by SrDeniseSickinger | Feb 5, 2023 | a current event, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, FMA, Laudato Si, Salesian Brothers, Salesian Cooperators, Salesian Family, Salesian Sisters, Salesian Spirituality, Salesian Youth Movement, Salesians of Don Bosco, Young Adults, Youth Ministry
LAST 3 DAYS TO REGISTER!!! JUST A GENTLE REMINDER: Integral Ecology Salesian-Style DO NOT FEAR TO SIGN UP – IT IS IN ENGLISH! Presenter: Sr. Alessandra Smerilli, FMA Secretary of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development Program: Talk 1: A journey of conversion to integral ecology Group sharing Talk 2: Integral ecology in the spirit of the Preventive System Q & A DAY: Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023 TIME: 10am (Eastern Time) 9am (Central Time) 7am (Pacific Time) 4pm (Rome Time) Join in this Salesian North American virtual encounter to be leaven in the world! Share the good news with: School Faculty, families, and students; Catechists; Leaders from Oratory-Youth Centers & Camps; VIDES & SLMs; the Salesian Family, Young Adult Ministries, other volunteers, friends, etc.) Cast your nets wide, the way Jesus did! Salesian Family Members & friends can participate from the comfort of their home. There is plenty of room now with a Zoom Account capacity of 300 “seats” Registration is open until Wednesday, Feb. 8: https://forms.gle/sKvZWTyHkFjkDqyE6 For those unable to participate on Feb. 11, a recording of the session will be made available the week of Feb. 12, 2023. Blessings to each one of you! Sr. Francine Guilmette,...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Nov 29, 2022 | a current event, Advent, Events / Calendar, Laudato Si
25 November 2022 (ANS – Rome) – To prepare ourselves for Christmas, the Youth Ministry sector at headquarters is proposing an Ecological and Spiritual Advent Calendar for everyone: four weeks of reflection and action on four themes that will lead us to live a more authentic Christmas, in harmony with ourselves, with others, with the Creation and with God. The proposed themes are: 1. Let us contemplate and care for our Common Home 2. Let us seek inner peace 3. We nurture relationships with others 4. To live a truly ecological and sustainable Christmas The Gospel and the proposal of a concrete commitment will accompany us every day. The calendar is available in: ITALIAN, ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH, PORTUGUESE AND POLISH, and can be downloaded here. For any information, please contact the person responsible for Integral Ecology, Emanuela...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Oct 26, 2021 | Formation, Laudato Si, Rector Major, Salesian Family
Ongoing formation of the Salesian Family: Talk by Fr Pascual Chávez Turin, Italy – October 2021 – On Sunday 17 October, as part of the Day of the Salesian Cooperators held at the Auditorium in Valdocco, an ongoing formation session for the Salesian Family was held with the animative inputs of Fr Pascual Chávez Villanueva, Rector Major Emeritus. His keynote address centered on the Encyclical Letter Laudato sì by Pope Francis and also deepened the eighth post-chapter guide line delivered to the Congregation by the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime: “Accompanying young people towards a SUSTAINABLE FUTURE”. Domenica 17 ottobre 2021, all’interno della Giornata del Salesiano Cooperatore svoltasi presso il Teatro Grande di Valdocco, si è tenuta la formazione permanente della Famiglia Salesiana con la presenza di don Pascual Chávez Villanueva, nono successore di Don Bosco. Il tema è stato incentrato sulla Lettera Enciclica Laudato si’ del Santo Padre Francesco approfondendo anche l’intenzione del Rettor Maggiore con l’ottava linea programmatica post capitolare. Source: Formazione permanente della Famiglia Salesiana: l’intervento di don Pascual Chávez Villanueva – Salesiani Piemonte e Valle...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Oct 8, 2021 | Creation & the Creator, Ecology & Environment, Ecumenical Dialogue, Laudato Si, Sacredness of All Life, World Peace
Source: Pope at Lateran: Damage to earth threatens life itself – Vatican...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Jun 1, 2021 | a current event, Accompaniment, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam!, Creation & the Creator, Laudato Si, Pope Francis, video
Vatican City, Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, 28 May 2021 — In the midst of the busy end of May we could just miss the conclusion of the Laudato Si’ Week (May 17-24) or the end of the Laudato Si’ Year (May 24, 2020-2021). At the same time, under direct inspiration of Pope Francis’ Encyclical published in 2015, the Vatican Dicastery for Integral Development (Card. Peter K.A. Turkson) launched the long planned ‘Laudato Si’ Action Platform’ (https://laudatosiactionplatform.org). This means that 6 years after the publishing of the Laudato Si’ Encyclical (2015), the whole Catholic community around the world is invited to embark on another 7-year path, to bring about an effective global impact on caring for our common home. The Vatican-led tool will empower Catholic institutions, communities, movements, religious congregations and families to implement Laudato Si’ with concrete goals, strategies and resources. There is already an ambitious plan to motivate the ‘critical mass’ of 3.5% Catholics around the world in order to make this movement truly effective. Cardinal Louis Antonio Tagle has already officially sent out the first ‘Laudato Si Animators’ on the last day of the Laudato Si’ Year, May...
by SrDeniseSickinger | May 11, 2021 | a current event, Accompaniment, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Creation & the Creator, Ecology & Environment, Education, Laudato Si, Pope Francis
Laudato Si week 2021Invitation of Pope Francis to participate in Laudato Si Week 2021: May 16-24 Invitation du Pape François à participer à la Semaine Laudato Si 2021: 16 au 24 mai May you have a beautiful month of May, with inspiring Salesian Celebrations of St. Dominic Savio, St. Mary Mazzarello and Mary Help of...
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