Pascual Chavez Villanueva – “Da mihi animas, cetera tolle”. Charismatic identity and apostolic zeal. Starting again from Don Bosco to reawaken the heart of every Salesian

Contents:

• 1. CONVOCATION OF THE GC26
  • 1.1 Reasons for choice of the theme
  • 1.2 Steps that led to the choosing of the theme
  • 1.3 Fundamental purpose of the theme
  • 1.4 Other tasks
• 2. CONTEXT OF THE GC26
• • 2.1 Needs and expectations of the young
    • Life: needs and threats
    • Love: needs and threats
    • Freedom: needs and threats
  • 2.2 Social and cultural challenges
    • Basic tendencies
    • Challenges at a social and cultural level
    • Cultural challenges of the Congregation
  • 2.3 Guidelines of the Church.
    • Starting afresh from Christ: holiness as a pastoral programme
    • Bearing witness to Christ: evangelisation as the primary mission
    • Returning to the young: presence as a sign of Christ’s love
  • 2.4 Challenges and perspectives in Consecrated Life
    • Challenges of Consecrated Life
    • Prospects for Consecrated Life
  • 2.5 The process followed by the Congregation
    • GC22:the Chapter of fidelity
    • GC23: the Chapter of the mission
    • GC24: the Chapter of sharing with lay people
    • GC25: the Chapter of the Salesian community
  • 2.6 What the Provinces say
• 3. THE THEME OF THE GC26
  • 3.1 Programme of life of Don Bosco and of the Salesian
  • 3.2 Charismatic identity: the Salesian spirit
  • 3.3 Apostolic zeal: “the glory of God and the salvation of souls”
  • 3.4 Da mihi animas
    • 3.4.1 Urgent need for evangelisation
    • 3.4.2 Need for recruitment
  • 3.5 Cetera tolle
    • 3.5.1 Evangelical poverty
    • 3.5.2 New frontiers
  • 3.6 Requirements for bringing the theme down to earth
    • Steps to be taken
    • Mentalities to be changed
    • Structures to be changed
• 4. PRAYER FOR THE GC26
• PRAYER TO DON BOSCO

Reference time period: 2006

Reference institution:
Direzione Generale SDB