salesian Lay Volunteer Movemen (SALVO)
4. Organize and Coordinate programs of Foreign Volunteer Organizations / NGOs working in FIS Province
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STRATEGIES
1.1 Re-introduce literatures on Salesian Missionaries1.2 Information drive on Missionary areas in the
Philippines (Lumads, Muslims, etc) and in Pakistan
1.3 Provide opportunities for all SDBs to have an exposure in Mission work
LINES OF ACTION
1.1.1 Use in Spiritual Readings the Lives of Salesian Missionaries / Activities of Filipino Missionaries1.1.2 Yearly Symposia on the Missions 1.2.1 Re-print information documents on the Lumads, Muslims, etc1.2.2 Conduct Symposia on the actual life situation of the Lumads, Muslims, etc.1.3.1 Organize 3-6 months Mission experience
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STRATEGIES
2.1 Provide opportunities for advocacies inline with missionary work
2.2 Information drive on Missionary areas in the Philippines (Lumads,
Muslims, etc) and in Pakistan
LINES OF ACTION
2.1.1 Celebrate Mission week in the Salesian centers
2.1.2 Organize out-reach / immersion programs2.2.1 Organize talks and symposia on the
Missions2.2.2 Prepare, gather, and show Videos on
the Missions
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) STRATEGIES
3.1 Prepare qualified Salesian Missionaries and Lay Volunteers3.2 Organize an Information drive on the Salesian Lay Volunteer Movement3.3 Develop a good formation program for Salesian Missionaries and Lay Volunteers3.4 Establish strong Linkages with different Local and Foreign Volunteer Organizations3.5 Make proper coordination of the Volunteer Program in
the FIS Province
LINES OF ACTION
3.3.1 Prepare formation Manual on Missionary/Volunteer work
3.2.1 Schedule periodic talks and promotion of Volunteer work3.4.2 Benchmark formation / training programs of existing Volunteer Organizations3.4.1 Identify Local and Foreign Volunteer Organizations3.4.1 Design a good monitoring and evaluation system3.4.2 Sending off of Volunteers
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STRATEGIES
4.1 Establish strong Linkage with different Salesian Centers / NGOs for proper Program implementation
4.2 Coordinate the program of the Foreign Volunteers with the host Salesian Centers
4.3 Design a clear policy in dealing with Foreign Organizations / NGOs working in the FIS Province.4.4 Develop concrete program of Activities for Foreign
Volunteers / NGOs working in the FIS Province
LINES OF ACTION
4.1.1 Benchmark training programs of existing Volunteer Organizations4.2.1 Determine the exact needs of the Salesian Centers
for proper matching of Volunteer and Salesian Center
4.3.1 Make a standard Policy, MOA, with Foreign Volunteers / NGOs working in the FIS Province4.4.1Set up a good monitoring and evaluation system
YEAR 1: 2005-2006• Re-visit the FIS Provincial Chapter 5 Document / Directory and look into the
Situation, Objectives, and Lines of Action.• Set the Direction of the Commission on Missions in line with the Provincial
Chapter Directives.• Identify FIS SDBs and Lay Missionaries past and present in view of
Revitalizing their missionary spirit.• Giving Recognition to the FIS SDBs and Lay Missionaries past and present
during the Missionary send-off. • Missionary Send off of Fr. Pacada, Fr. Alvarando, Cleric Bacolod• Identify Coordinators of Missionary Animation in every Salesian Center• Coordinate Celebration of the Mission Month in all the Salesian Centers in
the FIS Province• Organize/Facilitate Missionary Talks / Symposia in every Salesian Center• Make Unified Documentations on Missionary Animation for the FIS Province• Disseminate Documents and Materials for Missionary Animation in all
Salesian Centers
YEAR 2: 2006-2007• Consolidate Commission on Missions Team• Designate a Lay Assistant to the Commission on Missions
Coordinator who will form part of the MA team• Identify various Local and International Volunteer Organizations• Initiate contacts with various Volunteer Organizations• Establish FIS Local Volunteer group• Organize a better system of Coordination with Salesian Foreign
Volunteer Organizations sending Volunteers to the FIS Province• Establish a standard policy regarding Foreign Volunteers working in
the FIS Province• Present the Document on Volunteer Movement to the SDBs• Present the Document on Salesian Volunteer Movement to the
Members of the Salesian Family and Salesian Youth Organizations• Promote the Local Volunteer movement in the FIS Province
YEAR 3: 2007-2008• Present the Salesian Lay Volunteer Movement to the different
Salesian Centers of the FIS Province• Recruit Local Salesian Lay Volunteers• Mentalize the Salesian Communities with the Salesian Lay
Volunteer Movement• Identify the needs of every Salesian Centers in relation to Lay
Volunteers• Establish a better system of Coordination with the Rectors and the
Salesian Communities regarding the SALVO• Identity Members of Salesian Family who can host Local/Foreign
Lay Volunteers• Identify Possible places for accommodation of Lay/Foreign Lay
Volunteers• Organize a better system of recruitment of Local Lay Volunteers• Establish policies for the Local Lay Volunteers
YEAR 4: 2008-2009• Consolidate Commission on Missions Team at the Local and Provincial level• Coordinate properly the celebration of the Mission Month at the Local and Provincial
level• Review the needs of each Salesian Centers for Lay Volunteers in coordination with the
Rectors and Local Missionary Animation Coordinators• Promote Local Volunteers in all the Salesian Centers• Launch the LOCAL SALESIAN LAY VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT in the FIS Province
during the Mission Week• Design a Formation Program for Lay Volunteers in the FIS Province• Coordinate with the various Salesian Centers abroad regarding recruitment and
preparation of Local Lay Volunteers from the FIS Province• Study the possibilities for immersion with the LUMADS, MUSLIMS, and other
Indigenous Filipinos• Prepare a handbook for Missionary Animation / Lay volunteer in the FIS Province• Collect stories, Profiles, and Biographies of past and present SDBs and Lay
Missionaries and Volunteers• Establish a standard system for Evaluation and Assessment of Foreign and Local Lay
Volunteers in the FIS Province• Establish strong linkages and networking with Foreign Salesian and Non-Salesian
Volunteer Organizations • Make an annual Evaluation and Assessment of the Commission on Missions
YEAR 5: 2009-2010• Review the structure of the SALVO within the FIS Province’s Organization• Review/Revise FIS Handbook for Missionary Animation / Lay Volunteer
Movement• Revise Recruitment, Promotion, and Formation program for Lay Volunteers• Establish a better Financial Sustainability plan for the SALVO• Strengthen Linkages of SALVO with Local and Foreign Volunteer
Organizations for financial sustainability• Study the possibilities of sending Local Volunteers to Foreign Missions• Establish contacts with Foreign Organization / Provinces who are interested
to get FIS Lay Volunteers• Prepare Local Lay Volunteers for Foreign Volunteer work• Design a good monitoring system with FIS Lay Volunteers in
Out-of-Town/Foreign Missions• Vocation promotion among SALVO members• Make an Annual Evaluation and Assessment of the Commission on
Missions
YEAR 6: 2010-2011
• Evaluate the Missionary Animation of the FIS Province
• Evaluate SALVO volunteer program at Local and International Level
• Design program for Financial and Manpower sustainability of SALVO
• Study possibilities of Linkages with Local/Foreign Volunteer Organizations and NGOs in relation to sustainability plans for the SALVO
• Vocation Promotion among SALVO members• Annual Evaluation and Assessment
EVALUATION1. There is need to appoint new members of the Commission on Missions Team.2. SALVO needs to coordinate better with the sending centers as regards the
selection and preparation of foreign volunteers coming to FIS Province.3. Need for proper orientation and verification of proper motivation for foreign
volunteers coming to work in the FIS Province.4. There were positive and negative experiences with foreign volunteers who
had worked and are working in the FIS Province.5. SALVO has established a better policy regarding foreign volunteers.6. There is need to establish better coordination between the Commission on
Missions Coordinator and the Local Missionary Animation Coordinators of every Salesian house.
7. The SDBs are more informed about the SALESIAN LAY VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT.
8. There is need to inform the members of the various Salesian Groups of the FIS Province on the VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT.
9. There is need to clarify the points of coordination between the Commission on Missions coordinator and the other commissions.
10. There is need for a permanent staff to the Commission on Missions and the SALVO in particular.