FIS-personal plan of life (2007) – sharing during the extraordinary visitation)
Salesian priest – 45 years of religious profession (made before the priestly ordination)
The Eucharist will be the center, the sun, the heart of my priestly daily life
Total service: should be my joy! I will do my best to give myself totally to all. I will be available to all, in all – when Christ will call me to be a priest. I will never say NO. Especially for the ministry of the Reconciliation and the ministry of the Word.
The prayer: an ongoing dialogue with the Lord trough Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit. It should be my food, the source of my priestly life and mission. In order to become a man of prayer I will commit myself every day to: celebrate the Breviary ‘in persona Christi et Ecclesiae’, to meditate the Word of God, to personal prayer
I will do my best to meet regularly with the Forgiveness of the Father in the Sacrament
I will do my best to imitate Christ as a Priest, as a Victim; to look at Mary – my own Mother and Mother of Christ, as the Mother of my priesthood to obtain the grace to be always totally consecrated to Christ for the service of the brothers and sisters.
The Holy Spirit should be my Guide, my Soul of my priestly life: confident to Him
Daily offering of my priesthood: Lord Jesus, my priesthood be a SALVATION for all who are far from you, a LIGHT to all who are looking for you, a WAY and EXAMPLE, JOY to all who are following you in your Church. Amen.
Salesian cleric – practical trainee
As a practical trainee, I envision myself to have a deeper living experience of Salesian educative and pastoral action in particular Salesian assistance.
Motto: I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me!
Goal: To be a good friend of the young!
Human formation:
Develop a good relationship with my confreres and lay mission partners
Take good care of my health’
Take decision and assume responsibility
Spiritual formation
Faithful to the practices of piety
Visit the Blessed Sacrament and Mama Mary
Find, consult a spiritual director for spiritual growth
Intellectual formation
Reflect and plan the lessons before teaching
Take an active part in the planning
Take advantage of the given program for practical trainees
Pastoral formation
Practice Salesian assistance at all times (school and boarding home)
Develop good friendship with the boys
Promote Salesian vocation
Salesian cleric – practical trainee
God’s call for me
Very good and useful Salesian – For the young – Especially for the boys who are poor and abandoned – for the poor people
To follow Jesus Christ: Obedient, poor and chaste – Imitate closely the life of Jesus that DB lived
My actual situation
Significant points of success in my life
I’m happy being a Salesian to continue the mission of Don Bosco
I felt very happy and comfortable being and working with the young
It’s very touching for me every time I see and share with the poor
Don Bosco is a model of my life so that I manage the time to read/know more about him
I felt peace and comfort to dialogue with the Lord in my life
The significant points that need attention
Need to read more about the salesianity
Need to pay more attention to improve the knowledge and personal skills
Need to practice the virtues of chastity and poverty
Need to be careful with the girls when sent to work with them
My lines of action
Go to the chapel early everyday (10 min) a read one article of the Constitutions
Every weekend read one story of Don Bosco (Don Bosco day by day - 365)
To be friendly and always smile when with the young
Faithful to make mediation, Lauds and Vespers daily
Practice and learn again personal talents daily 10 minutes (music)
Spent two hours daily to read book, preparing for theology
Practice to live poor by minimum using the cell phone
Check this plan every month, start again the not-yet-finished points
Special goals for this school year
Do well the task as a brother assistant
Reading the book in the view of theology
Salesian brother (temporary profession)
Motto: It is no longer I who lives, but Christ in me (Gal 2,20) - ‘Christ is the reason!’
Human growth
After two years of practical training, trim down by at least 30 lbs
Have a check up of my blood and cholesterol
Exercise everyday for at least 30 minutes
Finish re-writing of my Autobiography, start gathering data for our family tree
Spiritual growth
Spend 30 minutes every day in front of the Blessed sacrament
Journal every day
Be regular in spiritual direction (monthly), in rendiconto, in confession (bi weekly)
Intellectual growth
Master the English grammar
Be updated in computer hardware/ software, re-learn mathematics, read a book
Pastoral growth
Be available always for the young, be present always during assistance
Update in the Youth Ministry, the situation of the youth by reading books, Internet
Promote actively the Salesian vocation, especially to Salesian Brotherhood
Salesian priest (5 - 10 years after ordination)
I envision myself as a Salesian who is living testimony of Don Bosco for young people, a man of prayer, committed to his religious consecration and mission, journeying with young people and abreast with the issues and signs of the times
I envision the Youth Ministry where I’m assigned to be a movement of young people who are Christ-centered, imbued with the Salesian Spirituality, deeply human and responsible in order to become active agents of change in their family, school and society.
I therefore, commit myself to:
Impart meaningfully and with enthusiasm Gospel and Salesian values to my charges
Life faithfully a life of prayer
Study the life of Don Bosco and life his ideals
Take up ongoing formation personally and/or if the superior so requires
Be knowledgeable with issues affecting especially the world of the youth
Salesian Rector
Life motto: I’m your beloved Son, you are my beloved Father’
(scheme for each dimension: BEING – DOING – PRACTICAL SKILLS – ACTIVITIES – INNER WORK)
Shepherd after the heart of Christ and Don Bosco: Shepherding
Being: I’m attentive to the Word, I am an effective communicator of God’s Word
Doing: I ponder and pray the Word, I live by the Word, I share the Word
Skills: Solid biblical knowledge, homiletics, communication, retreats& recollection, rich source of illustrations, public speaking
Activities: Vigil preparation of the daily readings, meditation, solitude, accept retreats, talk commitments, weave talks, Give a homily as much as possible, gather materials for homily
Inner work: I choose life-giving, loving thoughts! I choose growth-enhancing feelings! I see goodness and goodwill in people, I see the giftedness and opportunity in every moment, I seize every moment to enjoy fully the Joy of life.
Beloved son of the Father: Loving and growing
Servant of the Word: Proclaiming
Companion in life’s journey: Accompanying
Salesian priest (10 years of ordination)
God’s call: “ a simple and happy Salesian priest”
My actual situation
Simplicity
I have been brought up in a very simple family lifestyle
Though not a minimalist, I go for the bare essentials in life
I was born poor and wish to remain simple and poor
I have lived among Salesian communities with simple lifestyles
In dealing with people, it’s always very easy to be simple
Happiness
I’m happy where and what I’m now
My joy is to spread happiness around me
Young people need models for happiness and cheerfulness
A happy disposition heals more than strain relationships
I will be happy wherever I will be
My lines of action
HUMAN
To have an annual executive health check up
To do daily exercise (be it in sports or otherwise)
To take no rice during supper and minimize my softdrink intake
To read one good book in one month
To continue some computer lessons and updating
To have attained a masteral degree in Education Management
To remember people during their birthdays and other important dates
To have constant contact with my family members
CHRISTIAN
To do daily meditation and Holy Mass
To prepare everyday my Sunday homilies
To do an extra 30 minutes a day in front of the Blessed Sacrament
To gain and write some daily spiritual insights
To pray the Rosary and my Breviary everyday
SALESIAN
To read a book on Don Bosco and the Salesian everyday (Memoirs of the Oratory)
To spread the devotion to Mary Help of Christians and the Salesian saints
To work for vocations to the Salesian priesthood and brotherhood
To be constantly in contact with the young and their world (Oct, 2005)
