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OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

WORLD LEVEL

PVA Statutes and Regulations Study Version

FORMATION GUIDELINES 2015 ENG  IT  SP  FR

Criteria for Animation and Governance  IT  SP  FR

Official Commentary  IT  SP  FR

Official Commentary with Original “Riferimenti Bibliografici”

Animating Economic Solidarity – Updated 2020

Animating Economic Solidarity 2018  IT

PVA Printers’ Text ENG   FR   IT   SP

Animating Economic Solidarity  IT  (2015 Version)

Animating Economic Solidarity  IT  (2018 Version)

VATICAN

Guidelines for Administration, of Interest to Delegates

Canon Law regarding Lay Associations of the Faithful

ST. PHILIP THE APOSTLE PROVINCE

Sept. 2016 Version: Updated Discerning the Call Formation Manual

Province Handbook – Ratified June 11, 2021

SSCC Prayer of Entrustment to MHC

SSCC Prayerbook 2005 of Sr. Brittany, FMA

CONGRESSES

WORLD LEVEL

2018

Noemi Bertola, World Coordinator Talk

Cinzia Arena, World Treasurer Talk

Don Giuseppe Casti, SDB, World Delegate Talk  IT

Action Plan 2018-2024

Challenges and Dreams

Reflection Questions

Round Table Discussion Results by Regions

INTERAMERICA REGION

Virtual Congress 2021

Welcome by Francisco Burciaga, World Councilor for the Interamerica Region

Introduction by Martin Calderon, Regional Formator

“A New Spring for the Salesian Cooperators” by Antonio Boccia, World Coordinator

“The Formation of the Salesian Cooperators: Dimensions and Pillars” by Raul Fernandez, World Formator

“Formation of the Salesian Cooperator in the World Today” by Sr. Aracely Mayorga, FMA, Regional Delegate   PDF of her Power Point

ST PHILIP THE APOSTLE PROVINCE

July 2024

NORTH AMERICA FORMATION RESOURCES

Original Workshop Link

Forming the Formator Workshop Resources

FORMING THE FORMATOR ONGOING SESSIONS POWER POINTS

• Session I – 11/20/2019: Profile, Skills, and Responsibilities Power Point & Recording
• Session II – 1/9/2020: Province Handbook & World-level Official Documents Power Point & Recording
• Session III – 2/20/2020: Venn Diagram Tool & Coordinator’s Role Power Point & Recording
• Session IV – 3/26/2020: The Treasurer’s Role Power Point & Recording
• Session V – 5/7/2020: The Delegate’s Role Recording, Power Point in PDF format, and Chat Log (links to resources)

DISCERNING THE CALL – UPDATED TO NEW PVA (INDIVIDUAL LESSONS)

1. Intro & Lesson 1  FR– “What Is Formation? The Aim”/”A Call to Holiness”
2. Lesson 2   FR – “A True Vocation, Part I”
3. Lesson 3  FR– “A True Vocation, Part II”
4. Lesson 4  FR – “Mary, Our Help”
5. Lesson 5  FR – “In Union with God”
6. Lesson 6   FR– “Salesian Spirit, Part I”
7. Lesson 7  FR– “Salesian Spirit, Part II”
8. Lesson 8   FR– “Communion and Collaboration, Part I”
9. Lesson 9   FR– “Communion and Collaboration, Part II”
10. Lesson 10  FR– “Apostolic Commitment, Part I”
11. Lesson 11  FR– “Apostolic Commitment, Part II”
12. Lesson 12  FR– “Cooperator Mission, Part I”
13. Lesson 13  FR– “Cooperator Mission, Part II”
14. Lesson 14  FR – “Cooperator Mission, Part III”
15. Lesson 15  FR– “Cooperator in the Church”
16. Lesson 16  FR– “Cooperator in the World”
17. Lesson 17  FR– “The Preventive System, Part I”
18. Lesson 18  FR– “The Preventive System, Part II”
19. Lesson 19  FR– “Organization of the Association, Part I”
20. Lesson 20  FR– “Organization of the Association, Part II”
21. Lesson 21  FR– “Membership and Formation, Part I”
22. Lesson 22  FR– “Membership and Formation, Part II”
23. Lesson 23  FR– “Salesian Saints and Blesseds”
24. Lesson 24  FR– “The Promise”
25. The Promise PPT – Personal Plan PPT – Online Formation/Retreat Session – Sample

THE COMPENDIUM COMPLETE

LINKS TO INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS OF THE COMPENDIUM

• PRESENTATIONS
• INTRODUCTION
• PREFACE

CHAP. I: THE SALESIAN COOPERATOR, IN THE SALESIAN FAMILY AND IN THE WORLD

• Art. 1. The Founder: A Man Sent by God
• Art. 2. Salesian Cooperators: A Specific Vocation in the Church
• Art. 3. One Vocation: Two Ways to Live It
• Art. 4. The Association, in the Church
• Art. 5. The Association in the Salesian Family
• Art. 6. Salesian Cooperators: Salesians in the World

CHAP. II: THE APOSTOLIC COMMITMENT OF THE SALESIAN COOPERATOR

• Art. 7. The Witness of the Beatitudes
• Art. 8. Apostolic Commitment
• Art. 9. The Task of Christian Education
• Art. 10. The Pedagogy of Goodness
• Art. 11. Typical Activities
• Art. 12. Structures and Ways in Which They Work

CHAP. III: THE SALESIAN SPIRIT OF THE SALESIAN COOPERATOR

• Art. 13. Precious Heritage
• Art. 14. Experience of a Committed Faith
• Art. 15. Centrality of Apostolic Love
• Art. 16. Salesian Presence in the World
• Art. 17. Style of Action
• Art. 18. Style of Relationships
• Art. 19. Style of Prayer
• Art. 20. In Communion with Mary, Help of Christians, and our Saints

CHAP. IV: THE SALESIAN COOPERATOR IN COMMUNION AND COLLABORATION

• Art. 21. Brothers and Sisters in Don Bosco
• Art. 22. Co-responsible in the Mission
• Art. 23. Participation in and Ties with the Groups of the Salesian Family
• Art. 24. The Ministry of the Rector Major
• Art. 25. Particular Bonds with the Society of St. Francis de Sales and with the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians
• Art. 26. The Apostolic Service of the Delegates

CHAP. V: MEMBERSHIP AND FORMATION OF THE SALESIAN COOPERATOR

• Art. 27. Entrance into the Association
• Art. 28. The Value of Membership
• Art. 29. Responsibilities and Initiatives as Regards Formation
• Art. 30. Fidelity to Commitments Assumed
• Art. 31. Leaving the Association
• Art. 32. Meaning and Formula of the Apostolic Promise

CHAP. VI: ORGANIZATION OF THE ASSOCIATION

• Art. 33. The Reasons for This Organization
• Art. 34. Flexible Organization
• Art. 35. Governance and Animation at the Local, Provincial, and World Levels
• Art. 36. The Local Level
• Art. 37. The Provincial Level
• Art. 38. The World Level
• Art. 39. The Administration of the Goods of the Association
• Art. 40. Final Dispositions
• Art. 41. A Way to Sanctity

APPENDICES

• Sample Dimensions and Pillars Grid
• Video and UNESCO Resources
• Sample Annual Province Formation Plan
• Sample Prayer Moments

REFERENCES

RESOURCES FOR FORMATION BASED ON DELORS’ 4 PILLARS OF EDUCATION

• SAMPLE Lesson on Article 41
• SAMPLE Formation of Delegates and Formators  FR
• Overview of Formation Guidelines 2015  IT  SP  FR

OTHER FORMATION RESOURCES

     COOPERATORS

• Criteria for Animation and Governance   IT   SP 
• Formation Day 2 28 2015    correlated text
• Il_PVA_salvaguardia ENGLISH  IT  FR
• Interamerica Encounter Nov. 2013
• PVA Full Presentation Spanish     Short
• Recruiting New Cooperators
• SSCC1 ENGLISH
• The Honest, Upright Citizen  IT
• The Salesian Cooperator
• The Salesian Cooperator Today
• Vision ENGLISH   SP
• Animating Economic Solidarity 2018 World Congress PPT   PDF

     DELEGATES

• RESOURCE MANUAL 2017
• So You’ve Been Appointed a Delegate
• Don Chavez’s Letter to Delegates
• SDB/FMA Agreed Policy for the Animation of the SSCC

OTHER RESOURCES

REFLECTIONS

The Identity of the Salesian Cooperator 2014

Don Bosco’s Farewell to His Cooperators

The Idea of the Cooperator in the Mind of Don Bosco

Spiritual Exercises ENG ppt  IT ppt  IT full text

BROCHURES

SUE_Province_Brochure

World Association Brochure

SAMPLE ANIMATION & GOVERNANCE PLANS

Sample 3-year Plan (Cornwall CPC)

Le PVA -Creuset de notre identité FR(Salesiens Cooperateurs -Belgique Sud)

REPORTS

State of the Province MAY 16 2015

HISTORY OF THE ASSOCIATION

A Prophecy’s Journey   IT

by Don Aubry, Don Martinelli, et alii

Founding and Renewing the Salesian Cooperators

Description in the Directory of International Associations of the Faithful 2006

140th Anniversary History/Prayer Reflection   FR   IT

MESSAGES

WORLD COUNCIL

Feb. 2016 to SSCC around the world  FR  IT  PT  SP

Feb. 2017 to SSCC around the world  FR  IT  PT  SP

REGION

Mensaje de Thomas Polanco, SSCC   English

SUPERIORS

La Madre Mother Yvonne Reungoat, FMA, to the World Council Feb. 2016  FR  IT

REFERENCE DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

[N. B.: The language of the entry indicates the language used in the actual text.]

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Aubry, Joseph, SDB. The Salesian Spirit. Trans. Hugh McGlinchey, SDB. Rome: Salesian Cooperators, 1974. Print.

Auffray, Augustin Fernand, SDB. “I cooperatori salesiani.” Con Don Bosco e con i tempi. Torino: SEI, 1955. Salesiani di Don Bosco. n.d. Web. 29 Aug. 2016. <http://cooperatori.sdb.org/cooperatori/files/cooperatorisalesianiita.htm>.

Bobbio, Norberto. Politica e cultura. Torino: Einaudi, 2005.

Bosco, Giovanni. “Letter of 1884.” Journal of Salesian Studies. 5:2 (1994) “The Roman Letter of 1884 And Its Aftermath” by Michael Ribotta, SDB. n.p. Web. 27 Aug. 2016. <http://journal.salesianstudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Ribotta-The_Roman_Letter_of_1884_and_Its_Aftermath-Journal_Salesian_Studies-Vol05_No2-Fall1994.pdf>.

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—. Memoirs of the Oratory of St. Francis de Sales: The Autobiography of Saint John Bosco. Trans. Daniel Lyons, SDB. New Rochelle, NY: Don Bosco Publications, 1989. n.d. Web. 27 Aug. 2016.

—. “Salesian Cooperators: A Practical Way of Contributing to Public Morality and to the Good of Society.” Project of Apostolic Life. Trans. Arthur J. Lenti, SDB.  116-128.  24 Nov. 2015. Web. 3 July 2016.—. The Companion of Youth. Torino: SEI. 1940. Print.

—. The Companion of Youth. Torino: SEI. 1940. Print.  IT

—. “The Preventive System in the Education of the Young.” Trans. Patrick Laws, SDB. Direzione Generale Opere Don Bosco. 50-54. n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2013. <www.sdb.org.hk/cp/p01/p01c05/p01c05012.doc.>.

Bosco, Teresio, SDB. Dominic Savio. Trans. Silvano Borruso. Nairobi: Paulines, 2006. Print.

Braido, Pietro, SDB. “I molti volti dell’amorevolezza.” Rivista di Scienza dell’educazione. 37.1. (1999) 17-46. Print.

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Capitolo Superiore della Società Salesiana. “Breve cronistoria, deliberazioni, e raccomandazioni del XVI capitolo generale.” San Giovanni Bosco. Torino: SEI, 1947. n.d. Web. 24 Aug. 2016.  <http://sangiovannibosco.net/attiCG/Atti_1947_143.Atti del Capitolo Superiore.pdf.>.

Caviglia, Alberto. Conferenze sullo spirito salesiano. Torino: PAS, 1949. <http://www.sangiovannibosco.net/index.php?id=spiritualita-di-don-bosco>.

Ceria, Eugenio, SDB. Annali della Società Salesiana: dalle origini alla morte di San Giovanni Bosco. vol. 1. Torino: SEI, 1941. San Giovanni Bosco. n.d. Web. 29 Aug. 2016. <http://sangiovannibosco.net/annalisocieta/vol_1_Annali_della_Societa_Salesiana.pdf>.

—. Epistolario di S. G. Bosco. vol. III. 8 vols. Roma: LAS, 1999. Intro. Francesco Motto. San Giovanni Bosco. n.d. Web. 27 Aug. 2016.  <http://iss.sdb.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Epistolario-III.pdf>.

—. Epistolario di S. G. Bosco. vol. IV. 8 vols. Roma: LAS, 2003. Intro. Francesco Motto. San Giovanni Bosco. n.d. Web. 27 Aug. 2016.

—. I Cooperatori salesiani, un po’ di sto­ria. Torino: SEI, 1952. Print.

—. The Biographical Memoirs of St. John Bosco.   Ed. and Trans.-in-Chief Diego Borgatello, SDB.  Vol. XI.  New Rochelle: Salesiana Publishers, 1983. 70-72.  Print.

—. The Biographical Memoirs of St. John Bosco. Trans. and Trans.-in-Chief Vincent Zuliani, SDB. vol. XVII. New Rochelle: Salesiana Publishers, 2002. Print.

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Chavez Villanueva, Pascual, SDB. “My Dear Salesians, Be Saints.” Acts of the General Council of the Society of St. Francis de Sales. Rome: Direzione Generale Opere Don Bosco, 2009. 5 Nov. 2016. Web. 5 Nov. 2016.

—. Charter of the Charismatic Identity of the Salesian Family of Don Bosco (Salesian Family Charter) Rome: Tipografia Vaticana, 2012. Print. IT

—. Ruolo delle Consulte Regionali. 2012. 5 Nov. 2016. Web. 5 Nov. 2016.

—. “Pastoral Charity: Core and Synthesis of Salesian Spirituality.”  Closing Talk at Salesian Family Spirituality Days 2014.  Rome: Direzione Generale Opere Don Bosco, 2014.  Web.  14 Sep. 2018.

—. Strenna 2003: Let Us Make Every Family and Every Community “The Home and the School of Communion” (NMI 43) by Fostering A “Spirituality of Communion” in the Building of a Culture of Solidarity and Peace. Rome: Direzione Generale Opere Don Bosco, 2003. 5 Nov. 2016. Web. 5 Nov. 2016.

—. Strenna 2009: The Salesian Family Yesterday and Today – The Seed Has Become a Tree and the Tree a Wood. Rome: Direzione Generale Opere Don Bosco, 2009. 5 Nov. 2016. Web. 5 Nov. 2016.

—. Strenna 2012: Let Us Make the Young Our Life’s Mission by Coming to Know and Imitate Don Bosco. Rome: Direzione Generale Opere Don Bosco, 2012. 5 Nov. 2016. Web. 5 Nov. 2016.

—. Strenna 2014: Let Us Draw Upon the Spiritual Experience of Don Bosco, in Order to Walk in Holiness According to Our Specific Vocation. Rome: Direzione Generale Opere Don Bosco, 2014. 5 Nov. 2016. Web. 5 Nov. 2016.

Commissione preparatoria del Capitolo Generale Speciale. Linee di rinnovamento. I Salesiani di Don Bosco oggi. Torino: Elle Di Ci, 1971. Print.

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—. The Biographical Memoirs of St. John Bosco. Diego Borgatello, SDB, ed.  Vol. V. New Rochelle: Salesiana Publishers, 1969.

—. The Biographical Memoirs of St. John Bosco. Diego Borgatello, SDB, ed.  Vol. VII. New Rochelle: Salesiana Publishers, 1972.

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—. Il carisma permanente di Don Bosco. Torino: Elle Di Ci, 1969. Print.

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—. Laudato Si’ – Encyclical Letter, Pope Francis. Vatican: The Holy See. Vatican Website. Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2015. Web. 27 Aug. 2016. <http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/it/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html>.

—. Lumen Fidei – Encyclical Letter, Pope Francis. Vatican: The Holy See. Vatican Website. Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013. Web. 27 Aug. 2016. <http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20130629_enciclica-lumen-fidei.html>.

—. Misericordiae Vultus – Papal Bull, Pope Francis. Vatican: The Holy See. Vatican Website. Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2015. Web. 27 Aug. 2016. <http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/papa-francesco_bolla_20150411_misericordiae-vultus.html>.

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