Contents:
- A beautiful spiritual inheritance.
- The Strenna, an expresston of unity for the whole of our Salesian Family.
- Like Don Bosco: with his pastoral heart and his option for education, caught up in God’s plan.
Pascual Chavez Villanueva – «Da mihi animas, cetera tolle». Let us draw upon the spiritual experience of Don Bosco, in order to walk in holiness according to our specific vocation. «The glory of God and the salvation of souls». Third year of preparation for the Bicentenary of his birth
Contents:
- Premise: A reflection on the inescapable task of evangelisation, in reference to the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii gaudium of Pope Francis.
- Commentary on the Strenna for 2014.
- Features of Don Bosco’s spirituality.
Pascual Chavez Villanueva – Vocation and formation: gift and task
Contents:
- Vocational consistency and fidelity, challenges for vocation.
- Motivations.
- Anthropological opportunities and challenges.
- Authenticity.
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Pascual Chavez Villanueva – “Like Don Bosco the educator, we offer young people the Gospel of joy through a pedagogy of kindness”. Second year of preparation for the Bicentenary of his birth
Contents:
- Premise: The Synod on “new evangelisation for the transmission of the faith”: reflections of the Rector Major who took part in this important event of the Church.
- Commentary on the Strenna 2013. Rediscovering the Preventive System.
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- Relaunching the “upright citizen” and the “good Christian”.
- Returning to the young better prepared.
- An education of the heart.
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:
- CONVOCATION OF THE GC27.
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- The steps taken in deciding on the theme.
- Fundamental purpose of the theme.
- Fruits to be hoped for from the implementation of the theme.
- Other tasks.
Pascual Chavez Villanueva – «Let us make the young our life’s mission by coming to know and imitate Don Bosco». First year of preparation for the Bicentenary of his birth
Contents:
- Premise: Some significant events in the second half of 2011
- Commentary on the Strenna for 2012:
- Knowledge of Don Bosco and a commitment on behalf of the young
- Rediscovering the story of Don Bosco
Pascual Chavez Villanueva – Inculturation of the salesian charism “So though I am not a slave of any man I have made myself the slave of everyone so as to win as many as I could” (1Cor 9,19)
Contents:
- “The Law of all evangelisation”
- Changing cultural paradigms
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- Globalisation
- Interreligious dialogue
- The youth situation
- The digital world, a continent to be leavened
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).
- 1.1.2 The development of the guidelines of the GC21 promoted by the Department (1978-1990).
- 1.1.3 General Chapters 23 (1990) and 24 (1996).
- 1.2 The great goals of this journey.
- 1.2.1 An ever deeper perception of the new situation of the young.
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- 1.1 A long journey.
Pascual Chavez Villanueva – «I am the vine, you the branches» (Jn 15,5a) The vocation to remain always united to Jesus to have life
Contents:
- The horror of pedophilia.
- Some data.
- In the light of the Gospel.
- “What must we do, brothers?” (Acts 2.37)
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
- A prophetic letter on the bedside table
- Being Don Bosco at Mirabello Monferrato
- “Being Don Bosco here at the Oratory”
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
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
- 1.3 The boys from the ‘black belt’
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