Network of Bursars promotes debate on the economic context of the South American Region
On May 27, the forum In Times of Crisis, Let’s Walk as a Global Family – Analysis of the Scenario and Management Paths, promoted by the South American Region Economy Network, was held. The event, which was held through the Teams platform, brought together about 35 participants from the Administrative Units responsible for the Marist mission in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.
The afternoon of debate started with the presentation of the Econome General of the Marist Institute, Brother Libardo GarzĂłn, who opened the theme Marists, a global family. In the sequence, the co-ordinator of the course of Economic Sciences of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Gustavo de Moraes presented a picture of the roads travelled by the economy in Latin America up to the present time. “What were processes became abrupt and urgent movements,” he said. The professor showed that, according to the latest studies and the alterations in the global market in all sectors, the concentration of economic growth is located in the Pacific Rim, which will bring consequences and a challenge for Latin America. “The current scenario shows us that we have to be more dynamic and more creative than other places in the world”.
The closing of the online event was attended by the executive director of the Marist Province of Central-South (PMBCS), June Cruz. With the panel A study of Marist management, June recalled the calls of Pope Francis for urgent situations of global crisis from the publications “Gaudete et Ensulate”, “Amoris Laetitia” and “Laudato Si”. He also stressed that, in the current context, it is necessary to respond to a human need based on the joint movements between management and mission. “To care for people is to respect the past and the present,” he said. “It is time for the intensification of the charism, taking care of people and the sustainability of the mission”.