Pascual Chavez Villanueva – “Come over to Macedonia and help us” (Acts 16,9). Presentation of the Northern European Region

Contents:

• 1. “Come over to Macedonia and help us” (Acts 16,9)
• 2. Beginnings of Salesian work in the Northern European Region
  • 2.1 Great Britain, Ireland-Malta, Holland and Northern Belgium

• • 2.2 Austria and Germany
  • 2.3 Poland
  • 2.4 Lithuania and countries of the former Soviet Union
  • 2.5 Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Croatia
  • 2.6 Two factors contributing to the first development
    • 2.6.1 The “Salesian Bulletin”
    • 2.6.2 The Salesian Cooperators
• 3. The present context of our mission
  • 3.1 The new Europe
  • 3.2 The youth situation
  • 3.3 The present Salesian situation of the Region
  • 3.4 The situation in the different areas
  • 3.5 Interprovincial collaboration
• 4. Sectors of Salesian life and mission
  • 4.1 Initial formation
  • 4.2 Salesian formation of lay people
  • 4.3 Youth ministry
  • 4.4 Vocational pastoral work
  • 4.5 Social communication
  • 4.6 The Missions
  • 4.7 The Salesian Family
• 5. Future prospects
  • 5.1 For all the Provinces of the Region
  • 5.2 For the different parts of the Region
• Conclusion

Reference time period: 2005

Reference institution:
Direzione Generale SDB