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Find here documents useful to the entire Salesian Family, especially as regards the Secretariat of the Salesian Family, the Salesian Family Consulte, and the Local Commissions: what is meant by “Don Bosco’s Salesian Family” as well as documents regarding the establishment, structure, and function of the above animating bodies.
Official Documents of the Holy Father and Rectors Major:
Charter of the Charismatic Identity of the Salesian Family of Don Bosco SP FR
The Salesian Family Yesterday and Today: The Seed Has Become a Tree and the Tree a Forest FR
The Salesian Family is Twenty-Five Years Old
The Salesian Rector and Animation
Guidelines Adopted by the Superior Council for Acceptance into the Salesian Family
Mary Renews the Salesian Family
Common Mission Statement FR SP IT
Letter of Pope Francis to the Salesian Family 2015 FR SP IT
Outline of Strenna 2016 FR IT SP PT
Commentary on Strenna 2016 FR IT SP
To Be Faithful, Salesian Family Is Missionary SP
Five Fruits of the Bicentennial FR
Official Documents of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians:
La Madre- Circular letters
“The Joy of Being Family” SP FR
Presentation of Strenna 2017, “We Are Family” SP FR
Presentation of the Strenna of Rector Major for 2018 SP FR IT PT
A living Temple of gratitude to Mary with the Young SP FR IT PT
Let’s revive the Marian face of the Institute SP FR IT PT
A renewed call to holiness SP FR IT PT
Salesian Family Sector of the FMA
The Salesian Family: A Gift, A Wealth, An Opportunity FR IT PT SP Power Point (IT)
Letter About Pastoral Plan 2015-2020 FR IT PT SP
Pastoral Plan 2015-2020 FMA Salesian Family Sector FR IT PT SP
2017 A.D. – Monthly Letters of the Rector Major:
January: Don Bosco Is More Alive Than Ever FR IT SP
February: Families Never Go Out of Style FR IT SP
March: Like Pope Francis FR IT SP
April: Why We Have Life in Abundance FR IT SP
May: Under Mary’s Mantle FR IT SP
June: Jesus Stopped at Kakuma FR IT SP
July: Our Summer in Mary’s Name FR IT SP
August: Let Us Celebrate Life FR IT SP
September: Having Deep Roots FR IT SP
October: One Missionary Returns; Another 34 Leave for the Missions FR IT SP
December: Christmas just like Don Bosco’s FR IT SP
2018 A.D. – Monthly Letters of the Rector Major:
January: Don Bosco: God wants us always to be happy FR IT SP
February: Jesus in the arms of the humble and the poor FR IT SP
March: The Widow’s mite FR IT SP
April: Easter in Palabek FR IT SP
May: Stabat Mater. Our Mother is there always FR IT SP
June: I have seen and lived Don Bosco’s missionary Dream FR IT SP
October: I love you Salesians FR IT SP
November: Good News still exists ! FR IT SP
Masses in honor of the Saints and Blesseds of our Family:
Salesian Ordo and Addenda et Varianda
(Ordo and Addenda et Varianda for Liturgical Year 2018; Missal and Lectionary updated 2015)
Explanation and Sample Regulations of the Salesian Family itself and its Consulta:
Regulations of the Salesian Family Consulta from a southern Italian Province (English)
Brief-Overview-of-Salesian-Family-History
The Secretariat, Consulte, and Commissions
Why Don Bosco’s Salesian Family Exists
ARCHIVES
STRENNE AND SALESIAN FAMILY SPIRITUALITY DAYS
STRENNA 2017 VIDEO PRESENTATION
Strenna 2017 Outline: We Are Family FR IT PL PT SP
Complete Text FR IT PL PT SP
Video Presentation by Don Angel FR IT PL PT SP
Strenna 2017: “We Are Family”: Every home, a school of Life and Love
Holy Family Trilogy of St. John Paul II
Mary: Redemptoris Mater Joseph: Redemptoris Custos Jesus: Redemptor Hominis
SALESIAN FAMILY SPIRITUALITY DAYS 2017
Talks
Presentation, Don Munoz, SDB FR IT PT SP (plus 3 talks by SDB named below – all in one document)
The Family Experience of Jesus of Nazareth, Don Bartolome, SDB – FR, IT, PT, and SP – see above
Salesian Youth Pastoral and the Family: Heritage and Future, Don Attard, SDB – FR, IT, PT, and SP – see above
“Cerchi d’Onda” (“Ripples”), Don O. Llanos et alii FR IT SP Sito web Facebook Borgo Ragazzi website video presentation at the Days
Salesian Reading of Amoris Laetitia, Don Bozzolo, SDB – FR, IT, PT, and SP – see above video della relazione
MetaCometa Association of Catania, Salvo and Linda FR IT SP Facebook Page Blog Rai 2 Video
Accompanying Families: Keys for Listening and Discernment, Sra. Cagigal FR IT PT SP
Sra. Cagigal: March 2015 Conference: “Construyendo familias sólidas: pistas para la orientación familiar a lo largo del ciclo vital”
Sra. Cagigal: September 27, 2016 Conference: “El gran aliado: la familia”
ADMA Families, Tullio Lucca et alii FR IT SP (summary)
ADMA Families, Tullio Lucca et alii FR IT SP (full-length)
Don Bosco Homes, Salesian Cooperators of Spain FR IT PT SP (summary)
Don Bosco Homes, Salesian Cooperators of Spain FR IT PT SP (full-length)
Facebook Page (video of January 21, 2017 Presentation of Carmen and Andres)
Kremienok and Family Garden, Kamil and Katarina Bagin, Cooperators of Slovakia FR IT SP
website link for Family Garden and a second link (“Google” will translate the pages, if requested)
Annual Report November 2014 – December 2015
For Further Reading: Salesiani per il sociale / Federazione SCS/CNOS (the Federation uniting Salesian social outreach groups in Italy, such as MetaCometa and Cerchi d’Onda) and CNOS-FAP (for vocational training and updating)
Prayer for Families
Good Nights
Don Angel Fernandez Artime, SDB, Rector Major IT
Mother Yvonne Reungoat, FMA, Mother General IT
Mother Maria Cerullo, ASF, Superior General IT
Homilies
January 21 FR IT PT SP
Schedule
Articles Published in e-Service
The Personal Perspective: Kremienok and Family Garden
MetaCometa: “No One on This Earth Is an Orphan”
ADMA II: “Mary Had Brought Us Back Home” – Chiara and Davide
ADMA III: “Entrust Yourself, Have Faith, and Smile” – Elena and Elisabetta
Cerchi d’Onda: School of Formation for Family Animators (SFAF)
Don Bosco Homes, Pozoblanco, Spain
Articles Published in ANS
- RMG – 35th edition of the Days of Spirituality of the Salesian Family
- RMG – We were born to be a family; without this, the Salesian Family has no significance
- RMG – GSFS2017: “Salesian Family: Born to be witnesses of God!”
- RMG – GSFS2017: the Family of Don Bosco at work for the Families
- GFSF2017 – Many Families in the Salesian Family
- RMG – We Are Sent on a True Mission – the Family
- Italy – Families’ Retreat with ADMA
- France – Evangelization in the Family
- Italy – A Formation Course to meet the biggest challenge: the family
- RMG – Youth Ministry and Family
- Spain – Family and Youth Ministry, new impetus
- RMG – Youth Ministry and the Family: an international congress
- Being a Family in a Liquid Society
- La carezza di Dio. Il catechismo di Papa Francesco sulla famiglia
- Italy – World Council of the Association of Salesian Cooperators
RESOURCES FOR STRENNA 2017 AND AMORIS LAETITIA
SPOTLIGHTED
- RESOURCE for First Gathering on Amoris Laetitia (Introduction) FR IT SP
- RESOURCE for Second Gathering on Amoris Laetitia (Chapter 1)
- RESOURCE for Third Gathering on Amoris Laetitia (Chapter 2)
- RESOURCE for Fourth Gathering on Amoris Laetitia (Chapter 3)
- RESOURCE for Fifth Gathering on Amoris Laetitia (Chapter 4)
- RESOURCE for Sixth Gathering on Amoris Laetitia (Chapter 5)
- RESOURCE for Seventh Gathering on Amoris Laetitia (Chapter 6)
- RESOURCE for Eighth Gathering on Amoris Laetitia (Chapter 7)
- RESOURCE for Ninth Gathering on Amoris Laetitia (Chapter 8)
- RESOURCE for Tenth Gathering on Amoris Laetitia (Chapter 9)
and suggested resources:
- Guided Study Booklet on Amoris Laetitia from the Broken Bay Diocese
- Power Point Series on Amoris Laetitia by Sr. T. Kelly, FMA
- Cardinal Wuerl on Amoris Laetitia
- NCR News Study Guide on Amoris Laetitia
- Video Series on Amoris Laetitia by Fr. P. Angelucci, SDB
- World Meeting of Families Website Amoris Programme and its dedicated website just for the Programme (Coming Fall 2017)
ECCLESIAL
Holy See
- Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life Website
- Pontificium Consilium Pro Familia Website
- The Meeting Point: The Adventure of Love
- Families on the Way of the Cross FR (Stations of the Cross – Lent – 2017)
Episcopacy
- USCCB’s Website:For Your Marriage
- Resources for National Marriage Week: Feb. 7-14
- Guided Study Booklet on Amoris Laetitia from the Broken Bay Diocese
- The Joy of Love: the Journey of Families in Rome IT
SALESIAN
FMA and SDB General Council Social Communications Departments Newsletter
Power Point on Outline of Strenna 2017 by Sr. Alba Vernazza, FMA
2017-2018 Province Plan for Animation of the Salesian Family: Power Point
SAMPLE Salesian Family Spirituality Day by Area of Province
RESOURCE for First Gathering on Amoris Laetitia FR IT SP
Power Point Series on Amoris Laetitia by Sr. T. Kelly, FMA
- Introduction and Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapters 5 & 6
- Chapters 7, 8, & 9
- Reflection Guide to Accompany Sr. T. Kelly’s Power Points
Video Series on Amoris Laetitia by Fr. P. Angelucci, SDB
CATECHESIS
RESOURCES FOR STRUGGLING FAMILIES AND YOUNG PEOPLE
THE ARTS
- MISCELLANI
- A Doctor’s Advice for Family Life
- Road to Cana DVD Series
- Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR, on The Road to Cana DVD Series
MAGISTERIAL DOCUMENTS ON CARING FOR THE FAMILY – INCLUDING THE SALESIAN FAMILY
Dogmatic Constitutions, Encyclicals, and Apostolic Exhortations
- Casti Connubii
- Gaudium et Spes
- Humanae Vitae
- Evangelii Nuntiandi
- Catechesi Tradendae
- Familiaris Consortio
- Deus Caritas Est
- Evangelii Gaudium
- Amoris Laetitia FR IT PL PT SP
St. John Paul II
- 31st Vocation Day Message
- 1994 Christmas Message to Children
- Disregard of the Family Threatens Society
- Family in America
- Fidelity of Husband and Wife Stands Like a Rock to the Children
- God Himself Is the Author of Marriage
- Holy Family Radiates Example of True Love
- Jubilee of the Family
- Letter to Families
- Priesthood and Pastoral Care of the Family
- Radiation of Fatherhood
- Television and the Family
- Urbi et Orbi on Christmas Day
- General Audiences from Sept. 5, 1978 – Nov. 28, 1984 (“The Theology of the Body”)
- Publication on Love and Responsibility
- The Jeweler’s Shop (2 videos: stage and film productions)
Pontifical Council for the Family, The Holy See, & The Episcopacy
- A Call for Life and the Family to the Americas
- Charter of the Rights of the Family
- Preparation for the Sacrament of Marriage
- The Family, The Heart of the Civilization of Love
- The Vocation of Marriage in God’s Plan
SALESIAN
SDB
Rectors Major
- The Common Identity Card, Fr. Viganò
- The Common Mission Statement, Fr. Vecchi
- Strenna 2006, Fr. Chavez
- The Salesian Family Charter, Fr. Chavez
- Presentazione della Strenna 2017 data da Don Angel a Casa Generalizia delle FMA
- Presentazione della Strenna 2017 data da Don Pascual Chavez ai SSCC di IME
- Families Never Go Out of Style FR IT SP
General Councils and General Councilors
- General Chapters (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
- “The Salesian Family Consulta”, Fr. Bregolin
FMA
Sr. Yvonne Reungoat, FMA, Mother General
General Councils and General Councilors
- Acts of General Chapter 23
- Vocation Pastoral, Sr. Maria Luisa Miranda (2015)
STRENNA 2016:
English Text, Poster, and Video in Spanish with English Subtitles
French Text and Poster Image and Video with French Subtitles
Italian Text and Poster Image and Video with Italian Subtitles
and to Don Cereda’s Reflections, with link to LARGE Posters
Salesian Family Day Presentation, Montreal, Power Point and Correlated Texts: FR SP
SALESIAN FAMILY SPIRITUALITY DAYS 2016:
Cameroni: La vita secondo lo spirito di Mamma Margherita SP
Casadei: Framework of Salesian Holiness: Interiority and Spirituality, Alberto Marvelli IT
Cereda: The Poster for the 2016 Strenna FR IT PT SP
di Natale: We Adventure in the Spirit as Pilgrims Together with Jesus and Our Brothers and Sisters IT PT SP
Escribano: Experience of the Fatherhood of God IT SP
Ferrero: Don Bosco: Lezioni di life Coaching (Italian Only)
Gonzalez: Il mio cammino di vita interiore e di vita spirituale SP
Ko: “Mary, the Pilgrim Who Journeys Guided by the Holy Spirit” – Mary, Icon of the Pilgrim Church IT PT SP
Munoz: Introduzione alle Giornate di Spiritualità della Famiglia Salesiana 2016 SP
Sala: The Way is Expressed in the Communitarian Experience of Faith FR IT PT SP
Zanet: «Docibilis a Spiritu Sancto»: The Life in the Holy Spirit of Fr. Giuseppe Quadrio SDB, Venerable Servant of God IT
ARCHIVES: MONTHLY LETTERS OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
2016 A.D.
I Dream of a Salesian Family Made Up of Happy Women and Men SP IT
I Dream of a Salesian Family Filled with Faith and with God IT
Our Daily “Feast of Cana” IT SP
Mercy Is the ID Card of Our God FR IT SP
I Dream of a Salesian Family that Carries the Poorest in Its Heart FR IT PL PT SP
I Dream of a Salesian Family that Lives the Joy of the Gospel IT FR
Those Miracles of Education FR IT PT SP
God’s Name Is “Mercy” FR IT PT SP
We Believe in You, Dear Young People FR IT SP
I Dream of a Salesian Family with a Missionary Heart FR IT SP
God Is Born in Siberia, Mongolia, and Myanmar, Too FR IT SP