Contents:
- 1.1 Convocation of the 21st General Chapter
- 1.2 “We are undertaking a matter of the greatest importance” (D. Bosco)
- 1.3 Two additional news items
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Giovanni Bosco – A missionary project in rapid development
What were Don Bosco’s missionary plans for Argentina once he had set foot in that land? With the information in his possession thanks to research by Fr Giulio Barberis, and to correspondence with local authorities and Salesian missionaries, six months after the first expedition Don Bosco was able to send the Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda Fide, Cardinal Alessandro Franchi, a first report on the immediate results of the work of Salesian missionaries in Argentina (no. 98). He asked for financial aid and the setting up of an Apostolic Prefecture for the territories of Pampa and Patagonia to refer those who belonged to no institution either ecclesiastical or civil.
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Miguel Angel García Morcuende – Personal accompaniment in the salesian educative-pastoral plan
In many a document the Church has defined the nature, goal and elements of youth ministry and has included it neatly in the methods of evangelization in its different stages. We can proudly say that the Salesian educative-pastoral plan has been, and continues to be, in line with the Church’s evangelizing mission.
John Roche – Salesian evangelization. At the threshold of the bicentennial of Don Bosco’s birth – Part 2
MaryJo Leddy explained that in her act of accompaniment with many of the young adults assisting in her ministry to the refugees, she found herself taking a lead from them. She has found a voice of conscience and concern in this generation. She is touched by their thirst and hunger for holiness and authenticity.
John Roche – Salesian evangelization. At the threshold of the bicentennial of Don Bosco’s birth – Part 1
Roche offers us a reflection on Salesian evangelization and how this is seen to share with the Church and the global community the precise and specific gifts that the Salesian Spirituality of accompaniment offers the world of youth ministry and education.
Luc Van Looy – Bringing Don Bosco into the mainstream. Lecture in San Francisco, February 24, 1997
Congratulations on your hundred years of faithful work with and for Don Bosco, with and for young people and with and for so many good people of this great country, to bring the message of the Lord to the young in their own context.
Piera Cavaglià – La proposta di educazione preventiva delle Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice. Eredità e prospettive
L‘articolo è estratto dalla pubblicazione degli atti del Convegno internazionale e interculturale promosso dalla Pontificia Facoltà di Scienze dell’Educazione “Auxilium” (1997).
L’intento della relazione, al di là di ogni pretesa esaustiva, è quello di focalizzare la proposta di educazione preventiva delle FMA, mettendo in evidenza le ispirazioni, le scelte prioritarie, le fatiche, le prospettive.Dopo una breve introduzione di carattere storiografico, si presenta l’esperienza educativa di Maria Domenica Mazzarello a cui segue un excursus sulle interpretazioni date al “sistema preventivo” nell’Istituto.
Dicasterio para la Pastoral Juvenil Salesiana – Comunidad educativo-pastoral: hacer de la casa una familia para los jóvenes
La Pastoral Juvenil Salesiana requiere la convergencia de las intenciones y de las convicciones por parte de todos aquellos que están implicados en el proyecto y en la realización de la Comunidad Educativo-Pastoral, espacio donde aquella se ejerce. En este capítulo expondremos su identidad comunitaria, sus dinamismos, su estilo de corresponsabilidad y las modalidades de animación de su crecimiento. De igual forma, la comunidad está llamada a invertir en la fi gura del educador salesiano.
Dicasterio para la Pastoral Juvenil Salesiana – Evangelizar y educar: nuestra identidad apostólica
El sentido último del plan de Dios es la vida plena y la felicidad de los seres humanos. El Evangelio de Cristo tiene gran confi anza en lo humano. Es necesaria la atención a la realidad única de cada persona y la disponibilidad a acoger su vocación y destino en Cristo, “hombre perfecto”. El Evangelio propone la grata noticia (la persona de Jesús), que invita a cada uno a participar de la filiación en Cristo, fundamento de la libertad y la dignidad de toda persona. Don Bosco educa y evangeliza realizando un proyecto de promoción integral: la educación como crecimiento de la persona, como conjunto de mediaciones necesarias al servicio de las personas; la evangelización inspira e ilumina la plenitud de la vida ofrecida en Jesús, respetando la condición evolutiva del sujeto. Finalmente, la elección del campo apostólico: los jóvenes, sobre todo los más pobres y los ambientes populares, para los cuales y en los cuales se humaniza y evangeliza la cultura. Continue reading “Dicasterio para la Pastoral Juvenil Salesiana – Evangelizar y educar: nuestra identidad apostólica”
Dicasterio para la Pastoral Juvenil Salesiana – Del Cristo evangelizador a la iglesia evangelizadora
Un planteamiento actualizado de la Pastoral Juvenil Salesiana exige una refl exión no solo de tipo carismático sino también de tipo teológico. La pastoral juvenil, como acción de la comunidad eclesial, nos impulsa a una profundización teológica y eclesiológica. Este segundo capítulo expone tres convicciones de fondo: Jesucristo, evangelizador y anunciador de la comunión con Dios y de la comunión entre los hombres (amor fraterno), que es la revelación plena de Dios Comunidad-Amor; la Iglesia, «Misterio de comunión y de misión», animada y fortalecida por el Espíritu de Dios; la Congregación Salesiana comparte con la Iglesia la misión
evangelizadora con la específica opción juvenil. Continue reading “Dicasterio para la Pastoral Juvenil Salesiana – Del Cristo evangelizador a la iglesia evangelizadora”
Salesian Youth Ministry Department – Educative and pastoral community: make the house a family for the young
Salesian Youth Ministry requires agreement of purpose and conviction on the part of all those involved in the planning and implementation of the Educative-Pastoral Community. In this chapter we shall examine the community identity, how it works, the style of shared responsibility and the way it is animated. The community is called to invest in the fi gure of the Salesian educator. In trying to discern and renew each activity and work, we look to the Salesian style, the “oratory criterion” that connects us with the practical insights of the charism (our way of living together in communion) which have become part of our shared patrimony, and are applicable to all contexts where Salesians operate. Importance is given to the way we offer signs of the Gospel in everyday life, and the way we cultivate authentic relationships and
communication.
Salesian Youth Ministry Department – Evangelising and educating: our apostolic identity
Fullness of life and the happiness of human beings is the ultimate purpose of the plan of God. The Gospel of Christ shows great trust in humanity. It demands that we pay attention to the unique reality of every person and their willingness to accept their vocation and destiny in Christ, the perfect man. The Gospel proposes the good news (the person of Christ) who invites everyone to share in Christ’s sonship, the foundation of the freedom and dignity of every person. Don Bosco educated and evangelised by carrying out a project of holistic development. He saw education as the growth of the person, with all the means necessary to assist the person. Evangelisation inspires people to the fullness of life offered in Jesus and enlightens them in its pursuit, always respecting the developing conscience of each person. Finally, regarding the choice of fi eld of ministry, we are sent to the poor, especially the poorest, and to ordinary class environments, where we seek to humanise and evangelise the culture. Continue reading “Salesian Youth Ministry Department – Evangelising and educating: our apostolic identity”