Pascual Chavez Villanueva – Bringing the Gospel to the young. Strenna 2010. Centenary of the death of Don Michael Rua

Contents:

Premiss: Some significant events in the second half of 2009

Commentary on the Strenna 2010:

• Introduction: the motives behind the Strenna
• Being disciples and apostles: our vocation
• The task of the disciples is to hear the “desire to see Jesus”
• First disciples, then apostles

• To help the young “to see Jesus”
  •  The aim of evangelisation: meeting Christ in the Church
  •  Method of evangelisation: walking together
  •  Motivation for evangelisation
  •  Rethinking pastoral work
  •  Processes to implement in order to change
•  Don Michael Rua, disciple and apostle
  •  “The most faithful one”
  •  Fruitful Fidelity
  •  Dynamic Fidelity
•  Suggestions for putting the Strenna into practice
•  Conclusion: Don Bosco evangeliser, sign of God’s love for the young (Meditation on the painting of Don Bosco by Sieger Koeder).

Reference time period: 1910 – 2010

Reference institution:
Direzione Generale SDB