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III. THE NEED FOR VOCATION MINISTRY
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Guideline 8: Our witness as the first vocational
invitation.
Let each community:
• Open its house to the young, especially those who
are discerning their vocation, inviting them to share
in key moments of community life.
• Support confreres in their maturing years, helping
them especially in moments of difficulty.
• Carry out a scrutinium each year on its witness of
life.
• Involve young people in occasions of prayer for
vocations.
Guideline 9: Apostolic vocations.
Let each community:
• Draw up a proposal for vocation ministry which is
appropriate for the context, working with the
educative and pastoral community and the Salesian
Family, bearing in mind the decisions of the local
Church and ensuring adequate financial resources.
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• See to a ministry to families which uses encounters,
reflection and prayer, so that parents may be open to
their children’s vocation.
• Avail of the apostolic and vocational resources
found in the groups, voluntary work and missionary
animation.
• Make use of the opportunities the liturgical year
offers for vocation ministry.
• Present the idea of the Salesian Co-operator ion a
convincing way, as an invitation to the lay apostolic
vocation.
Guideline 10: Accompaniment of candidates to the
Salesian consecrated life.
Let each community:
• Organize vocational groups and gatherings which
have a process of discernment and accompaniment.
• Invite well-disposed young people to be part of the
projects at Province level regarding vocation
discernment for Salesian consecrated life.
• Make good use of feast days and regular
celebrations of our Saints and anniversaries of
profession and ordinations as opportunities for
vocation ministry.
• Encourage sharing of experiences on ways to
accompany young people on the vocational journey.
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Guideline 11: The two forms of the Salesian consecrated
vision.
Let each community:
• Accompany ordained confreres in highlighting their
priestly ministry through our educative charism,
giving preference to pastoral activities which are
aimed directly at the young.
• Encourage the presence of Brothers among young
people in educative and pastoral roles and not just
as organizers and administrators.
• Make known the Salesian Brother vocation, by
presenting the more significant models of this
vocation.