Ángel Fernández Artime – Like Don Bosco, with the young, for the young! Bicentenary of the birth of Don Bosco

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.

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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.

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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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João dos Santos Barbosa Neto – Dalla fede alla virtù: un cammino catechetico mistagogico di discernimento

L’integrazione tra la vita e la fede nel vissuto del giovane cristiano passa attraverso l’assimilazione progressiva dei contenuti della catechesi e dell’iniziazione all’esperienza del mistero vissuto nei sacramenti. La conoscenza di Gesù e il rapporto personale stabilito con lui sono due assi che non si oppongono ma che insieme formano la base fondamentale per una  autentica vita cristiana. Continue reading “João dos Santos Barbosa Neto – Dalla fede alla virtù: un cammino catechetico mistagogico di discernimento”

Eunan McDonnell – Holy indifference. Freeing the heart for pure love

The theme of Pure Love is essential to understanding a Salesian spirituality as lived within the Visitandine tradition. This article explores pure love through the lens of holy indifference which is essential for true spiritual freedom. It concludes with an examination of holy indifference as lived by Mary the paradigm of pure love.

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