Contents:
- 1. Contemplating Jesus Christ from a salesian standpoint
- 2. Jesus Christ in the life of Don Bosco
- 2.1. The Christ of the Gospel
- 2.2. Conformed to the image of Christ
Annalisa Isdraele Romano,Nicola Giacopini – Giovani, carriera universitaria e vocazione
Il Progetto Accompagnamento e Orientamento è un percorso di accompagnamento alla vita universitaria rivolto agli studenti dei corsi di Laurea triennale in Psicologia, Pedagogia e Comunicazione dell’Istituto Universitario IUSVE, aggregato alla Facoltà di Scienze dell’Educazione dell’Università Pontificia Salesiana. È coordinato da un’equipe interdipartimentale composta dal Direttore del Dipartimento di Psicologia, dalla referente dell’Orientamento e dai docenti coordinatori dei dipartimenti. Continue reading “Annalisa Isdraele Romano,Nicola Giacopini – Giovani, carriera universitaria e vocazione”
Juan Edmundo Vecchi – «I have come to do your will». Our obedience: a sign and prophecy
Contents:
- Let us talk about it again
- 1. The First and radical Beatitude
- 2. Value of religious obedience
- 2.1. “In the head of the book it is written…”
- 2.2. Following Christ
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Juan Edmundo Vecchi – Beatification of Bro. Artemide Zatti: a sensational precedent
Contents:
- 1. The Missing Fragment
- 2. Don Bosco’s coadjutor Brothers
- 3. Vocational profile of Artemide Zatti
- 3.1 Meeting with Don Bosco in Patagonia
- 3.2 Salesian vocation
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Mario Oscar Llanos – Opciones de vida de los jóvenes: comprensión y orientación educativa
La comprensión de la vida como llamada y proyecto tiene una íntima e imprescindible relación con las opciones de [la] vida. Toda llamada pide opciones, más aún, ella en su dinamismo evolutivo en relación con la persona, normalmente la conduce a “no tener otra opción” sino una, la opción de la propia vocación. Continue reading “Mario Oscar Llanos – Opciones de vida de los jóvenes: comprensión y orientación educativa”
Juan Edmundo Vecchi – «Now is the acceptable time»
Contents:
- 1. VOCATIONS: A POINT THAT GIVES US FOOD FOR THOUGHT
- A propitious moment
- In harmony with the Church
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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 – Our prayer for vocations
Contents:
- Introduction
- The Holy Spirit is more powerful than secularism
- Initiatives for our prayer for vocations
Egidio Viganò – Consecrated life at the present day
Contents:
- Introduction
- Relevance of the Congress
- Original arrangement of the themes
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Arthur Lenti – Don Bosco’s definitive vocational commitment (1844-1846)
With his well-known capacity for research, Arthur Lenti details the year of 1846, critical for Don
Bosco, which covers his establishment of the work in Valdocco. Don Bosco’ s commitment to young people is the heart of the article.
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Francis J. Moloney – Salesians beyond 2000
In the article, Fr. Frank looks at the images of God and Community and poses questions that young people in Western Societies are facing on the threshold of the Third Millennium. He moves from the contemporary to the scriptural, and looks at the figure of Jesus and questions of discipleship as posed in the New Testament. What is the significance of discipleship in the Gospels? How does this significance speak to our reality? to our vocation as Christians, and as Salesians? These are the questions of the middle portion of Fr. Moloney’ s reflections.
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Giovanni Bosco – Exemplary biographies
The biographical profiles of Louis Comollo (in the 1854 edition), Dominic Savio, Michael Magone and Francis Besucco are among the spiritual and pedagogical documents which are most representative of Don Bosco’s outlook. From these stories comes a horizon of meaning, a way of thinking and acting thoroughly rooted in his cultural context. At the same time however, beyond historical contingencies, they highlight a range of elements which better illustrate the characteristic features of the saint’s spiritual pedagogy.