Ángel Fernández Artime – “Like Don Bosco, with the young, for the young! Bicentenary of the birth of Don Bosco” in “Acts of the General Council of the Salesian Society of St John Bosco”

This letter extends warm greetings to the Salesian Family, introducing the annual Strenna theme. It emphasizes the unity of the Salesian Brothers and Sisters worldwide, with heartfelt wishes for Christmas and the New Year. Despite the inability for personal exchanges, the letter aims to convey the author’s sentiments through a simple commentary on the Strenna theme for 2015.

Contents:

• A beautiful spiritual inheritance.
• The Strenna, an expresston of unity for the whole of our Salesian Family.
• Like Don Bosco: with his pastoral heart and his option for education, caught up in God’s plan.
• • Don Bosco with the heart of the “Good Shepherd”.
  • The history of God and of Mankind.
• With the young, for rhe young! Especially the poorest.
  • With the young! Being with them and among them.
  • With the young! Showing them our special pastoral love.
  • With the young! Especially the poorest.
  • With the young! Because they have the right to meet role models of believers and adults.
  • For the young! For whom a personal encounter will be the opportunity for them to feel accompanied.
  • For the young! because the young, especially the poorest, are a gift for us.
• In the Bicentenary of the birth of Don Bosco.
  • A first Centenary.
  • Celebrating the bicentenary.
• Mamma Margaret, mother and teacher of Don Bosco.
• With Mary, the most lofty collaborator of the Holy Spirit.

Reference time period: 2015

Reference institution:
Direzione Generale SDB