A DAY IN THE LIFE OF… A RECTOR

Meet each and every confrere at least once each day

Hold the personal friendly talk with the confreres

Prepare and give the “good-night”

Move around the House (general supervision and encouragement)

Visit the sick and elderly

Prepare the Liturgy, Meditation, Lectio divina, Spiritual Reading, Monthly recollections, etc.…

Take classes in Faith-formation, Life orientation and Education to Love for the senior classes

Hold counselling sessions for students of the school and boarding

Hear the confessions of the day-scholars and of the pupils / confreres of neighbouring Salesian communities.

Pray for confreres and boys

Take the “Gospel class” for the Practical Trainees (once a week)

Give a conference to the confreres (once a fortnight)

Hold the “Community Day” for Ongoing formation (once a fortnight)

Draw up the Community Plan (at start of the year) and evaluate it (half-way through the year and at the end)

Occasional community discernment (on some theme of vital importance to the community)

Follow up individuals showing signs of a vocation and animate vocation groups

Read the documents of the Church and the Congregation and communicate them to the members

Prepare and conduct meetings (House Council, Community dialogue…)

Conduct meetings of the Salesian Family (SDBs plus others)

Conduct meetings of the Educative and Pastoral Community

Take part in meetings of the Province, the diocese, the parish and the local Conference of Religious

Plan and conduct programmes for the formation of lay collaborators

Give three “pedagogical conferences” a year to the lay collaborators