The letter expresses solidarity with Salesian missionaries facing challenges in Africa and emphasizes the transformative power of the Gospel in building communities of faith. It announces a shift in communication format to alternate between doctrinal reflections and presentations of the Congregation’s regions.
Contents:
- Visit to Albania (IME)
- Don Bosco Boys Town, Rome
- Retreat at Fatima
- Spiritual retreat of the Rector Major and his council
- Visit to the province of Portugal
- Visit to the Holy Land
- Intermediate session of the General Council
- Encyclical on the Eucharist
- Visit to the province of Great Britain
- The work at Treviglio and Chiari (ILE)
- Visit to the Sicilian Province
- Visit to the Bilbao Province
- Visit to the Munich Province
- Visit to the Cologne Province
- Feast of Mary Help of christians at Turin
- Visit to the Verona Province (Ivo)
- Six-monthly meeting of the USG
- Visit to the Adriatic Province
- Conclusion: Don Bosco’s birthday
Reference time period: 2003
P. Chavez. Villanueva, «You are a letter from Christ, written not with ink, but with the spirit of the living God». News and reflections on recent journeys , in «Acts of the General Council of the Salesian Society of St John Bosco» 84 (2003) 383, 3-41.
Reference institution:
Direzione Generale SDB