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

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  • 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.
    • Relaunching the “upright citizen” and the “good Christian”.
    • Returning to the young better prepared.
    • An education of the heart.

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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”

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  •  CONVOCATION OF THE GC27.
    • 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.

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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

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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)

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  • “The Law of all evangelisation”
  • Changing cultural paradigms
    • Globalisation
    • Interreligious dialogue
    • The youth situation
    • The digital world, a continent to be leavened

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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

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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

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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”

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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

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