Contents:
- 1. A LOOK AT THE ORIGINS
- 2. AROUSED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE NOVELTY OF CONSECRATED SECULAR LIFE
Pascual Chavez Villanueva – Vocation and formation: gift and task
Contents:
- 1. VOCATIONAL CONSISTENCY AND FIDELITY, CHALLENGES FOR VOCATION
- 1.1 Motivations
- 1.2 Anthropological opportunities and challenges
- Authenticity
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Pascual Chavez Villanueva – “Witnesses to the radical approach of the Gospel”. Called to live in fidelity Don Bosco’s apostolic project. “Work and temperance”
Contents:
- 1. CONVOCATION OF THE GC27
- 1.1 The steps taken in deciding on the theme
- 1.2 Fundamental purpose of the theme
Pascual Chavez Villanueva – “Come and see” (Jn 1,39). The need for vocation ministry
Contents:
- Premiss: Some significant events in the second half of 2010
- Commentary on the Strenna 2011:
- 1. Returning to Don Bosco
Pascual Chavez Villanueva – “Successor of Don Bosco: son, disciple, apostle”. The human and spiritual profile of blessed Michael Rua. On the hundredth anniversary of his death
Contents:
- 1. Don Rua “the most faithful son of Don Bosco”
- The six mysterious word which keep coming back
- Two urgent matters: one for Don Bosco and the other for Michael
Pascual Chavez Villanueva – “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me” (1Cor 11,24). Making the Eucharist in order to become Eucharist
Contents:
- 1. ‘MAKING THE EUCHARIST’ TODAY
- 1.1 The Eucharist in the recent life of the Church
- 1.2 The Eucharist in the present state of the Congregation
Pascual Chavez Villanueva – “You are the salt of the earth… you are the light of the world” (Mt 5,13-14) Presentation of the East Asia – Oceania Region
Contents:
- 1. Brief general presentation of the Region
- Social situation
- Cultural context
- Presence of the Catholic Church
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
Pascual Chavez Villanueva – “You are my God. My happiness lies in you alone” (Ps 16,2)
Contents:
- 1. “I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you ” (Bm 1,8)
- 2. “I have promised God that to my last breath …” (MB XVIII, 258)
- 3. The malaise of consecrated life
Juan Edmundo Vecchi – Sickness and old age in the salesian experience
Contents:
- The seasons of life
- I. Sickness
- The experience of sickness in our consecrated life
- With our eye on Don Bosco
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