Contents:
- 1. A YEAR OF GRACE WITH SO MANY FRUITS
- 2. BECAUSE, ALMOST WITHOUT REALISING IT, THE CONGREGATION IS BECOMING KNOWN AT GREATER DEPTH
Pascual Chavez Villanueva – “And he took pity on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he set himself to teach them at some length” (Mk 6,34). SALESIAN YOUTH MINISTRY
Contents:
- 1. THE JOURNEY OF THE CONGREGATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SALESIAN YOUTH MlNISTRY AFTER VATICAN COUNCIL II
- 1.1 A long journey
- 1.1.1 The first steps: from GC19(1965) to GC21 (1978)
- 1.1 A long journey
Pascual Chavez Villanueva – «He summoned those He wanted and they came to Him» (Mk 3,13). On the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Salesian Congregation
Contents:
- 1. “AN ACT OF GREAT SIGNIFICANCE”
- 1.1. A start is made in the name of Our Lady
- 1.2 Days of waiting
Egidio Viganò – The Past-Pupils of Don Bosco
Contents:
- Introduction
- Article 5 of the constitutions
- The “education received”
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Luigi Ricceri – Family News
Contents:
- Family News
- Don Bosco wanted Salesian news
- Spreading Family news
- Salesian news is absolutely necessary today
Luigi Ricceri – Convocation of the 21st General Chapter
Contents:
- 1.1 Convocation of the 21st General Chapter
- 1.2 “We are undertaking a matter of the greatest importance” (D. Bosco)
- 1.3 Two additional news items
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John Rasor – The salesian brother’s spiritual identity
This study will look at how the Salesian brother’s vocation appears in official Salesian writings while Don Bosco was founding the Salesian Congregation, and at how the Congregation has theologically reflected on that vocation as part of its renewal of its Constitutions. It will then examine how this identity has been applied.
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Joseph Boenzi – What is salesian in Don Bosco?
Joseph Boenzi writes of the many times that the figure of St. Francis de Sales enters into the life and ministry of Don Bosco. The final word may never be written on why Don Bosco chose Francis de Sales as the patron of his Congregation but What is Salesian in Don Bosco? throws light on the subject.
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Mary Greenan – Towards intimacy: beyond power games and control needs
Sr. Mary Greenan, FMA presents the theme of collaboration in a commentary on the recent letter of Fr. Juan Edmundo Vecchi, rector major of the Salesian Society, and Mother Antonia Colombo, superior general of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians.
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Giovanni Bosco – Personal letters to Salesians and Daughters of Mary Help of christians
These brief items of correspondence, written in familiar tone, contain simple advice on spiritual life. Don Bosco knew those he wrote to, their character, defects, the circumstances in which they worked. In a practical way he invited them to focus on concrete attitudes essential for nurturing their attachment to their Salesian vocation, constantly keeping their hearts leaning to God and charity.