Contents:
- Introduction
- Fidelity to a precious heritage
- Don Bosco belongs to the Church
- Don Bosco father of a spiritual family
Egidio Viganò – The salesian rector and animation
Contents:
- Rich charismatic tradition
- Full-time consecration
- Witnessing to Christ, transcendent mediator
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Egidio Viganò – The lay element in the Salesian community
Contents:
- 1. The uniqueness of our Society
- 2. The Salesian Brother delineated
- 3. Identity struggle
- 4. In what does this lay aspect consist?
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Egidio Viganò – New Aspects of commitment to Religious Discipline
Contents:
- “To awake the dawn”
- Prepare a Plan for Active participation
- Don Bosco a Diligent Promoter of Discipline of the Spirit
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Luigi Ricceri – Another word on prayer
Contents:
- Happy news: Bp. Trochta made cardinal
- Four months of work
- Top priority to formation
Luigi Ricceri – Prayer: a vital problem
Contents:
- Learn from Don Rua
- The function of the magisterium of the Congregation
- Prayer: a vital problem
- Prayer is in a state of crisis
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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Michael Mendl – The dreams of Don Bosco
Michael Mendl presents us with his essay on the dreams of Don Bosco. His study is a corrective for those who expect to find extensive prophecies of the future in Don Bosco’s words. Nevertheless the dreams are an important element in the life and spirituality of Don Bosco.
Luigi Ricceri – Our responsibility in the light of the Acts of the XIXth General Chapter
Contents:
- 1. The new series of the “Acts of the Superior Council”
- 2. Consoling union of minds and hearts
- 3. Our responsibility in the light of the Acts of the XIXth General Chapter
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 – Salesian mysticism: towards the ectasy of action
Reflecting on Salesian spirituality brings us to the writings of St. Francis de Sales along with modern spiritual concepts. Sr. Mary Greenan explores the “ecstasies” of St. Francis de Sales calling us to be “contemplatives in action.”
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