1. LETTER OF THE RECTOR MAJOR

BEATIFICATION OF BRO. ARTEMIDE ZATTI:

A SENSATIONAL PRECEDENT

1. The missing fragment. – 2. Don Bosco’s coadjutor Brothers. – 3. Vocational profile of Artemide Zatti – 3.1 Meeting with Don Bosco in Patagonia – 3.2 Salesian vocation – 3.3 The trial of sickness and its acceptance – 3.4 Always with Don Bosco as a Salesian Brother – 3.5 A full-time Good Samaritan – 3.6 Towards a long prepared meeting: popular recognition as “kinsman to the poor”. 4. Message of Artemide Zatti: prospects for today – 4.1 Unique testimony to salesian holiness – The magnetism of Don Bosco – Total dedication – Infirmarian and educator – “Sanctified work”: synthesis of spirituality and professional skill – Evangelically rooted reflection of God. 4.2 The Salesian Brother – The figure of the salesian coadjutor – some particular points: –The institutional form of Institutes; the salesian brother and lay collaborators; formation of the salesian brother. – 5. Pastoral work for vocations: invitation to a special commitment. – Conclusion: our call to sanctity.

Rome, 31 May 2001