The letter expresses gratitude for support during a personal trial and highlights progress towards Brother Artemide Zatti’s beatification. It continues the Chapter theme on the Salesian community’s presence and life, emphasizing three key areas: fraternal life, witness to evangelical values, and welcoming the young and the poor.
Contents:
- 1. VOCATIONS: A POINT THAT GIVES US FOOD FOR THOUGHT
- A propitious moment
- In harmony with the Church
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- Vocational guidance in our pastoral renewal
- A new approach
- 2. THE SALESIAN COMMUNITY: A SETTING FOR VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND PROPOSALS
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- The logic of “Come and see”
- The vocational force of community life
- Pastoral action of the community
- Follow-up
- Some areas for special attention
- “The angel declared unto Mary”
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Reference time period: 2000
J. E. Vecchi, “Now is the acceptable time”, in «Acts of the General Council of the Salesian Society of St John Bosco» 81 (2000) 373, 3-46.
Reference institution:
Direzione Generale SDB