ANALYTICAL INDEX

Accompaniment

• spiritual of SDBs 31

• of young people 37, 45, 141, 143, 146

• and vocation suggestion 38, 48, 185

• of processes of change and in animation and government 95, 99, 120, 121, 122, 125, 135

Animation

• of community

• made principally through ongoing formation 185

• task of community itself in new pastoral model 183

• fundamental role of Rector in 185

• must be able to activate processes 186

• of EPC 80

• of laity 39, 70, 79

• by Provincial 65

• by Rector Major with his Council

• as centre of unity and animator of communion at all levels 87, 89

• positive assessment of animation and government of Rector Major with his Council 91

• some difficulties 93, 95

• programming and verification of interventions 116

Assembly of community

• promotes dialogue between confreres 34, 73

• setting for functioning of community organisms 73; and for sharing at special times 53

Charismatic identity

• growth in 14, 20, 26, 88, 142, 158, 190

• Christian and salesian vocational identity as centre of ongoing formation 14, 50, 57, 58, 179

• Rector at service of salesian unity and identity 64

• salesian community as reference point for identity of animating nucleus of EPC 39, 43, 70, 71, 78, 79, 80

• General Council follows up process of inculturation ensuring charismatic fidelity 88, 94

Christ v. Jesus Christ

Church

• our vocation in 2, 3, 41, 158, 163, 168

• fidelity to 146, 147

• community as experience of 19, 48

• house and school of communion 144, 181, 188

• we share spirit and mission of Don Bosco in local Church and locality 37, 68, 150, 153, 195

• Study and comparison with magisterium of, especially as regards social doctrine 47, 53, 73,

Coadjutor v. Salesian Brother

Communication (v. also Social communication)

• need and difficulty of 7, 11, 13, 54

• in project of community life 15

• with provincial community and congregation; guidelines that foster it 111, 159

Communion (v. community, sharing, spirituality of communion)

Community day

– esteemed and lived creatively 11, 15, 53, 58, 61, 62

Confreres

• sick and elderly 12, 60

• young and in formation

• in pastoral work 48

• attention to in initial formation 54, 56, 60

• primary task of Rector 64

Consecrated life

• new contexts for its insertion 158, 166

• vast movement of re-foundation of 2, 51, 189

Consistency, quantitative and qualitative

• condition for fraternal life, evangelical witness and presence among the young 71, 75, 77, 185, 192

– Provincial with his council assesses the consistency of communities 77, 84

Constitutions

– Modifications to: v. Deliberations

Context

• attention to be given to 3, 22, 53, 187, 188, 189

– salesian response to 44, 47, 57, 84, 187

Co-responsibility

• growth needed in, for more efficacious sharing in mission 39, 46, 83, 159

• to be fostered in every confrere 73, 74

– in animation of EPC 79, 80, 163

Council / Councillors

General Council (v. also Rector Major)

• role of in Congregation 87, 88, 107

• dialogue with provinces and regions 94, 98, 100, 106

• works through projects, foresees processes, and verifies 77, 79, 104, 186

• promotes evaluations in provinces and regions to endorse salesian presence 77

• Limitation of time in office of 132

Departmental Councillors

• arrangement of Council in Departmental and Regional Councillors considered positive for government of Congregation 87

• service of animation of 108, 109, 110

• presence of and closeness to the provinces 102, 104

• technical offices and consulting groups at service of 116

• assignment of Salesian Family to Vicar General 133

• constitution of specific councillor for social communication 133

Regional Councillors

• positive arrangement for animation and government of Congregation 87

• appreciation of figure of 118, 119

• organization of provinces of Europe 129

• configuration of regions for next six-years 130

Provincial Council (v. also Province)

- obligations entrusted to 16, 60, 74, 77, 84

Local Council

• promotes dialogue in community 34, 73

• place for ongoing formation 76

• coordinates with EPC and its council 81

Deliberations (modifications to Constitutions and Regulations – guidelines)

• limit to term of office of Rector Major (C 128) 131

• limit to term of office of Councillors General (C 142) 132

• assignment of Salesian Family to Vicar General and constitution of Councillor for social communication (C 133. 134. 137) 133

• modification of R 24 134

• division of Australia-Asia region 135

• guideline on manner o carrying out General Chapters 136

Dialogue

• and interpersonal communication

- availability for by fostering participation of all 13, 15, 53, 54, 65, 73

- in community as search or God’s will 23, 32, 34, 74

- as instrument of ongoing formation 51, 56

• with the young and their culture 46, 48, 81, 85

• between centre and provinces 97, 100, 108, 114

– intercultural and interreligious 3, 44, 46, 188

Discernment

• by community in light of Word of God and Constitutions 13, 15, 32, 44, 73, 81, 185

• vocational 48

Don Bosco

• mission of 4, 37, 71, 149, 180

• at Valdocco began family experience 7, 20, 151, 156

• following example of 21, 37, 141, 144, 178, our Father, Model and Teacher 49, 179, 195

• God’s finest gift to us: a secure way for our human realization and the following of Christ 179

• fraternal and apostolic community inspired by oratorian criterion of 37, 46 ff

Education

• verify implementation of GC23 guidelines concerning integral education of the young 37, 47

• offer competent educative and evangelizing responses to challenges of youth world 84, 140, 141, 151, 157

• education to love and to value of chastity 36

• attention to educative processes rather than activities 37, 157

• collaboration with ecclesial and civil institutions in field of education 46

• Rector the guide in educational commitments 64

Educative and Pastoral Community (EPC)

• salesian community point of reference for charismatic identity of animating nucleus of EPC 80, 155, 183

• efficacious involvement of all confreres in animation of 34, 70, 73, 79

• EPC and council to be coordinated with local community and council 79, 81

• setting for follow-up of vocational options 48, 185

Effectiveness

• aspects which influence significance of living and working together 69, 159

• to be evaluated inorganic provincial project 84

• efficacious presence of Rector Major and Council in provinces 98

• Salesian Family significant field of action among apostolic priorities of mission 133

• relocate province where needs of young are most pressing and our work most fruitful 193

Eucharist (Celebrations)

• source of spiritual life and foundation of that of community 1, 19, 31, 61, 142, 166

• daily celebration 31, 54

Evangelical counsels

• ascetical dimension of 20

• individual and community witness to 28, 33

• explicit humanizing values of 33

• obedience

• dialogue and fidelity to community project 34, 185

  • chastity

• community expression of love for God and dedication to the young 23, 28, 185

• prophetic sign of kingdom and dignity of each individual 36, 135

• program of education to love and to esteem for chastity 36

• poverty

• value of evangelical 23, 145, 161, 185

• concrete nature of evangelical 28, 35

Evangelization

• community and its witness – a trump card in evangelization 155, 170, 197

• presence which educates and evangelizes involving the EPC 40, 44, 47, 162, 183

• formation for evangelization in new contexts 47, 81, 84, 194, 197

• more mature youngsters protagonists in evangelization of peers 47

Extraordinary Visitations

• appreciated as opportunities for province to evaluate and renew progress, 91, 119

• verification of indications of, in particular concerning inculturation 99

• difficulty of Regional in balancing time for with other commitments 121

• different ways of realization 125

Faith

• vision and motivation of 12, 20, 41, 54, 151, 152

• communication of experience of 31, 37, 85, 86

• synthesis of with culture and life 44

• EPC, community of 48

Family spirit

• With this, salesian community becomes point of reference for charismatic identity of EPC 80, 85, 144

• in service of authority 23

Follow-up v. Accompaniment

Forgiveness (v also Fraternal correction, Pardon)

• fundamental source of spiritual formation 31, 54, 61, 144

• to be taught to the young, in lived moments with them of intense spiritual experience: Eucharist, Reconciliation, “lectio divina”, prayer, meetings retreats 47, 48

Formation

• initial formation

- attention to young confreres in 54, 60

- prepare confreres to acquire convictions and attitudes needed for ongoing formation 56, 60

- firth task of Rector 64

• ongoing formation 195

- salesian community first place for 55, 56, 58, 159

- instruments of: programming, libraries etc. 60, 61

- some important environments for 57

• formation of SDB and lay people together, using appropriate processes 26, 46, 50, 60, 138, 157

• commitment of community to formation of laity in EPC 39, 50, 60

• of Rector: v. Rector

Fraternal correction

• factor in building community 14, 15, 54, 85

Fraternal life v. Community

General Chapter

• great occasion for formation, discernment, participation 149; time of communion and efficacious work 141; setting for deciding on projects 152

• GC25 first of new millennium, objectives 141, 142, 148, 155, 160, 184

• guideline on functioning of future Chapters 136, 186

God

• Primacy of 22, 30, 31, 185, 190

- God calls us to live in community 5, 9, 17, 49, 66, 85

• Response to God’s gift 25, 31, 37, 86, 191

- total donation to God and young people 21, 23, 24, 37

- fraternal life a witness and prophetic sign of God’s Kingdom 7, 18, 25, 36, 47, 66; with the splendour of chastity 36

Grace of unity

– living it 24, 26, 30, 32, 184, 185

Growth

human, vocational

• local community is setting for 13, 15, 49, 163, 166, 185

• responsibility of each confrere 53, 54

• Rector is point of reference and animator for 52

• EPC setting for vocational growth of young person 41, 48

personal

- stimulated by community life 13, 185

- different areas of 47, 57

community

- linked with maturing of individual member 10

- fostered by moments of sharing, ‘lectio divina’, follow-up, etc. 54, 58, 61

- helped by serene and fraternal environment, 36, 49, 159

Holiness

• preventive system as school of holiness and fraternity 6, 57, 143, 188

• living one’s own vocation in, in spirit of Don Bosco 1, 52, 86, 170

• and communion: gifts we want to share with young people 86, 143, 168, 196

• models of 138, 154, 168

• appeal of Pope: educators of young people to 143, 170, 188

Holy Spirit

• Don Bosco, moved by 7

• we follow Jesus through force of 17, 85

• community, gift of 1, 24, 152

• community fosters deep life in 34

Interpersonal relationships

• of high quality 9, 11, 136

• special attention to affective areas 60

Jesus Christ

• fraternal communion a gift of the Father in C.J. 8, 49, 85

• community and personal journey in following of 17, 23, 25, 30, 33, 35, 37

• every community is called to “start from Christ” 188

• faith in unites community and makes it joyful and prophetic 157

• community testimony to radical following of 33, 184, 195

Laity

• sharing of fraternal life with 11, 46, 68

• sharing of spiritual experiences with 30, 31, 46

• salesian community, school of prayer for young people and 61

• involvement of in mission and animation of EPC 37, 39, 79, 80, 84, 142

Marginalization v. Poor

Mary (Help of Christians)

• following her example community makes God the unifying centre of its existence 21, 31, 181

• with her as Mother and Teacher we seek with confidence a common educative and pastoral project 37

• we believe the salesian community to be guided and sustained by her motherly presence 85, 164, 198

• “May the most holy Virgin, whom you venerate with the title Mary Help of Christians, guide your steps and protect you always and everywhere” 171

Neighbourhood (v. also Context)

• active insertion in as animating and transforming presence 37, 43, 46, 81, 84, 193

• knowledge of situation and urgent needs of, and permanent dialogue and collaboration with 82, 83

Pardon v. Forgiveness

Participation (v. also Co-responsibility)

• building communion through participation in the common life and mission 8, 15, 37, 43, 53, 68, 81, 157, 159, 163, 185

• facilitated for all by fraternal dialogue and by harmonizing personal and community life-plans 74

• more mature young people protagonists in evangelization of peers 47

Planning mentality (v. also community project)

• working with a 73, 90, 97, 99

• community planning, an opportune time for formation in daily life 56, 58, 62

• six-year program of Rector Major with his Council 90, 104, 115

Poor (v. also Young people)

• salesian community among the poor 6, 22, 23, 35, 46, 84, 96

• practical attention to new and old forms of youthful poverty 35, 39, 44, 103, 112, 140, 166, 187

• more simple and austere lifestyle needed in welcoming and sharing with the poor 28, 47, 161

• educate to justice and solidarity young people who live in contexts of poverty and also those who are well to do 44, 47, 185

• promote peace and justice by a concrete response to needs of the poor 80

• appeal to save the young people of the world (in situations of poverty, marginalization, violation of their dignity) 140

Pope (John Paul II)

• called to welcome Pope’s invitation to proclaim Christ, especially to the young, as a permanent model of new humanity 3, 148, 162, 188

• message for beginning of GC25 141-146

• message during audience for capitulars 169-171

Prayer

personal

• difficulties 54

• priority of times for personal reflection and 58, 62, 162

• “lectio divina” 31, 47, 61, 73, 185

community

• united by to listen to God’s Word 1

• specific moments of 15, 18, 26, 31, 58, 185

• source of spiritual formation 61

• quality needed to be school of prayer for community, young people, Salesian Family and lay collaborators 31, 144, 159

• with young people 46, 47, 48

and work

• balance between times for 26, 27, 30, 54

• periodic verification needed 32, 54

Presence (v. also Young people)

– salesian

- dynamic reality, network of relationships, collection of projects and processes, activated by pastoral charity and realized with young people, laity and Salesian Family 42

- made visible by community that animates it 38

- subject of is not exclusively the salesian community 42

• renewal of quality of among young people 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 139, 145, 162, 193

• of SDB in EPC and Salesian Family 4, 14, 43

• animating nature of in neighbourhood and where decisions are made about youth condition 43, 46, 97

• criterion for is that of Oratory and preventive system 37, 39, 46

Preventive system

• still maintains validity 6, 85

• family spirit lived according to 9

• knowledge and practice of a way to salesian holiness, even among laity 14, 26, 57

• practice of gives us significant place in education of the young 138

• a great treasure of the sons of DB 153

• is centred on charity 151

Project

community

• nature of: ensure unity of action, convergence of criteria, harmony between individuals 46, 72, 73

• elaboration of involves whole community 15, 61, 64, 73, 74

• harmonize with personal project 31, 74

• to be in line with that of province and EPC 74, 78

organic provincial (OPP)

• nature of 82

• objectives 83

• criteria for elaboration 84

personal (life-plan)

• responsibility of each confrere for his own 14, 56

• helps for elaboration of 16

• integration with that of community 31, 74

• topic for discussion with Rector 62

educative pastoral (SEPP)

• elaboration involves all confreres in animating nucleus of EPC, and in application 34

• leaven of communion with young people and laity, encouraging collaboration in educative mission 39, 46, 159, 194

Prophecy (prophetic presence)

• salesian community called to prophetic proclamation of love of God and values of Kingdom among young people living in secularized contexts 19, 25, 30, 40, 44, 47, 66, 197

• through austerity and simple life that proclaims value and dignity of each person 35, 36

• priority of as authentic expression of salesian mission in locality 83, 84

Province / Provincial

• responsibility of Provincial and council for application of GC25:

- promoting authentic sharing of goods 35

- establishing norms of conduct with reference to chastity 36

- drawing up, through formation commission, yearly program for ongoing formation 60

- drawing up provincial plan for qualification of personnel 60

- promoting formation of Rectors 65

- drawing up Organic Provincial Plan 82, 83, 84

- suggesting ways and helps for drawing up personal life-plan and that of community 16, 74

• relationship of Rector Major and Council with the provinces 91, 98, 102, 106, 114

• organization of groups of provinces 126-130

• division of Australia-Asia group 135

Rector

• centre of unity, pastoral guide, animator of vocational fidelity 52, 63, 64

• challenge of his mission 54, 63

• selection and formation of 53, 64, 65

• and fraternal colloquy 34, 54, 62, 65

• relationship with Provincial 53, 65, 74

• animates by involving all the confreres 185, especially Vice-rector and council 65, 74

Rector Major (v. also General Council)

• service of unity of 91

• six-year program of 90, 104, 186

• circular letters of 92, 93, 101

• limit in duration of office 131

Relationship of community and work (community–EPC)

• must allow salesian community to live and work together 69, 71, 78

• avoid overlapping of structures of community and work 79

Relationships, interpersonal v. interpersonal relationships

Retreats

• specific moments of community life 15, 53, 62

• times of intense spiritual experience with young people 47

Salesian / Salesians

Note: The whole capitular text is full of references to Salesians to whom it is specifically addressed. The index refers only to some elements concerning the vocation of the Salesian Brother, emphasized by the Chapter.

Salesian Brother

• community witnesses to vale of vocations of salesian priest and salesian brother 48

• Artemide Zatti manifests value and relevance of role of 143, 196

• new specific commitment for this vocation in every province 137, 138, 196

• care of Brothers after initial formation 60

• message of GC25 to confreres with reference to this vocation 137

Salesian community

Note: The entire first part of the capitular document deals primarily with the salesian community. The following refer to certain aspects..

• identity and central nature of 8, 17, 85, 142, 155

• community life expresses primacy of God 26, 30, 38

• spiritual experience of 40, 41, 47, 61, 163

• prophetic aspect of 40, 44, 47

• local community setting for human and vocational growth 15

• conditions for fraternal life in 12, 13, 40, 67, 68, 69, 185

• among and with young people in the style of preventive system 37, 39, 43, 46, 152, 155

• community life and salesian mission 40, 46, 66, 69, 71, 160

• community and salesian presence 38, 39

• in animating nucleus of EPC 39, 70

• relationship between community and its work 71, 78

• planned working 47, 65, 73

• and vocational suggestion 45, 48

• different situations of life of 68

• qualitative and quantitative consistency of 77, 84

• provincial community

• subject of the mission 66

• promotes awareness of common mission 76

Salesian Family

• salesian community centre of animation and communion in Family and vast Movement taking inspiration from Don Bosco 6, 37, 43, 84, 85, 133, 138

• co-responsibility in mission with collaboration of groups of Family 39, 43, 46, 48, 70, 138

• school of prayer for itself, young people, members of Family and lay collaborators 31

• attention to vocational pastoral work in Family 41, 84

• ongoing formation in Family 60

• message of GC25 to Family 138

Salesian Movement

• SYM a setting in which salesian community can be among young people 41, 47, 48

• the salesian lay movement (v. also Laity) 138

Sanctity v. holiness

Sharing

– of life

• witness of and readiness for 8, 11, 14, 18

• challenge of life and mission to 13, 71

• of spiritual experience 31, 61, 185

• of goods with other people and the poor 35, 47, 68

• of the mission

- collaboration and sharing in EPC 39, 46, 58, 138

• in six-year planning 102

• of significant experiences in General Chapter 136

Social communication

• fosters sense of belonging 11

• lessens time for fraternal relationships 12

• educating to appropriate use of 33

• collaboration with ecclesial and civil institutions in 46

• new and vital space for youth meetings 47

• Councillor for 133, 137

Solidarity (v. also Poor)

• evangelical witness in communion of goods 23, 28

• main regulator of our way of living and acting 35, 44, 186

• promote culture of 161

• offer suggestions to young people to educate them to justice and 47

Spiritual Experience

• living an intensive spiritual experience in community 30, 31, 40, 192, 197

• propose strongly spiritual environments and experiences to the young 47, 48

Spirituality (salesian)

• clear awareness of nourishes commitment to fraternity 11, 26, 60

• spiritual renewal of Salesians 191

• revision of life on essential elements of 31

• living it by young people and laity 46, 138, 162

• plan of Christian life 183

Spirituality of communion (v. also Community)

• animate community to 58, 163, 188

• be a house and school of communion 1, 37, 86, 144, 166

• become centre of animation and communion in Salesian Family and Salesian Movement 6, 7, 8

• presence which builds communion through interaction in management of problems 46, 98

Structures (of animation and government)

• GC25’s verification of: cf. second part of document 87-130

• at the service of the young and especially the poor 35, 37, 44, 46, 186, 194

• avoid overlapping of structures of government of community and of its work 79

• reorganization of structures in Generalate, 113

Study

• to be balanced with times for work, community life, prayer and rest 32, 54, 58

• General Council to promote and guide reflection in provinces and regions 98

• lack of and interdisciplinary planning between Departments can be an obstacle to a full understanding of the youth situation 112, 115

Team

• Team mentality in working 29, 47, 48, 57

Team Visits

• positive assessment of 91

• verification of conclusions of 99

Verification / Evaluation

• continual effort at every level 14, 32, 33, 47, 74, 99, 104, 186

• of fundamental conditions making community life possible 32, 67

• of project of community life 61, 72, 73, 77

• of organic provincial project 82

• of SEPP, involving the EPC 47

• meetings for planning and verification, privileged times for ongoing formation 56, 58

• of celebration of recent General Chapters by General Council 136

Vicar General

• modification of C 134, with assignment of Salesian Family to 133

• Limit to duration in office 132

• commitment of for coordination of Departments with Regionals 115

Vicar of the Rector Major (v. Vicar General)

Vocation

– be aware of our own 1, 2, 4, 6, 37

– salesian community, first place for vocational growth 41, 48

– testify in community to vocation of salesian priest and salesian brother 48, 137, 196

– presence that accompanies and becomes vocational suggestion 41, 48

– salesian community lives its vocation as point of reference for charismatic identity of animating nucleus of EPC 80, 163

– Rector as animator of fidelity and vocational growth of confreres and lay collaborators 52

Vocational proposal / suggestion

• in style of salesian assistance 37, 41, 45, 48, 144, 196

• method for, and follow up 48, 185

Witness

• daily personal and community witness to fullness and happiness of life in following of Christ becomes vocational suggestion for young people 19, 20, 28, 33, 36, 48, 138, 155, 157, 189

• difficulties in making it perceptible 29, 30

• testify in community to vocation of salesian priest and salesian brother in visible, joyful and attractive way 48

• Consistency of salesian community a fundamental condition for each community to experience fraternal life and give evangelical witness 75, 192

Word of God

• Central place of Word of God in community and personal life 11, 14, 31, 151, 197

• Fostering “lectio divina” among confreres and young people 47, 61, 73, 185

Work (v. also Prayer)

• balanced distribution of times for work of community 26, 27, 32, 44, 68

• as a team with planning mentality 47, 57, 69, 71, 72, 81

• to be constantly marked by evangelical love 170

• with strength to live grace of unity, harmonizing fraternal life, prayer and work 26, 30, 32

Young people (v. also Presence)

• know and share situation of world of youth 3, 57, 85, 112, 150, 157, 187

• care for youngsters who are poor and in difficulty 35, 39, 46, 47, 84, 103, 140

• educate to solidarity and justice 44, 47, 48

• a community for and with the young 6, 7, 19, 21, 37, 46, 137, 139, 146, 147, 151, 185

• and becomes an evangelical sign for them 23, 36, 37, 40, 84, 85, 166

• make community visible among the young, sharing time with them 43, 46, 48, 68, 69

• evangelization of, sharing experiences of salesian spirituality with suitable methods 22, 30, 31, 40, 44, 46, 47, 146, 162, 194

• gift of holiness for 170, 191, 196

• follow-up and formation of in groups and in SYM 41, 47, 48, 80, 141, 146, 167

• vocational suggestions for 41, 45, 48, 152, 197

• co-responsible for the mission 46, 47

• young confreres 48, 54, 137

• message of GC25 to 139

• appeal to save young people of the world 140