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Educative Pastoral Project
Workbook
2003
St. John Bosco took seriously his God-given mission on behalf of poor and abandoned youth.
( 1) He knew that alone he could not accomplish this mission. So he gradually built up a living community: his own youth, his mother, many other friends and benefactors, his priests and brothers. Eventually, everyone came to share and live his motto, “Give me souls, take away the rest.” In this atmosphere of the Salesian family spirit, all lived, worked, and grew up together.
( 2) He wanted to address properly the various needs of the young. So he gradually organized his ministry to the youth. He established and sustained youth centers, training centers, and schools. Through his Preventive System of education, he kept his ministry ever dynamic and relevant.
We, the members of St. John Bosco’s vast movement and family, desire to take seriously the spirit and mission passed on to us.
(1) We are convinced that we must live and work together--SDBs, other members of the Salesian family, lay mission partners, parents, and youth--gradually building ourselves up into a living community, united around St. John Bosco’s “Give me souls…” Only when our parishes, schools, and centers become living faith-communities, or in our Salesian lingo, educative-pastoral communities (EPC), shall we be able to grow.
(2) We are challenged from all sides by the cries of the young in our different Salesian settings or works. Through the process of the Salesian educative-pastoral project (SEPP), we make sure that our Salesian youth ministry remains true to St. John Bosco’s charism, and ever relevant to the youth of today.
This Salesian Educative-Pastoral Project Workbook is a precious tool. It guides us in the twofold process of building our educative-pastoral community, and renewing our educative-pastoral ministry.
1 Readiness for Change Questionnaire |
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2 Preliminaries |
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3 questions … |
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4 THE STEPS |
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5 IN VISION-SHARING |
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6 1. Personal Recall and Reflection |
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7 2. Common Study |
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8 3. Common Analysis |
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9 4. Personal Work |
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10 5. Vision-Sharing and Consensus-Seeking |
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11 Step 1. Personal Recall and Reflection |
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12 Step 2. Common Study |
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13 Step 3. Common Analysis |
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14 Step 4. Personal Work |
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15 Important Ideas |
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16 The Steps in Planning |
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17 THE MAIN CONCERNS OF SALESIAN SCHOOLS |
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18 CATEGORIZED INTO THE DIMENSIONS/AREAS |
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19 THE MAIN CONCERNS OF SALESIAN PARISHES |
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20 CATEGORIZED INTO THE DIMENSIONS/AREAS |
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21 THE MAIN CONCERNS OF SALESIAN TRAINING CENTERS CATEGORIZED INTO THE DIMENSIONS/AREAS |
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22 THE MAIN CONCERNS OF SALESIAN YOUTH CENTERS |
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23 CATEGORIZED INTO THE DIMENSIONS/AREAS |
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24 Bureaucratic type (line and staff) |
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25 Community type |
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