ANALYTICAL INDEX
ALUMNI
v. PAST-PUPILS OF DON BOSCO
ANIMATION
- Holy Spirit animator of the Church - 63
- Good Shepherd animator of Don Bosco - 3
- DB animator as a boy - 70
- ordained ministry animator of communion - 66
- SDBs as animators:
- community's awareness of role of animation - 19, 83
- formation of SDBs to be animators of growth of individuals - 248
- community always animating nucleus, not necessarily alone or locally - 236
- animation privileged and priority task of SDBs - 145
- experience of Holy Spirit enables role of animator in priests and brothers - 236, 228
- consecrated community animator of CEP - 40, 149, 159, 228, 236
- consistency of community (priests and brothers) and animation - 173, 199
- qualitative consistency of animating community - 174, 199, 228
- participation of all members has enriching effect - 237
- SDB animators of Salesian Family and Salesian Movement -109, 207
- commitment to formation of animators - 24
- salesian animation of works entrusted to lay people - 27, 181
- the Rector as animator - 168, 172
- service of animation or formation with adequate educative structures - 254
- salesians and laity animators together:
- the existing fact - 24
- some problems - 30
- entire community educative animators - 47
- laity animators also - 84, 162, 164
- different ways of animation of laity - 163
- volunteers as animators - 26
- animators in mission territories - 26
- various ways of animation by the young - 84
- animation in works under contract with other bodies - 40
- salesians e laity, animators together of CEP - 160
- CEP needs both SDB and lay animators - 180, 214
- lay Cooperators, animators of same spirituality, interpreters of same mission - 283
- practical model of salesian animation - 39
- practical model of CEP and animation - 49, 160
- content of salesian animation - 158
- stimulates individual growth and search for plan of life - 199
- animation a task linked with gift of the Spirit - 236
- some instruments of animation:
- the common identity card - 48
- the PEPS - 42
- the salesian spirit - 91
- da mihi animas - 94, 105
- the Salesian Bulletin - 82
- salesian assistance - 131
- social communication as factor in cultural animation and evangelization - 250
- levels of animation:
- local - 171
- provincial - 138, 145, 170
- world - 127
- animation reflects shared responsibility - 117
- formation has animation as objective - 138, 140, 147
- animation a commitment for next six years - 106
- spiritual animation - 155
ANIMATORS
v. ANIMATION
CEP - COMMUNITY, EDUCATIVE AND PASTORAL
- nature of the CEP - 5, 156
- CEP experience of church, setting for development of Christian maturity - 57, 199
- relationship is substance of CEP - 92
- sharing of educative pastoral praxis between SDBs and laity - 99
- setting for exercise of shared responsibility - 117, 119, 120, 121
- place for life and activity - 106
- constitution of CEP - 157, 162
- from the SDB community to the CEP - 155
- community with personal gifts shared for good of all - 199
- presence of parents in CEP - 115
- significant contribution of salesian brother in CEP - 154, 174
- presence of women in CEP - 166, 177
- criteria for salesian identity of CEP - 180
- motivations for setting up of CEP - 162
- space for complementary relationships between SDBs and Laity - 283
- difficulties for constitution and life of CEP: - 38, 40
- on part of SDBs - 44, 45, 47
- on part of laity - 44, 45
- for the life of the CEP:
. scarce knowledge of PEPS - 47
. little communication and involvement - 46
. roles not completely defined - 46
- objectives of the CEP - 180
- to realize the salesian mission through its mediation - 5, 39
- to see that faith becomes culture - 96
- to broaden pastoral responsibility - 47, 53
- to extend sharing between SDBs and laity - 111
- constitution, unity and dynamicity of global community - 236
- collaboration in formulation of lay project - 83
- common formation of SDBs and laity - 165
- to work for affective formation and coeducation - 178, 179
- vocational guidance a characteristic task of CEP - 252
- holiness - 104
- common working model of CEP - 39, 169
- salesians as animators and laity as participants in educative and pastoral work - 214
- importance of SDB community for life of CEP - 174
- 'Vita consecrata' helps us understand our contribution more deeply - 228
- salesian community, animating nucleus of CEP - 39, 83, 149, 151, 159
- incidence of consecrated life of community in CEP - 152, 153
- necessity of both SDBs and laity in CEP - 55, 160
- presence of salesian rector - 161, 168, 172
- realization of CEP - 41
- life of CEP - 134
- presence of CEP in all SDB communities -156
- consolidation of CEP - 123, 144
- experiences of formation - 43
- elaboration of the PEPS - 5
- growth of sense of belonging - 41
- linkage with the province - 180
- style of the CEP - 180
- capacity for helping young to discover specific personal life-plan - 199, 253
- plurality and variety of vocations - 180
- need for updating and competence of the members of the CEP - 43
- reference to the preventive system - 102, 123
- practical orientations concerning the CEP:
- commitment for the next six years - 186, 253
- animation of the CEP - 158, 162
- qualitative commitment of salesian community in favour of CEP - 174
- commitments for the SDB community - 167
- relationship between council of CEP and council of work - 161, 171 -
- when activities or a work are entrusted to the laity - 181
- verification of the CEP - 170
CHARISM
- in recalling the 150 years of Valdocco - 87
- charism of DB alive and vital in today's world - 201
- introduce in new millennium apostolic ardour of DB - 204
- characteristics of charism of DB:
- secular and prophetic dimension - 4
- educative - 4
- characteristic element: poor youth - 89
- religious life charismatic; hence vitality - 215
- demands of charism:
- incarnation -6
- richness of salesian charism possible in every culture - 208
- charismatic identification, source of worldwide salesian communion - 224
- universality of charism and salesian mission - 284
- necessary inculturation through a project - 4
- incultural and transcultural vision of charism - 225
- gospel and charism common and constant references but not static - 212
- innovation of perspective stems from insertion of laity in charism - 231
- impossibility of inculturation of what you do not yet know - 225
- DB and the charism:
- he involved many in the charism - 83, 155
- he involved many lay people - 84
- strict linkage between mission, radiation of charism and lay involvement - 251
- SDBs and the charism:
- point of reference of charism - 150
- bearers of charism - 151
- concentration of charism in SDB community - 236
- promoters of charism in CEP - 159
- fidelity to charism of DB 184, 208
- making charism present in an area - 28
- taking it outside salesian structures - 85, 105
- radiation of presupposes solid consecrated identity - 208
- be aware of need to radiate charism - 49
- salesian community responsible for authenticity of charism - 252
- openness of community to lay participation in charism - 45
- commitment of Congregation in involving others in charism - 17
- laity and charism:
- richness and form come from gift of Spirit - 231
- charism to be shared with laity - 15, 240
- God has called us to live together in charism of DB's project - 208
- steps for involvement in charism - 21
- sharing in charism and collaboration in mission call for shared formation - 204, 286
- lay involvement already realized in Africa, East-Europe, Asia - 17
- communication meant, for DB, making whole world a salesian work - 251
- communion and sharing with laity pass through charism - 180
- Salesian Family shares ideals of charism and expands it - 143, 286
CHARITY
- God's charity brought DB and M.Mazzarello together for salvation of youth - 74
- ordained ministers stimulated by charity of Good Shepherd - 66
- DB rich in charity of Good Shepherd - 3
- salesian spirit centered on pastoral charity - 88
- charity, fundamental means and method for mission - 90
- pastoral charity, experience of Spirit which enables animation - 236
- let charity guide every word and action - 91
- salesian spirituality is pastoral charity and educative love - 209
- pastoral charity at root of our mission - 94, 250
- salesian loving kindness full of evangelical charity - 93
- commitment to charity a possible educative goal - 100
- 'religion' of preventive system expresses pastoral charity - 100
- growth and formation together, to live as family in bonds of fraternal charity - 101
COLLABORATION
- God calls everyone to collaborate - 59
- the Church seeks collaboration of all - 183
- new collaboration religious/laity suggested by "Vita consecrata" - 228
- boldness in expressing mission a call to communion - 233
- Church as communion has its fruits in collaboration - 15
- DB open to collaboration with all - 184
- lay collaboration already exists - 283
- DB understood importance of having lay collaborators - 203
- many lay friends of DB became cooperators - 283
- must be open to search for God - 185
- attentive to presence of God in daily life and circumstances - 97
- ample and varied collaboration at Valdocco - 22, 49, 71
- collaboration in various ways - 23, 50, 233
- collaboration directed to family warmth and ideal of communion - 283
- collaborators of DB - characteristics etc.:
- unite all forces for good, in line with own specific vocation - 204
- members of Salesian Family -157
- the family - 177
- laity in general, because of originality of their collaboration - 132, 221
- also laity in plurireligious and pluricultural contexts - 183, 186
- collaboration creates 'friends' of DB - 85
- young people especially - 205
- need for a new kind of collaboration - 96
- within provincial organisms - 170
- feminine collaboration - 74
- young people - 72
- non-believers - 60
- collaboration with forces of area and local Church - 180
- this broadens possibility of responding to demands - 54
- every effort to be made at collaboration - 92
- commitments for collaboration:
- make experiences of collaboration - 53
- intensification of collaboration - 54
- programme educative processes for collaboration - 147
- live Salesian Movement as way of collaborating - 106
- define individual roles for organic collaboration - 145
- aim at educative collaboration - 91
- collaborate in extending charism - 286
- instruments and fruits of collaboration:
- PEPS a point of convergence for collaboration of all - 47
- lay collaboration in provincial plan for social communication - 137, 204
- purpose of collaboration: search for unity in diversity - 37
- SDB/lay collaboration aims at formation of educative community - 199
COMMITMENTS AT LOCAL LEVEL
v. RECTOR, LOCAL COMMUNITY, SALESIAN COMMUNITY
COMMON ITEMS BETWEEN SDBs AND LAITY
- common vocation to holiness - 60, 210
- common salesian vocation - 143
- common charismatic patrimony: spirituality, preventive system, etc. - 75, 239
- ordained ministry at service of common priesthood - 66
- reflection in common - 20
- common work - 102
- common formation in CEP - 55, 157, 252
- common growth - 142
- common responsibility - 106
- common mission - 22, 116, 127
- common mission an specific vocations - 48
- common mission in unity and diversity - 65
- possible sharing of laity in SDB community life - 107
COMMUNICATION
- Salesian experience:
- Valdocco an environment of communicated holiness - 104
- DB a great communicator - 70
- for DB communicate meant making whole world his work - 251
- SDBs called to be communicators of charism - 88
- quality of communication in GC24 - 223, 230
- awareness of communication phenomenon part of educative awareness - 250
- communication opens to service of world community - 254
- laity working with us should become communicators of salesian spirit - 88
- nature of communication; it is::
- education - 131
- evangelization - 131
- production of cultural messages - 132
- interpersonal opportunity for following evolution of culture - 242
- essential element for cultural animation and evangelization - 250, 254
- problems of communication:
- its ambivalence - 9
- interpersonal communication a challenge today - 9
- youthful unease linked with communication - 11
- volunteer movement needs different communication - 34
- difficulty of entering new channels of communication - 9
- new style communication, climate of communion, for witness - 54, 208, 235, 250
- search for reciprocal and transparent communication - 106
- formation to communication:
- laity in communication with sensitivity and professional approach - 66, 251, 287
- assessing vocations needs fluidity in relationships and communication - 285
- presence of laity in GC24 has enriched communication - 227
- formation and competence in communications sector - 9, 55, 103
- preventive system in mission a model of educative communication - 234
- qualities which must accompany communication - 235
- educative dimension of social communication requires competent educators - 250
- local community and communication:
- commitment to its exploitation - 128, 129, 133, 144
- rector of community and communication - 135
- interpersonal communication in CEP - 130, 133
- group communication - 130
- co-involvement requires communication - 46
- shared responsibility requires communication - 121
- fostering the different forms of communication - 114
- family model of communication - 58
- Salesian Bulletin instrument of communication - 82
- provincial community and communication:
- task of provincial in and outside province - 136, 145
- world community and communication:
- practical plan for exploitation, development and coordination of - 137
- for a spirituality of communication:
- ability to live and communicate spirituality - 239
- spirituality communicated by life-style - 241, 248, 249
- holiness efficacious method of communication - 250
- communication indispensable means of communion - 251
- communication and proclamation of mystery of salvation - 151
- communication and incidence on culture - 151
- communication and mobilization of forces for benefit of the young - 251
COMMUNION
- created to live and build communion - 58
- Christ incarnate realization of community - 61
- gifts of Spirit for building communion - 65, 66
- Church, sign and instrument of communion - 62
- Church, communion prompts greater communion - 15, 210
- ecclesiology of communion requires communion - 28
- Church, communion of vocations at service of Kingdom in world - 284
- ordained minister and ecclesial communion - 15, 66
- consecrated persons and communion - 66
- Mary, icon of communion - 68
- communion in Christ makes dialogue efficacious - 183
- communion and mission intimately connected - 63
- today bold expression of mission calls to communion - 233
- communion and sharing, two faces of same medal - 22
- new style of communion with new rapport SDB/laity - 53, 203, 208
- salesian mission a project of communion - 57
- 150th anniv of DB at Valdocco a stimulus to communion - 1, 87, 210, 284, 286
- salesian community centre of communion - 47, 231, 239, 248
- communion and sharing more intense when SDBs live vocation intensely - 244
- fix foundations for authentic communion and sharing with laity - 210
- help laity to be themselves in communion and sharing - 210
- possibility of finding communion and shared responsibility in youth service - 231
- SDBs witnesses of communion - 54
- family warmth and ideal of communion - 283
- Common Identity Card expression of communion in Salesian Family - 81
- Salesian Family and Movement a process of communion - 51, 208, 210
- forms of salesian communion:
- Salesian Family - 48
- Salesian Movement - 49
- commitment of local community for communion:
- fostering communion - 118
- making communion visible - 153
- awareness that community is centre of communion - 159
- elaboration of PEPS a privileged moment of communion - 144
- CEP a practical model of community - 39
- using instruments of CEP to create communion - 134
- setting up in CEP organisms of communion - 157
- making CEP and PEPS experiences of communion - 96, 119, 257
- involvement for creating communion - 21
- communication indispensable for communion - 251
- commitment of provincial community for communion:
- verify criteria for communion before entrusting works to laity - 180
- verify communion re preventive system and youth mission - 185
- commitment of world community for communion:
- in plan of ;formation - 147
- in plan for making known common identity card - 147
- formation to communion:
- self-formation together - 55
- using pedagogy of communion - 101
- adapting communion processes to type of laity - 163
- making communion visible through formation - 138
COMMUNITY, SALESIAN
- unique nature of salesian community:
- in it DB united initiative, practical organization and pedagogical wisdom - 256
- presence of Brothers - 4
- Brothers, visible bond with secular world - 72
- qualitative consistency requires presence of Brother - 174
- new awareness of salesian community:
- particular role in new situations - 19
- openness to locality and to local Church - 25
- DB's project goes beyond community boundaries - 199
- adequate criteria necessary to guarantee charismatic identity - 29
- problems of salesian community today::
- sense of animation of other forces - 40
- wider shared responsibility - 40
- new institutional relationships and agreements with public bodies - 40
- relationship between religious community and educative community - 44
- flexibility in meeting new requirements - 30
- different perception of values by salesian community and laity - 30
- represent a real challenge - 38
- the case of young volunteers:
- insertion of volunteers in salesian community - 26
- duties of acceptance, follow-up and formation - 34, 124, 126
- use of cultural riches of returning volunteers - 34
- salesian community and educative community:
- salesian community shares animation in and of CEP - 159, 162
- salesian community animating nucleus of CEP - 39
- commitment for elaboration of PEPS - 27
- for a new salesian community:
- attention to primacy of spirituality - 54
- community called to be sign, school, and environment of faith - 237
- every community must take care of quality of its own life - 248
- community is involved in service of vocational guidance - 252
- attention to needs and shared responsibility with laity - 54
- characteristics of interaction with laity: formation, etc. - 110, 210, 228, 234
- bearer of charism and of salesian spirituality - 151
- ability to reformulate services and commitments - 54
- activity in face of challenges to evangelization - 83
- committed to formation for new requirements - 138, 199, 247
- closeness to youth and to laity in joyful testimony - 165, 252, 253
- like the first holy salesian community - 104
- organization of salesian community:
- numerical consistency and role of animation - 173, 236
- rearrangement of active community to avoid individual services - 236
- qualitative consistency and formation of laity - 174, 199, 210
- relationship with CEP council and council of work - 171, 199, 210
- identifies criteria for selection of lay collaborators - 162, 283, 286
- verifies, exploits and offers experiences of shared responsibility - 167
- GC24 recalls role of province in promoting life and creativity - 238, 242
- provincial discusses with community manner of setting up CEP - 169, 171
- reference point for work entrusted to laity - 181, 236
- sensitization by rector to significance and value of Salesian Family - 135, 244
- presence of rector responsible for CEP - 172
- hierarchy of objectives of salesian animation - 236, 237
- formative community:
- consolidated practice in Congregation - 245
CONTEXT AND CONTEXTS
- context means reference to history, geography, religion and culture - 5
- Church lives in context of new ecclesiology - 15 -
- religious phenomenon has new appearance in today's context - 13
- salesian charism inserted in many different contexts - 49, 225
- salesian charism also in contexts with laity of various cultures and beliefs - 35
- insertion in different contexts no obstacle to vitality of charism - 41
- fidelity to charism and mission first criterion for insertion in contexts - 184
- salesian experience and contexts involving women - 25
- presence of active laity with shared responsibility - 19, 180
- conscientious objection to military service on part of young - 26
- conditions aggravating youthful unease, poverty etc. - 11
- salesian life must manifest its force in different contexts - 178
- context requires concrete vision - 217
- in all contexts Will of God can be found - 97
- contexts offer new perspectives to salesian presence - 52
- salesians and laity see enormous problems arising from youth context - 210
- provincial organization in different contexts:
- mission to be realized in new contexts - 5, 163
- salesian work and rapport with civil and ecclesial contexts - 53
- province defines models for activities and work with laity - 182
- province adapts project and salesian work to different contexts - 39, 165
- province and different contexts for work of coeducation - 179
- salesian work must respond efficaciously to new contexts - 54
- clarify and specify sharing in context of educative community - 214
- the new communication creates new contexts - 249
- formation and contexts:
- formative process and formation to context - 55
- ongoing formation emphasizes context for living and working - 140
- process of formation and complex cultural contexts - 246
- preventive system in different contexts - 100
- context of Salesian Movement includes many different lay presences - 50
COOPERATORS
- SGC and radical change in understanding Salesian Cooperator - 77
- Cooperator fundamental part of Salesian Family - 48, 197
- Association soul of Congregation - 73
- Cooperators share full responsibility for salesian mission - 77, 203, 231
- Cooperators point of reference for other laity in salesian movement - 78
- Cooperators still to be adequately integrated in CEP - 46
- women Cooperators in salesian work - 74
- Cooperators must grow and be formed together with SDBs - 101
NB. * Message of GC24 to Laity - 283
* Message of GC24 to Cooperators - 285
CRITERIA
- situations which create criteria for evaluation of life - 8
- what ids meant by criteria in context of GC24 - 164
- criteria regarding fundamental aspects of salesian mission - 163
- participation of laity: new criteria replace former ones - 232
- general and fundamental criteria referring to salesian identity:
- charismatic identity - 29
- for expansion and/or concentration - 173
- re activities and works entrusted to laity - 180, 181
- basic criteria: preventive system and mission to youth - 185
- preventive system as criterion fore assimilation of values - 234
- other basic criteria, coherence, etc. - 164
- specific essential criteria::
- re significance - 180
- re quality - 238
- re mentality and action - 257
- oratorian criteria: human maturity, educative competence, etc. - 164
- criteria re those for whom we work - 180
- criteria re selection and formation of laity : - 172, 236
- criteria re PEPS, guide of shared activity - 42, 180, 256
- criteria re CEP - 180
- criteria of provincial communion - 180
- province to indicate criteria for selection of laity for animation and CEP - 162, 236
- provinces to adapt criteria to concrete situations and contexts - 165
- provincial and council to indicate criteria for initiatives of laity - 125
- provincial and council to indicate roles and responsibilities in CEP - 171
CULTURE
- evangelical dimension:
- Christ incarnate inserted in a culture - 61
- thrust of Holy Spirit for opening to world and culture - 65
- Church working at a time of transformation of culture and society - 64
- modern culture needs convinced and active believers - 199
- need to contribute to dialogue between culture and faith - 243
- new culture requires new evangelization - 16, 94, 216
- new evangelization respects cultures - 16
- first and fundamental cultural fact is man fully educated - 99
- faith lived and fully celebrated becomes culture - 96
- discernment of cultures requires new kind of collaboration - 96
- attention to cultural movements and changes indispensable - 95
- charisms become embodied in various cultural situations - 6, 208
- inculturation of Gospel linked with evangelization of cultures - 131
- laity and messages responding to new culture - 132
- religious and cultural pluralism contain unsuspected riches - 36
- aspects in salesian life:
- SDBs and laity to be aware of cultural and educational field of work - 94
- protagonists in mission and agents of cultural change - 140, 234
- DB's charism and culture - 4, 234
- to inculturate, mission must consider cultural contexts - 5, 251, 255
- salesian works have grown up in different and diverse cultures - 35
- PEPS, practical instrument of mission in a culture - 5, 42
- PEPS, cultural horizon for constant reference - 5
- laity help salesian mission to insert in dialogue with cultures - 86
- preventive system can be applied to different cultural situations - 100, 234
- reason, religion, kindness to be inserted in secularized contexts - 100
- DB's method applicable to all cultures; oratory a sign and prototype - 184, 235
- today we live in new cultural scenario - 7
* with certain characteristics:
- impoverishment with consequent reduction or death of cultures - 8
- massification, pluralism and incommunicability - 9
- new subjective interpretation of sexuality - 10
- cultural racism - 11
- secularization - 13
* signs of hope not lacking - 14
- lively cultural animation exists - 24
- better integration of women - 33, 166, 232
- volunteer movement brings cultural riches - 34
- physical, affective and cultural presence demanded today - 134
- organization of theme of culture:
- importance of cultural sensitivity and educative/pastoral objective - 237
- indispensable for significant approach to culture - 239
- particular attention to cultural context - 140
- respect cultural diversity - 164
- spread culture of solidarity and peace - 95
- provincial plan to foster spreading of culture of volunteer movement - 126
- exploitation of communication and knowledge of culture - 128, 242, 249, 250
- culture of participation an sharing implies valid formation together - 138
- CEP relationships foster attentive listening to world and youth culture - 55
- lay educators must live cultural values to be credible - 164
- some difficulties SDB/laity often have cultural root - 30
- formation:
- cultural, professional and spiritual qualifications need formation - 244
- starts from youth culture, referred to culture and pastoral value - 246
- need for updated cultural preparation - 247
- every experience has cultural limitations - 49
DISCERNMENT
- in GC24 - 229
- search for positive values and elements of grace require discernment - 183, 212, 241
- discernment of cultures requires collaboration by all involved - 96
- look to DB to enlighten ability for discernment - 69
- importance of vocational discernment - 141, 252
- animation and discernment:
- assume a form and rhythm of life which fosters animation etc. - 237
- spirituality and discernment:
- promote a true communal spirituality, sharing apostolic experience etc. - 257
- shared.resp. leads young to vocational discernment etc. - 54
- vocational discernment in SF to understand role of faithful lay person - 48
- discernment to develop conviction of entering a family where laity have active part - 142
- active membership of CEP requires process of discernment - 120
- every province to foster vocational discernment - 146
DON BOSCO
- the figure of Don Bosco:
- saint - 104
- with educator's coherence and saint's foresight; with apostolic objective - 197
- DB educator, shepherd, spiritual director, , with wisdom of pedagogue - 256
- DB led by Mary, all for God and all for young - 68
- saint with smile, even when suffering - 187
- founder of Salesian Family - 48, 214
- charism diffused by Spirit through DB - 48, 69, 70, 150, 155
- animation to involve many in his missionary plan for young - 70, 199
- DB as boy and youth good communicator and animator - 70
- ability for involving others - 71, 72, 87, 107, 149
- organized global plan for education and salvation of youth - 75
- open to all collaboration; founder of Salesian Movement - 76, 80, 85, 184
- Movement includes all with empathy for DB - 17, 23, 35, 49, 50, 197, 198, 199
- pastoral charity at centre of his spirit - 89, 90
- serene and welcoming, with immediate and deep relationships - 91
- cultivated relational virtues - 91, 203
- substance of relationships - 'da mihi animas' - 94
- oriented to good, as expressed in preventive system - 100, 284
- spiritual person, giving rise to a spirituality - 71, 200, 205
- missionary heart - 226, 235
- loving, well balanced, serene and chaste - 93
- DB's intuition and experiences:
- worked to make youngsters apostles of other young people - 24, 70, 252, 283 -
- involved all sharing his educative and pastoral plan - 71, 155, 204, 210, 220, 233
- planned Congregation with external members (cooperators) - 73, 77, 231
- coadjutor brother: consecrated layman in salesian community - 4, 154
- brother's figure and service links community with civil world - 72
- delicate and simple cordiality with women - 74
- preventive system in process of personalization and socialization - 100, 241
- education to and through work shows value of laity - 95
- originality of pedagogy of duty - 98
- daily life the setting for living and realizing spirituality of DB - 97
- intuition of value of all creation as gift of God - 97
- formation together of SDBs and laity ensures communion and sharing - 101, 248
- with DB we believe work in common is means for formation in common - 102
- DB's plan to renew society through work - 95
- DB could not prescind from social communication - 250
- linkage between mission, radiation of charism, and lay involvement - 251
- formation of SDBs/Laity ensures sharing of DB's spirit and mission - 101
- salesian experiences at Valdocco - 3, 49, 57, 71. 72, 73, 74, 75, 223, 233
- SDB called to be DB of present day - 150
- SDBs have inherited boys who wanted to stay with DB - 1
- love of DB for poor youth and attention to working classes - 3
- DB present in GC24 in recalling 150th anniversary of arrival at Valdocco - 1
- task of Congregation to involve laity in its mission - 17
DON BOSCO VOLUNTEERS (DBV)
- history of birth of Secular Institute of DBV - 79
- nature: combines secularity, consecration, salesianity - 79
- members of Salesian Family in strict sense - 79
- represent a salesian vocation offered for concrete adherence - 124
- SDBs must respond to requests for knowledge of reality of DBV - 147
- SDBs in formation phase to be prepared for encounters with groups of SF - 147
NB.* message of GC24 to laity - 183
* message of GC24 to DBV - 187
EDUCATION
- nature of education for SDBs:
- DB's vocation bringing Christ to the young; hence total dedication - 89
- education is contained in DB's charism - 4, 75 -
- DB's slogan: good Christians and upright citizens - 197
- DB's educative ardour at origin of Congregation - 1, 197
- educative mission a sign of the times - 11, 202
- educative dimension has prophetic dimension in today's world - 4
- youth mission involves an education which is also evangelization - 185
- evangelize by educating, educate by evangelizing: message of hope - 4
- educators and young follow same path towards holiness - 3
- work for young - element in common identity card of salesian vocation - 89
- relationship at heart of every educative approach - 92
- preventive system our contribution to cause of education - 99
- CEP is 'educative' because helps to mature potentialities of young - 156
- educative competence implies positive vocational motivation etc. - 164
- salesian loving kindness is educative love - 100
- education is communication - 131
- salesian assistance an excellent form of educative communication - 131
- give life to new education which opens way to new evangelization - 100
- formation to educative qualification:
- educative qualification of SDBs to have priority in next six years - 174
- formation to be directed to fulfilment of educative mission - 138, 140
- educative professionalism to be verified in CEP - 157
- lay and salesian educators and action of Spirit in hearts of young - 89
- innovation of laity in salesian charismatic commitment - 242
- consecration of SDBs and education:
- explain educative value of content of consecrated life - 167, 168
- as religious and educators, specialists in utopia of Kingdom etc. - 217, 253
- specific task of consecrated persons, witness to goods of Kingdom - 152
- challenge and opportunity for apostolic educators - 218
- educative service of laity:
- educative service of volunteers a significant experience - 122
- DB's educative mission enriched by parents and families of pupils - 115
- women help to live a more complete educative relationship - 53, 74
- some difficulties arise from different interpretations of fact of education - 31
- volunteer movement an educative process for youth - 26
- educative orientation for conscientious objectors - 26
- contents of education:
- balanced education avoiding minimalism and opposite extreme - 100, 216
- educate invocations of transcendence and demands of sense - 100
- educate to spirituality through pedagogy of duty - 98
- educative rapport expressed in personal encounter, etc. - 93, 252
- congregation always sensitive to social communication - 250
- in DB wonderful blend of education and holiness - 205
- subject of education:
- numerous men and women want to work for Kingdom by educating - 18
- laity have educative energy to be exploited - 17, 204, 205
- educative weight of family significant today - 10, 20, 140, 177
- collective subject of education is the community - 5
- education through educative community - 42, 43, 45
- subject for realization of PEPS is whole educative community - 47
- education passes through educative projects - 42
- educative force of CEP - 41
- persons of other faiths not always obstacle to educative process - 41
- salesian Movement has educative character - 51
EVANGELIZATION
- nature of evangelization and new evangelization:
- new evangelization qualitative choice for Church today - 16
- Evangelization able to exercise influence on public opinion and institutions - 199
- new evangelization: proclamation of Christ to young and poor, etc. - 16
- heart of new evangelization inculturation of Gospel - 94, 216
- evangelize by educating and vice versa message of hope, leaven, and light - 4
- evangelizing is communicating: inculturation of Gospel - 131
- subjects responsible for evangelization and new evangelization: - Valdocco represents typical setting for evangelization - 75
- community's task: total dedication to education and evangelization - 159, 223
- educative dimension lets us offer human advancement with evangelization - 234
- SDBs and laity must aim at evangelization and education together - 185
- laity subjects of evangelization among People of God - 15
- lay Christian member of Church in heart of world, and vice versa - 66
- theme of laity for future in new evangelization - 203
- for lay animators involvement and sh.resp. lead to objective of evangelization - 84
- strategies for evangelization:
- SDBs and laity called to give effect to strength received in baptism: faith etc. - 96
- foster significance in line with provincial plan: charismatic identity etc. - 180, 216
- means of social communication essential in evangelization etc. - 250
- DB's geniality can open way to new education and evangelization - 100
- presence of educators among youth a form of educative evangelization - 131
- some contents of evangelization:
- poverty and freedom - signs which make beatitudes credible - 16
- global project of renewed missionary commitment: justice, peace, family, etc. - 16
- Christ sanctified human bonds which are instruments of communion with God - 61
- Salesian lives in fidelity to own charism and evangelizing mission - 184
FAITH
- commitments deriving from faith received:
- all members of Church called to make the Kingdom present - 63
- collaboration with laity involves faith, hope and charity - 96
- do not hide rays of light that come from faith - 100
- faith must become culture - 96, 199, 243
- overcome temptation to separate faith from life -198
- the religious shows that faith enlightens whole filed of education - 150
- culminating point of journey of faith is vocational choice - 141
- Christian faith is communicative of its nature - 131
- journey of faith for young leads to lived and communicated spirituality - 88
- journeys in education to the faith need gradual start-up - 100
- respect faith convictions in helping youth to grow to higher levels - 205, 252
- need to renew our faith so as to become symbols and bonds of communion - 188
- attention to faith an essential point from beginning - 234
- aspects of salesian life in light of faith:
- community called to be sign, school and environment of faith - 237
- challenge of witnessing to our vocation as consecrated apostles - 253
- SDBs and laity to live salesian spirituality: synthesis of faith and life - 140
- staying with young as ass educators and communicators of faith - 130
- education to faith point of convergence of SDBs and laity - 83
- educative service an experience of contemplative dimension of faith - 89
- politics of Our Father projection of a society renewed through faith - 95
- interventions in favour of growth of faith:
- in CEP all feel responsible for journey of faith - 157
- CEP proposes journey of faith, based on meeting Christ etc. - 180
- 'religion' of preventive system understood as correspondence with faith - 100
FORMATION
- general criteria for formation:
- DB's insistence on spiritual formation - 200
- formation enables individual to live in maturity and joy - 138
- commitment to shared formation to be open to all - 103
- to be SDB today means entering a Family and movement with laity - 142
- communal formation a commitment for those wanting to live DB's mission - 110
- SDBs to respond positively to requests for formation - 145
- salesian community always aware of its role in formation of SF and laity - 19
- community's task to promote salesian spiritual and vocational formation - 159
- formation processes more efficacious when vocational differences respected - 138
- progressive involvement demands availability for ongoing formation - 164
- formation implies awareness of community of new SDB/laity rapport - 138
- formation must be adequate for new demands - 138
- salesian work necessary setting for work for young - 4
- insufficient formation compromises shared responsibility in mission - 48
- mission, inculturation, dialogue etc. need new style of formation -55
- work in plurireligious and pluricultural contexts requires adequate formation - 183
- numerical consistency of community a support for formation -173
- qualitative consistency requires people capable of forming laity - 174
- in SYM spirituality requires constant effort for formation - 51
- goal of formation realized together is gift of holiness - 104
- organization of formation of SDBs and laity together:
- laity in GC24 prophetic sign of formation process together - 48, 244
- reciprocal formation SDB/laity original and fruitful - 43, 204
- culture of sharing involves valid formation together - 55, 138
- difficulties due to lack of pedagogical and didactic formation - 31
- initial stage to provide content and experiences of reciprocal formation - 142
- ongoing formation requires common process - 98, 140
- processes of combined formation to be prepared - 165
- PEPS practical instrument for animation, and ongoing formation - 42
- vocational discernment common guideline for SDBs and laity - 252
- goal of formation realized together is holiness - 104
- aspects of formation of SDBs:
- formation of SDB and ability to live and communicate spirituality - 239, 241, 248
- our formative process begins in youth culture - 246
- salesians to regain sense of priority of formation - 248
- particular importance of intellectual formation - 247
- salesian community to exploit own structures as instrument of formation - 123
- integration of women has consequences in formation of SDBs - 33, 178
- young confreres to be given experiences of collaboration with laity - 53
- in initial formation SDBs to deepen knowledge of identity of consecration - 167
- aspects of formation of laity:
- educative method to be applied for formation of lay collaborators - 210
- involvement of laity a challenge to be met by formation - 138
- lay protagonism in mission useful for systematic formation - 20
- DB's spiritual; experience at Valdocco important for formation - 205
- foster pedagogical and didactic formation of laity - 31
- rector applies provincial criteria for selection and formation of laity - 172
- adequate formation of laity for plurireligious and pluricultural contexts - 186
- volunteers to be followed up and formation fostered - 124
- organization of formation at different levels
local level:
- consistency in application of salesian formative practice - 245
- local community to define clearly process of formation - 176
- local community to programme moments of communal formation with laity - 133
- local community to plan days of formation with laity - 115
- relationships in CEP setting for intense ongoing formation - 55
- sharing of educative ideals fostered by ongoing formation - 111
- community to make CEP setting for formation of SDBs and laity together -144
- spiritual and Christian formation necessary for animation of CEP - 158, 205
- in CEP all responsible for communal formation - 157
provincial level:
- plan of communal formation to be prepared at provincial level - 145, 238
- prepare plan with laity at provincial level for social communication - 136, 249, 250
- province to organize with laity formation process to salesian identity - 151
- provincial programme for formation to be open to all lay collaborators - 146
world level:
- 'Ratio' to be revised in line with indications of GC24 - 147
- UPS etc. preserved as schools for preparation of formators - 148
- v. also messages of GC24 to various lay groups re formation - 283 to 288
FRIENDS OF DON BOSCO
- typical concern of Don Bosco 'Make yourself loved' - 91
- large number of - 85, 197, 214, 267
- arise from oratorian style and atmosphere - 75, 210
- varied identity of - 50, 203, 251
- ensure expansion of Don Bosco's mission - 85, 286
- to be promoted in next six years - 106
- through communication which leads to communion - 251
HOPE
- DB saw poor and abandoned youth as future of humanity and hope of Church - 149
- preventive system open and rich in hope - 100
- promote solidarity as source of hope - 14
- evangelize by educating, and educate by evangelizing - message of hope - 4
- salesians share joys and hopes of world of youth - 16
- hope is an element of common identity card - 81
- SDBs and laity share a formation which leads to hope and confidence - 103
- contemporary situations which are signs of hope - 14
INCULTURATION
- new process in Church with new ecclesiological atmosphere - 15
- inculturation of Gospel, evangelization of cultures, need communication etc. - 131
- new style of formation needed to face prevailing context - 55
- PEPS a cultural horizon requiring constant inculturation of charism - 5
- impossible to inculturate what is not yet known - 255
INVOLVEMENT, CO-INVOLVEMENT
- action of God is always involved - 59
- DB involved others from the beginning - 70, 74, 87, 251-
- ability to imitate DB to involve others, especially the young - 205, 253
- the new ecclesiological atmosphere is co-involvement - 15
- co-involvement is an obligation of C 47 - 39
- it is a primary commitment for the next six years - 253
- the renewal undertaken by the Congregation points to co-involvement - 17, 76
- education implies co-involvement - 83
- the GC24 wants greater participation and involvement of laity - 18, 106, 204 -
- there is a new stage and new field of involvement for youth - 24, 112
- involvement of women is new, significant and prophetic - 19, 25
- salesian community committed to involvement of other forces:
- for a greater co-involvement - 46, 53, 107, 156, 180
- for overall involvement, including evangelization - 21, 43, 84
- for community witness and first co-involvement - 110
- the community programmes co-involvement - 115 -
- the community has responsibility in co-involvement - 109
- gives attention to laity of other religions also - 113
- from involvement to communion - 22
- invitation to laity to become involved in a spiritual adventure - 241, 204
- the process so far - 39
- the difficulties met with - 30
- organization of co-involvement:
- communication, public image and involvement - 114, 128
- shared responsibility and involvement mutually related - 117
- indications of involvement, volunteer work and dialogue - 49
- types of lay involvement - 163
- formative processes and involvement - 165
- new organizational models for involvement - 29
- content of co-involvement - 164
- instruments of co-involvement:
- PEPS - 42
- Salesian Family - 50
- pre-eminent role of Cooperators - 285
- past-pupils should accept involvement and responsibility if possible - 286
- salesian movement - 49
- Salesian Bulletin - 82
LAITY (passim in document; the following are more significant points)
- laity and church:
- new awareness of church with "Christifideles Laici" - 15, 66, 198, 204, 210
- reflection shows new capital rich in hope between consecrated and laity - 15
- 'new' laity - 200
- laity to be and remain laity - 210
- typical risks to be overcome: excessive emphasis on church or on world - 199
- laity and salesian congregation:
- innovations re religious life, DB's mission, spirituality - 210, 227, 231, 242
- experience at Valdocco - 1, 3, 75, 76, 199, 233, 234
- particular intuition of DB: the coadjutor brother - 4
- widening of involvement led DB to idea of extern salesians - 107
- theme of laity means reformulation of community's services and commitments - 54
- many positive experiences today despite difficulties - 17, 19, 30, 31, 32, 107
- unease of religious at presence of laity and vice versa - 45
- commitment of GC23 for Lay Project - 17, 83
- new awareness among SDBs; change of mentality needed - 19
- collaboration in plurireligious and pluricultural contexts; new situation - 35
- laity and daily life:
- educative commitment requires presence of laity - 4
- power of knowledge, technology need SDBs/laity together 9, 210, 216, 231, 250, 251
- from simple acceptance to effective exploitation of lay contribution - 108
- contribution to promoting of vocations - 252
- request and contribution to spirituality - 239, 240, 241
- laity and holiness - 210
- variety and levels with reference to laity:
- panorama of lay presence varies widely - 36
- from involvement to communion in spirit - 21
- evident variety of lay people working with us - 23
- significant contribution of women - 25
- encourage new style of communication and shared responsibility - 54
- of the Salesian Family:
- cooperators not yet adequately integrated in CEP - 46
- recognize specifics of each group for a stronger unity - 48
- friends of DB:
- great number must be recognized - 85
- diffusion of DB's spirit and mission beyond salesian structures - 86
- in plurireligious and pluricultural contexts:
- young people and laity of good will - 100
- commitment to exploit fragments of Gospel and wisdom in culture - 100
- practical collaboration - 183
- criteria for collaboration - 185
- outside salesian structures - 4
- privileged settings for lay presence:
- salesian movement and patrimony of Congregation - 51
- volunteer movement:
- widespread today - 26
- significant form of shared lay responsibility - 122, 255
- PEPS:
- laity ask for greater role in its realization - 42, 47
- CEP:
- growth in sense of belonging - 41
- proper and efficacious setting for shared responsibility - 119, 144
- foster more open style of interpersonal communication - 134
- council of CEP and work - 160
- new foundations for activities in favour of youth at risk - 20
- their own works managed by laity in different ways - 27
- criteria for works managed by laity - 180
- works of laity but accepted in provincial project - 181
- oratories and youth centres - 20
- in the missions - 20
- a particular category of laity: the young:
- volunteer movement - 20, 24, 26, 34, 49, 122
- conscientious objectors - 26
- a particular need of laity: formation:
- formation for new situations with involvement of laity - 29, 205, 248
- exploitation of laity and of spirituality of daily life and creation - 97
- first step is pedagogy of oratorian heart and mission - 102
- they should be involved in programming - 133, 134, 136, 137, 140, 145
- towards vocational discernment - 141, 145
- v. also messages - 283 to 288
LOCAL COMMUNITY
v. COMMUNITY, SALESIAN; v. also RECTOR
MAMMA MARGARET
- presence at Valdocco - 1
- significance of her presence - 3, 219
- value of feminine presence and collaboration - 74
- atmosphere of holiness at Valdocco - 74, 285
MISSION
- origin and dimension of mission:
- salesian mission at service of great project of communion. - 57
- Christ chose poor and lowly as objectives of evangelizing mission - 61
- Church's mission is to proclaim and construct the Kingdom of God - 62, 210, 222
- communion and mission are linked; first is source and fruit of second - 63
- each one shares responsibility for ,mission of Church - 63
- Church has authentic secular dimension inherent in nature and mission - 64
- through the Spirit Church has complementary vocations for mission - 65, 240
- discernment is way to make decisions re development of mission - 229
- common vocation to holiness and mission - 210
- efforts of provinces ad local communities to concentrate on mission - 233
- beginnings of salesian mission:
- DB widened frontiers of mission to poor and abandoned youth - 75
- cooperators share fully in responsibility for mission - 77
- thanks to commitment of many laity salesian mission has no frontiers - 86, 251, 284
- pastoral charity at root of our mission - 250
- the mission calls for lay people:
- mission to young and poor harmonizes well with laity's duties - 4, 210, 213, 283
- charism of religious life can be shared with laity - 15, 231
- greater awareness of mission and part of laity in it; cf. SF - 17, 19, 253, 287
- community subject of mission, even if not directing every initiative - 236, 287
- today mission requires efforts of all who adhere to DB - 53
- motivations for selecting laity are many, important and significant - 162
- various criteria for selection of laity - 164, 165
- different kinds of calling in line with involvement in activities and works - 63
- difficulties also present - 239
- the mission involves laity:
- youthful dialogue a sign of times and challenge to educative mission - 11
- gradual and progressive participation of laity in mission - 22,231, 251
- the young are missionaries of other young people - 24, 122
- new mission frontiers ; progressive discovery of value of laity and women - 25, 242
- mission and vocation - 252
- new style of communication helps laity to take responsibility - 54, 251, 254
- volunteer movement a participation in mission - 126
- the mission forms laity:
- elements of spirituality for salesian mission - 89, 205
- charity as fundamental means and fruit of mission - 90, 233
- formation together: pedagogy for living DB's spirit and mission - 101
- pedagogy of oratorian heart and mission: preventive system - 102, 234, 235
- formation aims at helping people to fulfil mission - 138
- same charism and same mission require shared formation processes - 204
- mission provides space for lay people:
- PEPS and CEP efficacious mediations of mission and practical means - 5, 119
- motives for choices of laity vary widely - 28
- notable presence of laity of different cultures and beliefs in salesian mission - 35
- DB involved in mission many laity with close sharing - 107
- young people protagonists in mission - 112
- mission shared by laity in different ways:
- Variety in sharing in mission to young and poor - 23
- some provinces have entrusted management of activities and works to laity - 27
- new situations need new models of organization - 29
- strong sense of belonging: esteem and veneration for DB - 35, 37
- mission not realized by salesian community alone - 39
- some settings and means for realizing mission:
- practical manner of communion and sharing: CEP and PEPS - 39, 42
- particular criteria for laity in plurireligious and pluricultural settings - 184
- context of poverty and mission - 285
- commitment to inculturation and mission - 246
NEIGHBOURHOOD, LOCALITY, TERRITORY
- salesian life and the neighbourhood:
- salesian work embodied in variety of contexts at present day - 49
- salesian brother manifests sensitivity to world of work and locality - 154
- CEP makes members active in linkage of salesian work with neighbourhood - 165
- community fosters significance of neighbourhood and local Church - 115
- numerical consistency of community to sustain linkage with locality etc. - 173
- criteria for redimensioning work in an area (C 6 and R 1) - 173
- community to include figures able to give attention to forces of locality - 174, 170
- significance of lay presence in locality:
- availability to neighbourhood open new educative and pastoral settings - 25
- locality manifests many of existing youth problems - 28
- youngsters ask SDBs to introduce them to local area and local Church - 53
- every community to be a reference point for neighbourhood - 235
- rector, provincial, and initiatives for unity of SF in locality - 125, 135, 160, 238
- past-pupils take DB's mission into local territory and local Church - 140
- practical and significant manner of presence in neighbourhood needed - 114
NEW EVANGELIZATION
v. EVANGELIZATION
NUCLEUS
- from beginning DB involved laity in definition of his project - 159
- specific task of salesian community:
- work as animating nucleus of educative community - 40, 278
- awareness of community regarding such animation - 40
- even if not alone or in local setting - 236
- present changes a problem for animation of CEP by local community - 40
- basic point: how to be animating nucleus in works with special statute - 40, 242
- salesian community nucleus of CEP - 151
- salesian community has specific animating action in CEP - 159
- practical model of CEP includes communion and sharing - 39
- different ways for salesian community to be present in CEP -39
- rector with consecrated community is animating nucleus of CEP - 168
ORATORY
- experience of DB:
- essential presence of laity and women in Valdocco Oratory - 74
- DB involved ecclesiastics and laity in Oratory - 87
- privileged setting for lay help:
- positive and numerous presence of laity in oratories - 20, 24
- presence of women enriched practice of preventive system - 25
- criterion for communion and sharing with laity:
- progressive growth and responsibility require gradual growth in criteria - 164
- synthesis of spirituality:
- renew oratorian heart which induces deeper communion - 87
- oratorian heart means style of Good Shepherd - 102
- create a setting for living and manifesting oratorian heart of DB - 165, 180
PAST-PUPILS OF DON BOSCO
- commitmnts at provincial level:
- follow up pupils who will take DB's mission with them when they leave us - 140
- provincial promotes centres of , by assigning prepared delegates -146
- province to provide formation programmes for - 146
- commitments at world level:
- young Salesians in formation to be informed of Statute of PPs etc. - 147
NB.* message of GC24 to Laity - 283
* message of GC24 to Past-pupils - 286
PEDAGOGY
- at Valdocco:
- DB taught boys to utilize time in tasks useful for educative and creative life - 98
- DB developed a pedagogy of duty which educated to living of a spirituality - 98
- considerations re 'legal aspects' of pedagogical commitment:
- partenariato and tutela etc. - 27
- considerations re 'practical aspects' of pedagogical commitment:
- some difficulties SDB/laity arise from lack of pedagogical/didactic formation - 31
- conviction that daily commitment is setting for authentic pedagogical growth - 55
- pedagogical approach to be continually renewed - 99
- pedagogy for living together spirit and mission of DB - 101
- make laity participants in decisional tasks - 123
- considerations re 'religious and spiritual aspects' of pedagogical commitment:
- we are bearers of a strongly spiritual pedagogy - 241
- promote a positive pedagogy, capable of personal follow-up - 245, 256
- CEP becomes experience of communion and place of grace - 96
- first and fundamental cultural fact is man spiritually mature - 99
- pedagogy of oratorian heart and of mission - 102
- profession of gospel counsels leads to pedagogy of human growth - 152
- transcendent religious aspect applicable to all cultures and religions - 184
- formative pedagogy awake to cultural reference and pastoral evaluation - 246
- personal pedagogy of a holiness uniting DMA with preventive system - 257
PEPS - SALESIAN EDUCATIVE AND PASTORAL PROJECT
- nature of PEPS:
- a practical instrument of mission entrusted to DB - 5, 236
- criterion and guide for shared action and activity - 42
- a verification of action - 42
- has an educative dimension: SYM helps in discovery of plan of life - 51
- makes participants both evangelizers and evangelized at same time - 83
- ensures salesian identity - 164
- religious and ecclesial perspectives of project:
- God calls to collaborate for building of Kingdom: unity of all human beings - 59
- God's project: same design for apostolic experience of DB and M.Mazzarello -74
- New Evangelization: global project of renewed missionary commitment - 16
- integral part of God's plan for all men - 98
- demands of educative and pastoral project:
- young people and their needs to be placed at the centre - 120
- community committed to its realization, overcoming individualism - 17, 252
- from the start DB involved laity in his project at Valdocco - 155
- at the service of the Kingdom - 57
- concerned re salesian and charismatic identity in dialogue with province - 164 , 180
- attentive to unity of project in neighbourhood and local Church - 169
- significance of project extends to charismatic identity etc. - 180
- inserted in context after study of youth situation and possibilities - 100
- requires active participation of all - 119
- entrusted to an educative and pastoral community for realization - 96
- various cultural and professional qualifications required - 240
- skill in organization and realization of a project in a system, community, etc. - 256
- every project has vocational dimension - 252
- lived practical experiences:
- process for communion and sharing through CEP and PEPS - 39
- shared project lived in special manner in new communities - 20
- historical realization of Congregation's mission - 42
- unity and urgency of project manifested in places that do not have it - 47
- project prompts to action organisms of sharing and responsibility - 123
- formation for project:
- formation of SDBs - 53
- the project and salesian obedience - 152
- formation together, SDBs and laity - 144, 145, 160
- Particular cases and community project:
- laity who manage works activities with full responsibility: - 27, 175, 180, 181, 182
- volunteer movement in context of educative and pastoral project - 34, 122, 126
- insertion of women requires new interventions in formation of SDBs - 33
- The Lay Project - 83, 175, 231
PLURICULTURAL AND PLURIRELIGIOUS SETTINGS
- notable number of laity of different cultures and beliefs who participate in mission - 35, 183
- this variegated lay panorama must be recognized - 36
- today salesian presence embodied in many contexts and gets collaboration - 49
- mission today requires mobilization of all valid, social, cultural and religious forces - 53
- SDBs and laity together in various contexts - 55
PREVENTIVE SYSTEM
- at the beginning:
- Oratory new style of predilection for young -3
- common patrimony of those who take inspiration from DB - 75
- in development of later history:
- 'new' system same as ever but with new style - 234
- Gen. Council to promote study of at spiritual and university level - 148
- urgent for province and CEP to study application to coeducation - 179
- conditions that methods and spirituality be effective - 210
- in past experience:
- presence of women has enriched practice of system - 25
- nature of:
- gives humanizing light and warmth to youths and adults who surround us - 208
- based on reason, religion and loving kindness - 100
- practical experience of needed, with ability to learn from life - 102
- supposes ability to listen to, dialogue with, and respect young people - 131
- an item in common identity card - 89
- criterion for sharing in CEP and PEPS - 102
- basic criterion for collaboration in different religions and cultures - 186
- salesian identity and progressive knowledge and practice of system - 164
- spirituality of preventive system:
- reason today - 100
- religion today - 100
- loving kindness today - 100
- the mission always bears mark of system as synthesis, model etc. - 234
- reference point amid secular commitments of social life etc. - 286
PROGRAMMING
- evangelical programming:
- because attentive to values of beatitudes - 96
- educative and methodological programming:
- deriving from shared responsibility between SDBs and laity - 46
- includes aspect of revision of what has been done so far - 125
- includes decision-making and verification - 157
- requires attitude of educator, to be credible to the young - 164
- formation programming:
- particular processes to be set up by SDBs and laity together - 103
- programmes and involvement to be adaptable to practical circumstances - 115
- in dialogue with CEP laity local community promotes combined formation - 144
- provinces to complete Lay Project with combined formation programme - 145
- province to offer formation to past-pupils and other laity - 146
- systematic revision and verification needed - 263
- practical programming:
- with time for exchanges between SDB and laity - 115
- Councils of CEP and Work to programme revision of activity - 171, 286
PROVINCE , PROVINCIAL
practical commitments
- levels of animation:
- provincial - 138, 145, 170
- provincial community for communication:
- commitment of provincial in and outside province - 136, 145
- provincial organization in different contexts:
- mission to be realized in new contexts - 5, 163
- rapport of salesian work with civil and ecclesial contexts - 53
- province identifies models for managing activities and works with laity - 182
- province adapts project and presence to different contexts - 39, 165
- province considers contexts for work of coeducation - 179
- SDBs committed to efficacious response in new contexts - 54
- provincial defines levels of shared responsibility in CEP and councils - 171
- criteria for provincial communion - 180
- provincial to give criteria for choosing laity for animation etc. in CEP - 162
- provincial adapts criteria to concrete situations and contexts - 165
- provincial + council for SDB/laity rapport etc. in works - 125
- provincial + council indicate roles and responsibilities in CEP - 171
- culture:
- in provincial project foster spreading of culture of volunteer movement - 126
- discernment:
- province fosters discernment and point to models, including SF - 146
- formation:
- preparation of combined formation plan SDB/laity - 145
- prepare provincial plan for formation etc. in field of social communication - 136
- province organizes with laity plan of formation to salesian identity - 151
- provincial plan to be open o lay collaborators in or outside our works - 146
- past-pupils:
- province follows up pupils about to leave and take DB's mission into world - 140
- provincial promotes centres for past-pupils and appoints prepared delegates - 146
- province provides formation programmes open also to past-pupils - 146
- women:
- in context of coeducation province aims at male/female balance in numbers - 179
QUALIFICATION, QUALITY
- Qualify especially individuals and communities:
- their existence qualifies religious as witnesses to a surprised world - 151
- SDBs to be qualified in education, animation etc. - 174, 238, 242, 244, 247, 248
- qualifications should be utilized - 243
- GC24 a significant stage in renewal process and new starting point - 18
- presence of priests and brothers essential trait of community physiognomy - 174
- vocational choice culminating point of journey of faith, etc. - 141
- quality of contribution of laity of other faiths to salesian mission is striking - 35
- celibacy lived with joyful fidelity has quality of love and fatherliness - 178
- qualify relationships:
- SDBs and laity together foster reciprocity, intensify collaboration - 54
- complete Lay Project with additions re formation together SDB/laity - 145
- Church's pastoral choice of quality: the new evangelization - 16
- quality of educative encounter high in DB's thoughts - 91
- women make contribution leading to a better quality of life - 12
- secular characteristic of laity, qualifying element of their Christian existence - 66
- qualify common involvement:
- qualify laity wanting to join salesian movement - 107
- importance for involvement of qualifying concrete mode of presence - 114, 115
- volunteer movement a new and significant experience for young - 55
- significant also for developing shared responsibility - 122
- volunteer movement a valid confirmation of educative process - 26
- qualify collaboration:
- by qualifying process of elaboration of PEPS - 144
- criteria of identity etc. allow a work to be accepted in provincial project - 125, 181
- educative significance of parents and role of family - 20
- qualify communication:
- quality of communication in GC24 - 223, 230
- team of SDBs + laity needed for planning and consultation in this area - 136
- RM and council to study practical plan for this significant field - 137
- care for quality of communication develops education to faith - 130
- provincial and council to verify quality of communication - 136
- qualify formation:
- participation of laity a challenge to be met by adequate formation - 138, 139
- adequate common formation needed on preventive system etc. - 186
- some basic criteria - more significant points - 164
- qualify interventions:
- some significant experiences in Congregation - 19
- project to be verified annually re applications - 144, 235
- need for numerical consistency and pastoral quality of community - 173
- provincial project to guarantee educative quality in activities and works - 180, 238
- significance of project depends on resources of SDBs and laity - 180, 235
- the mission has a prophetic dimension - 4, 52, 250
- balance between extension and quality - 257
RECTOR
- levels of animation:
- local - 171
- common practical model of CEP - 39, 169
- importance of SDB community for life of CEP - 174
- SDB community animating nucleus of CEP - 39, 83, 149, 151, 159
- incidence of consecrated life of community on CEP - 152, 153
- need for SDBs and laity together in CEP - 55, 160
- presence of salesian rector - 161, 168, 172
- practical guidelines re CEP:
- commitment for next six years - 186
- animation of CEP - 158, 162
- commitment of SDB community in favour of CEP - 174
- tasks for SDB community - 166
- rapport between CEP council and work council - 161, 171
- when activities or a work are entrusted to laity - 181
- verification of CEP - 170
- local community and communication:
- commitment to its exploitation - 128, 129, 133, 144
- rector and communication - 135
- interpersonal communication in CEP - 130, 133
- group communication - 130
- involvement requires communication - 46
- sh.resp. requires communication - 121
- to foster various forms of communication - 114
- look at family model of communication - 58
- Salesian Bulletin instrument of communication - 82
- commitment of local community for communion:
- foster communion - 118
- make communion visible - 153
- awareness that community is centre of communion - 159
- elaborate PEPS, privileged moment of communion - 144
- consider CEP practical manner of communion - 39
- utilize CEP instruments to create communion - 134
- set up in CEP organisms of communion - 157
- make CEP and PEPS experiences of communion - 96, 119
- involve others to create communion - 21
- internal organization of salesian community:
- numerical consistency and role of animation - 173
- qualitative consistency and formation of laity - 174
- SDB community and rapport with councils of CEP and Work - 171
- SDB community and criteria for selection of laity - 162
- SDB community and experiences of sh.resp. - 166
- SDB community, reference point for work entrusted to laity - 181
- rector sensitizes community on significance of Salesian Family - 135
- presence of rector responsible for CEP - 172
- duties of community for real sharing:
- SDB community must know how to share - 118, 133
- commitment of local community to fostering of sh.resp.:
- setting up of CEP for sh.resp. - 144
- CEP, setting for exercise of sh.resp. - 119
- functioning of CEP, school of formation to sh.resp. - 43
- develop communication to promote sh.resp. and involve others - 128
- SDB community to use own structures for formation to sh.resp. - 123
- commitment for organization of culture theme:
- give particular attention to cultural context - 140
- respect cultural diversity - 164
- spread the culture of solidarity and peace - 95
- local level of organization of formation:
- local community defines process of formation - 176
- local community to programme process of formation SDB/Laity - 133
- local community plans days of formation with laity - 115
- network of rapprts of CEP setting for ongoing formation - 55
- educative ideals to be fostered through CEP and ongoing formation - 111-
- CEP to be made setting for formation of SDBs and laity together - 144
- spiritual and Christian formation needed to animate CEP - 158
- all in CEP responsible for common formation - 157
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SALESIANS AND LAITY
- a religious look at relationships: God and man; man and man:
- reciprocal and complementary relationship between man and woman - 58
- effects of original sin in human history - 60
- new rapport with God in Christ; deeper relationship between man and woman - 67
- laity invited to deeper participation in salesian spirituality - 15
- a glance at Valdocco:
- family spirit made deeper through presence of women - 74
- 'da mihi animas' guides relations of those working with DB - 94
- DB's love for relational virtues, as hinges of educative dialogue - 91
- mission always bears mark of preventive system - 234
- need for relationship between SDBs and laity:
- provincial chapters agree on need for practical rapport SDB/laity - 19
- some perspectives need a doctrinal foundation for action - 52
- listening to laity and young shows that they want rapport with SDBs - 93
- intensification of rapport SDBs/laity but without confusing roles - 117
- communication needs presence of apostolic educators - 128
- reality of rapport of Salesians and laity today:
- negative aspects:
- resistance and difficulties - 30
- difficulties of SDBs and communities - 30
- significant relationships impossible to establish - 30
- these difficulties from different levels of life etc. - 30
- some difficulties prevalent among laity - 31
- sometimes financial problems involved - 31
- integration of women to be done gradually - 33
- in CEP no clear relationship with salesian community - 44
- positive aspects:
- positive experiences especially in new presences - 20
- rapport positive in parishes, schools, youth centres, etc. - 20
- presence of women creates more natural climate - 25, 231
- men and women help young to discover personal identity - 53
- rapport SDB/youth seems rich and deep - 32
- positive rapport builds happiness; negative rapport can destroy it - 92
- salesian aspects in rapport SDB/Laici:
- education is communication and of its nature relational - 131
- relationship SDB/laity makes salesian prophetic sign of Kingdom etc. - 53
- evangelical charity builds a stimulating formative environment - 93, 164
- loving kindness expressed as unconditional acceptance etc. -100
- SDBs enter into relationship with great variety of lay collaborators - 23
- integration of women has consequences for salesian formation - 33
- develop relationships involving experiences of individuals and groups - 128, 286
- manner of relationships:
- sometimes relationship is juridically recognized (partenariato etc.) - 27
- clearer institutional rapport needed between SDB community and CEP laity - 40
- provincial and council to lay general framework for good rapport - 125
- contract needed for juridical and financial relationships - 182
- relationship is a richness which forms:
- rapport SDB/laity opens salesian to new style of communion and sharing - 53
- relationships give messages, give more attention to youth culture - 55
- interpersonal relationships help to realize values of daily life - 97
- new aspects of rapport make communion visible and educative work better - 138
- throw light on values of laity as a vocational setting - 140
- preference to be given to educative capacity over administrative - 174
- affective and relational formation needed for balanced setting for coeducation - 178
- natural settings for relationships:
- life of the works - 20
- the CEP - 160
- the PEPS - 39
- the salesian movement - 287
SALESIAN FAMILY
- nature of:
- vast movement of persons working for salvation of youth - 23, 83
- in line of C 6, immersed in mystery of Church - 212
- SF is animator and means of formation - 145
- Salesian Family and community for a common strategy:
- mission today needs all forces of SF for strategic facing of crisis - 53
- SF committed with SDBs to creation of vast salesian movement - 49
- SF and SDBs share common elements of spirit and spirituality - 3, 81
- vocational guidance special commitment of SF - 253
- commitments of salesian community with regard to SF:
- series of initiatives at local and provincial level - 248
- local community makes vocational proposal to join a group of SF - 124
- salesian community fosters own consistency for benefit of SF -174
- select laity to share responsibility from SF by preference - 180
- Salesian Bulletin an instrument for growth of SF - 82
NB. * Message of GC24 to Laity - 283
* Message of GC24 to Cooperators - 285
* Message of GC24 to DB Past-pupils - 286
* Message of GC24 to Don Bosco Volunteers
SALESIAN MOVEMENT
- birth of salesian movement
- contagious love of DB attracting many people to a family or movement - 1
- born of a spirituality in heart of those working for salvation of youth - 3
- Congregation committed to gather people into a vast movement - 17, 75
- from DB came Salesian Family - 48
- many gathered round DB from beginning - 49
- innovation at GC24: presence of laity of this movement - 227
- extension of salesian movement:
- all who work for youth, in or outside salesian structures - 4
- all who take part in movement, consciously or not - 23
- movement has variegated panorama - 36
- takes part in salesian mission - 39
- in its context are inserted the friends of DB in their many forms - 50
- salesian mission today uses all the forces of salesian movement - 53
- salesian youth movement has grown greatly in recent years - 84
- urgent to enlarge and qualify available lay members - 107
- substance of SYM:
- educative movement offered to all young people - 51, 253, 261
- spirituality the soul of the movement -51
- a vast educative and spiritual movement - 199
- animation of salesian movement:
- DB entrusted animation of movement to salesians - 109
- animate to sharing in salesian educative and pastoral work and mission - 142
- fosters sharing of educative ideals - 111
- communication an indispensable means of communion - 251
SALESIAN SPIRIT
NOTE
* The theme permeates all the GC24. The following points represent the main elements. Cf. especially SGC: "The salesian spirit is the complex of the elements and values of the world of men and of the Christian mystery which become our style of thought and feeling, of life and action, centered on pastoral charity".
* Cf. also the constitutional formulation in arts. 10 - 21.
- sense of salesian spirit:
- capacity for educative accompaniment: assistance, animation etc. - 199
- insertion in events of time - 209, 210
- offers unlimited possibilities of realization of plan of life - 231, 254
- sharing and communion in spirit and mission recall vocational dimension - 252
- sharing and communion in spirit etc. a theme addressed to future - 203
- means for diffusing salesian spirit:
- at level of organization to be promoted and sustained:
- Salesian Family - 88
- Salesian Movement - 49, 50
- Salesian Youth Movement - 51
- Educative and Pastoral Community - 29, 39
- Salesian Bulletin - 82
- systematic diffusion of preventive system - 99, 100
- exploitation of Friends of DB in all realities of life - 85
- at level of initiatives to be activated:
- promote knowledge of, based on experience - 102, 115, 147, 148
- take the spirit beyond structures of salesian community - 116
- involve it in youth options - 89
- fostering process of discernment and initial formation - 142
- accept challenge of sharing with laity - 138
- exploit family spirit - 91, 93
- at level of attitudes to be lived:
- feel oneself immersed in a school of holiness - 88
- cultivate an oratorian heart - 165
- live salesian loving kindness - 93
- be enterprising, active and creative - 98, 180
SALESIANS, SDBs
NOTE
* There are too many references to list. The following are listed under categories distinguished by verbs an may be of use.. The references are purely indicative and in no way exhaustive.
- verbs of interest to community in its internal life:
- interrogation - 45
- renewal - 19, 53
- conversion - 19
- verbs which indicate a relationship:
- inspire - 17
- encounter - 23, 51, 90
- welcome - 35, 44
- testify - 89, 96, 100, 104, 110, 149, 151, 153, 154 -
- involve - 21, 25
- provide setting - 27, 117
- exploit - 97
- prevent - 30, 31
- verbs indicating ways of being present:
- call, select - 4
- accompany, follow up - 26, 39, 141
- animate - 19, 83, 109, 131, 145, 159
- communicate - 46, 128, 130
- form - 19, 42, 83, 101, 133, 138, 140, 144, 145
- share - 20, 21, 24, 39, 48, 73, 107
- verbs which present content of activity:
- promote - 98
- educate - 4, 98
- evangelize - 4, 94
- sanctify - 104
- verbs which call for salesian action:
- plan, project - 47, 137
- work, operate - 96, 125, 135
- experiment - 99, 103
- study more deeply - 148
- organize - 29, 119, 121, 134, 160, 171, 172
- diffuse, spread - 49, 51, 83
- verbs which touch on the substance of being and doing:
- work for unity - 185
- search for quality - 180, 181
SHARED RESPONSIBILITY
- in Church all baptized share responsibility - 63
- involvement and shared responsibility two sides of same medal - 22
- in Church space recognized for responsibility of women - 12
- ecclesiology of communion leads to shared responsibility - 106
- shared responsibility for uniting forces for good in active collaboration - 204
- laity to be given areas of shared responsibility - 46, 214
- presence of women helps in sharing responsibility - 166
- Valdocco indicated spaces for shared responsibility - 71
- space for shared responsibility of laity in salesian mission - 22, 39
- Cooperators share responsibility for mission - 77
- theme SDB/Laity is a problem of shared responsibility - 54
- shared responsibility has grown through work with youth - 41, 53
- salesian commitment o increase shared responsibility - 40, 46, 117
- new style of shared responsibility to be encouraged - 54
- areas of shared responsibility to be set up - 165
- paternalism opposed to shared responsibility - 48
- sh.resp. of laity reaches evangelization - 84
- an organism for sh.resp. is the council of the work - 160
- volunteer movement an occasion for sh.resp. - 122
- commitment of local community:
- constitution of CEP as a means of sh.resp. - 144
- CEP as setting for sh.resp. - 119
- functioning of CEP a school of formation to sh.resp. - 43
- develop communication to give rise to sh.resp. - 128
- community to use community structures for formation to sh.resp. - 123
- commitments of provincial community:
- provincial defines levels of sh.resp. and decision-making in CEP and councils - 171
- commitments of world community:
- General Council stimulates provincial plans to exploit sh.resp. of laity - 137
- i provides in initial formation that of sh.resp. for mission - 142
- Rector Major coordinates world organisms with view to sh.resp. - 127
- formation to shared responsibility - 55
- promote experiences, attitudes, processes, and structures of sh.resp. - 118
- provide exercises in shared responsibility - 120
- exercise of sh.resp. necessary to learn:
. dialogue
. working together
. integration of activities
. determination of roles and structures
- lived salesian spirit gives growth to sh.resp. - 88
SHARING
- charism can be shared - 15, 203, 210
- DB wanted sharing with extern Salesians - 107
- DB points us to a future of sharing - 1
- Valdocco an experience of sharing - 71
- salesian experience is one of sharing - 17, 210
- concrete facts of sharing with FMA - 25
- desire for sharing in men and women of good will - 37, 100
- salesian community wants to share with the young - 112
- salesian community shares with all, even non-believers - 113, 203
- many and varied reasons for wanting sharing - 162
- sharing gives better expression to lay values - 41
- sharing gives life to family spirit - 54
- objective of co-involvement is also sharing - 22
- shared responsibility and growth of sharing - 41 -
- salesian loving kindness and sharing of life - 100
- sharing not always a choice but only an external necessity - 33
- relationship SDB/laity opens up new style of sharing - 53
- Salesian Family a structure of sharing - 48
- provincial consulting group of Salesian Family an instrument of sharing - 125
- Salesian Movement an occasion and a fruit of sharing - 49, 287
- Salesian Youth Movement a setting for sharing - 51
- CEP is best setting and method for formation to sharing - 39, 43, 106, 119, 134
- the PEPS should be shared - 20, 42, 106, 119
- Salesian Bulletin an instrument for sharing - 82
- contents of sharing are multiple::
- meals, in come circumstances - 115
- values of the preventive system - 125
- oratorian heart and style of the Good Shepherd - 102
- educative ideals - 111
- educative practice - 99
- salesian spirit - 81, 88, 89
- salesian mission - 23, 89
- religious experiences - 183
- holiness - 104
- criteria for sharing:
- linked with type of lay person - 163
- references to preventive system and youth mission - 185
- put the person at the centre - 165
- obligations of the community:
- Salesian community must know how to share - 118, 133
- sharing more contagious if community lives its vocation authentically - 244
- formation to sharing:
- renewal of formative processes - 101
- accurate process of initial formation - 142
- formation and sharing also form part of ongoing formation - 103, 257, 283
- formation to the culture of sharing - 138 -
- financial problems sometimes interfere with sharing - 31
SIGNIFICANCE
v. QUALIFICATION, QUALITY
SPIRITUALITY
- substance is grace of unity, synthesis of faith and life etc. - 140
- at Valdocco and in salesian experience:
- original style of predilection for young: preventive system - 3
- lives in heart of all who help DB - 3
- invitation of DB to make spiritual journey with him - 88
- many Salesians aspire to a deeper spirituality - 17
- concrete project of rapport with God and neighbourhood etc. - 239
- salesian spirituality is pastoral charity and educative love - 209, 218
- need of spirituality today:
- not surprising to fins spirituality at heart of GC24 - 241
- important search for interior conviction and thirst for spirituality - 13, 239, 240
- young ask for help in becoming more spiritual and better witnesses - 51
- community committed to primacy of spirituality - 54, 205
- new possibilities:
- laity invited to participate in spirituality and mission of Congregation - 15, 200, 240
- spirituality leads to sharing of motives underlying educative work - 239
- specify lay dimension of spirituality - 241
- SYM fertile ground for active sharing in spirituality and vocation values - 253
- SDBs to be convinced witnesses to spirituality and methodology - 210
- Gen.Council sustains spirituality of SFS and preventive system of DB - 148
- elements for a spirituality:
- ministry of Peter gift for unity of Church and guidance of world - 219
- cf. whole of second part of document of GC24 - 89 ff.
- pastoral charity - 90
- family spirit and relationship - 91
- life and daily routine - 97
- work, duty and professional approach - 98
- operative practice - 98
TOGETHER
- insistence on 'together' of GC24 - 226
- distant origins of 'together':
- God wishes it - 59
- process possible even with unbelievers through preventive system - 185
- 'together' means no one is excluded - 60
- today's tasks and situations require it - 199
- breadth of 'together' must be considered::
- includes heading for holiness - 104
- includes seeking for signs of God and his will - 100
- 'together' to live as church - 210
- 'together' to be simultaneously givers and receivers - 138
- means seeking ways to transplant DB's genius into public life, etc. - 100
- difficult challenges in mission must be faced with laity 'together' - 239
- gives fullness to mission and is efficacious contribution to Church and world - 87
- needed for leavening of world by Gospel - 216
- applies to reflection, interpretation and action - 55
- leads to communion:
- 'together' gives more space for meeting and sharing - 54
- implies change of mentality - 101
- means maturing in values of preventive system - 125, 199
- 'together' in PEPS and CEP - 119
- includes study of salesian and lay specifics - 115
- means seeking unity in diversity - 37
- means community oriented in shared manner - 30
- some sectors and content of 'together' - 234, 245
- 'together' applies also to action:
- working in common - 102
- is manifested in PEPS - 42
- applies to SDBs and laity as animators of CEP - 5, 160
- requires a combined educative process - 26
- means planning with SF or other local groups - 125
- means verification - 125
- means promoting growth in spirituality and salesian practice - 103
- towards a renewed shared apostolic commitment - 96
- a particular aspect of 'together' - formation:
- SDBs and laity together form CEP - 144
- ongoing formation made together - 140, 204, 241, 244, 252, 256
- youth to be involved in CEP through formation 'together' - 165
- educating ability to live and work together - 164, 165
- province organizes with laity a process of formation to salesian identity - 181
- UPS to provide programmes of formation of formators together - 148
- promote formation with believers of other religions on human values etc. - 186
- v. also messages of GC24 - 283 to 288
VERIFICATION
v. CRITERIA
COMMITMENT AT LOCAL LEVEL
AT PROVINCIAL LEVEL
AT WORLD LEVEL
PEPS
PROGRAMMING
VOCATION, VOCATIONS
- dimensions of a problem:
- number of confreres shows effects of secularization etc. - 17
- maturing of identity of laity becomes problem for that of SDB - 45
- perspectives for vocations:
- dynamism of vocations and interiorization of Trinitarian life etc. - 210
- our specific vocation to show unity of self-evangelization and witness - 241
- promoting of vocations is one of objectives of Congregation - 252
- ensure conditions which allow for living vocation in depth - 257
- different vocations emphasize unity of main vocation - 210, 277
- each one called to play active and responsible part through own vocation - 63, 216
- understanding, respect and exploitation for different vocations - 121, 138
- respect tasks proper to lay vocation and help in fulfilment - 117, 210, 216, 227, 228
- ability to raise up vocations in all activities and works - 180
- the salesian vocation:
- salesian vocation an ecclesial charism in which all can commit themselves - 251
- understand better importance and urgency of own salesian vocation - 89
- identity card of salesian vocation: work for the young - 89
- understand vocation of Cooperators: not simply benefactors or executors - 77
- SF: common mission based on specific vocation of each group - 48
- our own specific vocation calls for professional approach - 98
- commitment of SDBs for vocations:
- solid intellectual formation essential for salesian vocation and mission - 247
- common vocation to holiness - 66
- progressive involvement of laity can lead to vocations - 21
- plurality and variety of vocations in CEP - 180
- authentic vocation increases contribution of mission to Church and world - 87
- commitment to unified pastoral work for vocations in different forms - 146, 285
- promotion of lay vocations - 147
- make known different vocations in SF - 165
- aspects of formation:
- shared formation open to all and respectful of all vocations - 103, 199, 204
- values of laity as vocational setting in rapport with other vocations - 140, 205
- initial formation to foresee reciprocal preparation needed for common growth - 142
- different salesian vocations - 253
- realize together significant pastoral work for vocations - 261, 262, 285
VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT
- reality of the movement:
- joy of Congregation at presence of lay volunteers in Salesian Movement - 17
- better forms of participation in volunteer movement being studied - 20
- reality of volunteer movement widely diffused among young and adults - 26
- not without problems, especially for volunteers afterwards - 34
- different kinds of volunteers - 163
- way the movement functions:
- different ways of realization of movement - 26
- nature of movement:
- vocational result and valid confirmation of an educative process - 26
- willingness for service leads to a committed life-option - 26
- youth movement means dedication to pastoral and human advancement - 49, 255
- significant form of shared responsibility for laity - 122
- perspectives of volunteer movement:
- one of the new settings - 55
- involvement and shared responsibility apply also to evangelization - 84
- animation of movement is one of new fields of involvement - 112
- volunteers to be encouraged to join a group of SF - 124
- commitments of SDBs with respect to movement:
- preparation of a provincial plan and information for confreres - 126
- volunteers to be followed up in formation and sustained by all - 124, 141
- example of SDB consecrated life will promote activity of movement - 152
WOMAN / WOMEN
- new relationship with God in Christ provokes new man/woman relationship - 67
- this relationship part of God's plan - 58
- women called to participate and shares responsibility in Church - 12
- in our culture presence of women acquiring ever greater importance - 12, 166
- woman is among new social subjects - 14
- attention in all areas today to what is specifically feminine - 12
- in some countries involvement of women is an innovation and prophecy - 19
- woman's presence linked with quality of life and enrichment of values - 12, 232
- women help to live a more complete educative relationship - 53
- female presence enriches environment with specific feminine qualities - 25, 283
- we can learn from Valdocco experience - 3, 71, 74, 75
- postconciliar climate facilitates insertion of women in our work - 25
- we are helped by FMA in understanding presence of women - 25
- change of mentality is needed -19, 33
- pupils see women as collaborators with us in education - 1, 166
- community's task to throw light on values of laity as vocational setting - 140
- risk to avoid: femininization of SDB works - 33
- at world level initial formation must ensure affective maturity for collaboration - 147, 178
- coeducation requires offering of both male and female identity models - 166, 177
- in coeducation, province to aim at healthy balance between males and females - 179
- we are committed to greater involvement of women in coming years - 17,18
WORLD LEVEL - PRACTICAL COMMITMENTS
- animation at world level - 127
- world community for communication:
- practical plan for exploitation and coordination of communication - 137
- commitment of world community for communion:
- at formative level - 147
- at level of knowledge and diffusion of common identity card - 147
- commitment of world community for shared responsibility:
- general council prompts provincial/laity plan for social communication - 137
- formation to sh.resp. in mission to be part of initial formation - 142
- RM coordinates world organisms in view of shared responsibility - 127
- commitment at world level for DB Past-pupils:
- Ratio to require young SDBs to know of Statute of Past-pupils etc. - 147
- general criteria for formation:
- formation aims at person living own life with maturity and joy - 138
- shared formation to be open to all and respectful of all vocations - 103
- initial formation must mature SDBs to idea of family with active laity - 142
- community commitment to formation of all who follow DB's mission - 110
- SDB's specific commitment to respond to requests for formation - 145
- community's role in animation and formation of SF and laity - 19
- community to promote spiritual, salesian and vocational formation - 159
- common formation processes to respect different vocations - 138
- need to be available and ready for ongoing formation - 164
- formation includes awareness of new aspects of rapport SDB/Laity - 138
- formation must be able to cope with new requirements - 138
- salesian work necessary for formation of those working for youth - 4
- lack of formation compromises shared responsibility in mission - 48
- mission, inculturation, dialogue etc. need new style of formation - 55
- work in plurireligious and pluricultural contexts needs adequate formation - 183
- numerical consistency of community better for formation - 173
- qualitative consistency of community needs individual ability to form laity - 174
- soul of SYM is youth spirituality, but it needs constant formation - 51
- goal of formation realized together is gift of holiness - 104
- world level of formation:
- Ratio to be revised in line with guidelines of GC24 - 147
- UPS and other centres for formation of formation guides - 148
YOUTH, YOUNG PERSONS, YOUNGSTERS
- salesian mission addressed primarily to youth:
- challenge pupils to give sense to their existence - 197
- new evangelization expresses option in favour of young - 16, 253
- Church's great love for young - 202, 208
- sharing salesian spirit and mission means opting for young - 89
- extend salesian movement for salvation of young - 107
- efforts of SDBs and laity for education of young - 98, 220, 230, 233
- listening to laity and young indicates great desire for rapport - 93
- rapport SDB-laity centres on education of youth to the faith - 83, 286
- SYM offered to all young people - 51
- youth unease setting for relationships SDBs-Laity - 20
- youth unease with poverty challenges SDBs and laity - 11
- SDBs and laity together see enormous challenges from youth contexts - 210
- unity of spirit and plan to meet youth wherever found - 209
- sects, fundamentalists, new religious forms, need an educative presence - 13
- new preventive system needed - 234
- culture and atmosphere surrounding youth - 250
- youth not insensitive to revelation of mystery of man, Christ and God - 240
- presence of young in salesian community:
- DB gave youngsters share in responsibility - 3, 205
- time spent in salesian community significant experience for laity - 24, 26, 122
- volunteer movement confirms educative process of SDBs and laity - 26
- preventive system helps young to meet Jesus - 100
- DB offered oratorians manner of deeper living of Gospel - 97
- young who commit themselves to service of peers - 84
- youngsters even to extent of heroism - 72
- commitment among youth leads to vocational discernment - 54
- rapport between young and SDBs seems rich and profound - 32
- young involved in spirit and mission with shared responsibility:
- young listed among new social subjects - 14, 205
- broad panorama of youth commitment evidence of their involvement - 24
- volunteer movement widespread among youth - 24
- youth included among subjects of CEP - 39, 157
- volunteer movement significant form of shared responsibility - 122
- youth protagonists to extent they share our mission - 112
- innovation in sharing between SDBs, laity and youth - 99
- youth privileged cooperators in apostolate - 72
- young animators found also in missionary territories - 26
- volunteer movement: youthful and social movement - 45, 295
- setting of responsibility for conscientious objectors - 26
- organisms and councils help growth of shared responsibility in youth - 41
- limits to sharing of responsibility among youth - 32
- youth and the PEPS and CEP:
- PEPS promotes integral growth of youth and helps to discover vocation - 180
- CEP functions attend particularly to young laity - 121
- CEP has needs of young at centre of concern - 120
- CEP develops youthful protagonism - 55
- special attention given to vocational guidance of young - 51
- young have felt benefit of enriched educative presence in CEP - 41
- some requests of young people to SDBs:
- young fear solitude more than death - 92
- vocational discernment needs spiritual help and personalized follow-up - 141
- interpersonal communication needs presence among youth - 134
- young want presence of SDBs as educative communicators and evangelizers - 131
- foster meetings between volunteers and youth to spread volunteer culture - 126
- laity want plan of formation for their spiritual and charismatic formation - 55
- young want SDBs to introduce them to life's problems etc. - 53
- youthful difficulty often effect of faulty education by institutions - 11
NB. * message of GC24 to laity - 283
* message of GC24 to youth - 284
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