Summary:
- 1. Why this subject
- 2. A new vision of politics
- The snare of ambiguity
- What is meant today by politics
- The limits of political activity
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Capitolo Generale XXVI Salesiani di Don Bosco – «Da mihi animas, cetera tolle»: documents of the General Chapter XXVI of the society of Saint Francis of Sales
The publication of the Acts, with the documents that form part of them, makes the decisions taken official policy, and marks the starting point of the six-year period 2008 – 2014.
The theme of the GC26 is a single one even though it is set out in key issues. At first sight it might seem that the GC26 dealt with five different questions; in realty it is just the one theme: Don Bosco’s programme of spiritual and apostolic life. The motto “Da mihi animas, cetera tolle” can be fully understood from a knowledge of the life and work of our beloved Father and Founder Don Bosco. Continue reading “Capitolo Generale XXVI Salesiani di Don Bosco – «Da mihi animas, cetera tolle»: documents of the General Chapter XXVI of the society of Saint Francis of Sales”
Luigi Ricceri – Spiritual direction is a call to interior llfe – The earthquake in Guatemala – Missions Centennial Activities – Some data and observations on salesian vocations.
Summary:
- Spiritual direction is a call to interior life
- The earthquake in Guatemala
- Missions Centennial Activities
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Luigi Ricceri – The first Centennial of our Missions – The problem of Formation – The World Congress of the Salesian Coadjutor Brothers
Summary:
- The first Centennial of our Missions
- The problem of Formation
- The World Congress of the Salesian Coadjutor Brothers
Luigi Ricceri – Missionaries of youth
Summary:
- Missionaries of youth
- Our mission: evangelizing youth ‘Evangelization is just starting’
- Naught for your comfort
- Our response
- The three obbligations of the S.G.C.
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Egidio Viganò – Educating to the faith in the school
Contents:
- lntroduction
- The “oratorian root” of our School
- The scholastic commitment of the Congregation at the present day
- The problem of the relationship between “school” and “education”
- Crisis of cultural transition
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Capitolo Generale dei Salesiani di Don Bosco – Educating the young people to the faith
I present to you the Acts of the GC23, with their rich contents for the guidance of our life and apostolic activity. In them is collected together the official documentation of the Chapter’s work: i.e. the document on educating young people to the faith; the modifications or additions concerning the Constitutions and Regulations; practical interpretations of some texts from the Rule; deliberations regarding the grouping of provinces; a practical directive for our presence in Africa; a brief chronicle of capitular events; and the “Letter to Youth” that the Assembly asked for from the Rector Major. Continue reading “Capitolo Generale dei Salesiani di Don Bosco – Educating the young people to the faith”
Egidio Viganò – Saint John Bosco: “Iuventutis pater et magister”
Contents:
- The letter “Centesimo Exeunte”.
- A title needing deeper thought and interior assimilation.
- The designation “Father”.
- The adjunct “Teacher”.
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Egidio Viganò – The advancement of the lay person in the Salesian family
Contents:
- An invitation to renew our identity card.
- Who are the laity who share the mission with us.
- The new ecclesial mentality.
- Vatican II our guide in a “pilgrimage of discovery”.
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Luigi Ricceri – Unity in the Congregation – How decentralization works – Towards a campaign of fidelity
Summary:
- The highway of post-capitular renewal
- Decentralization and unity in the Congregation today
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Egidio Viganò – Rector Major’s trip to Puebla
Contents:
- Puebla provides a strong proclamation of the original nature of the Church’s mission, and in particular of the priestly and religious vocation.
- Puebla clarifies the dignity of man in the light of the Gospel, and courageously makes its own the present turning point in the field of anthropology.
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Egidio Viganò – Memory of origins
Contents:
- A disquieting challenge.
- “Strengthen your brothers”.
- Appraising the crisis.
- Our approach to a critical appraisal.