Contents:
- 1. A hymn of praise
- 2. The first months of work in the General Council
- 3. The activity of doctrinal guidance
Juan Edmundo Vecchi – Sickness and old age in the salesian experience
Contents:
- The seasons of life
- I. Sickness
- The experience of sickness in our consecrated life
- With our eye on Don Bosco
- A new apostolic period Continue reading “Juan Edmundo Vecchi – Sickness and old age in the salesian experience”
Juan Edmundo Vecchi – Towards the 25th General Chapter
Contents:
- 1. Convocation
- The hour of the GC25
- Our journey
- 2. Tjheme of the GC25
- The salesian community
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Juan Edmundo Vecchi – Communication in the Salesian Mission «They were astonished beyond measure! He has done all things well; he even makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak»
Contents:
- 1. Let us get on the air
- …with the church
- …and with the charism
- Interpersonal communication
- Social communication
- 2. “He makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak” Continue reading “Juan Edmundo Vecchi – Communication in the Salesian Mission «They were astonished beyond measure! He has done all things well; he even makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak»”
Juan Edmundo Vecchi – «Experts, witnesses and craftsmen of Communion». The salesian community – animating nucleus
Contents:
- Introduction
- I. A new phase in our community life
- 1. Strong expectations
- 2. Animating nucleus
- 3. The goal
- 4. The present moment
- 5. The model for reference
- II. A community process for becoming an animating nucleus
- 1. Redesigning the mission
- 2. A way of life for communicating a spirituality
- 3. Making the salesian community a “family” able to arouse communion around the salesian mission
- 4. Giving to our educative activity and to that of the EPC the missionary dynamism of “Da mihi animas”
- 5. Fraternal life and pastoral work for growth
- Conclusion
Reference time period: 1998
J. E. Vecchi, «Experts, Witnesses and Craftsmen of Communion». The salesian community – animating nucleus, in «Acts of the General Council of the Salesian Society of St John Bosco» 80 (1998) 363, 3-44.
Reference institution:
Direzione Generale SDB
Juan Edmundo Vecchi – Moving together towards the GC24
Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. An extraordinary event
- 2. An event of communion
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Egidio Viganò – Convocation of 24th General Chapter
Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Official convocation
- 2. The choice of the theme
- 3. A rapid glance at salesian tradition
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Egidio Viganò – «Charism and prayer»
Contents:
- Introduction
- Fascination of charisms
- The individual in a praying dialogue
- The originality of christian prayer
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Egidio Viganò – Salesian spirituality for the new evangelization
Contents:
- Introduction.
- Neither the latest fashion nor a continual harping on the same point, but a genuinely new requirement.
- An indispensable source of energy for the journey of faith.
- A daunting reality.
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Egidio Viganò – The priest of the year 2000. A theme we have very much at heart
Contents:
- Introduction.
- 150th anniversary of the priestly ordination of Don Bosco.
- The Synod of 1990, on priestly formation at the present day.
- The “courageous clarity” of the synodal fathers.
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Egidio Viganò – The guide to the Constitutions
Contents:
- Some criteria for reading the volume
- More important aspects
- The growth of the interior man
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