Ángel Fernández Artime – “So that my joy may be in you, (Jn 15,11). Holiness for you too” in “Acts of the General Council of the Salesian Society of St John Bosco”

In his New Year message for 2019, the leader of the Salesian Family addresses members across 140 countries. Drawing inspiration from Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation “Gaudete et Exsultate,” he emphasizes the call to holiness in the Salesian context. By highlighting elements unique to Salesian spirituality, he invites all members to embrace the joy of living a holy life, rooted in the teachings of Don Bosco.

Contents:

• Introduction
• l. GOD CALLS EVERYONE TO HOLINESS
  • “Becoming a saint” is the first and most urgent task for the christian

• • The “holiness of next-door neighbours” and the universal call to holiness
  • Mary of Nazareth: a unique light on the path of holiness
  • With salesian sensitivity

• II. JESUS IS HAPPINESS
  • Don Bosco wanted his boys to be happy in this life and for all eternty
• III. SAINTS FOR THE YOUNG AND WITH THE YOUNG
  • Youth a time for holiness
  • Young saints and the youth of the saints
• IV. WHAT DOES IT MEAN: «HOLINESS I ALSO FOR YOU!”?
• V. SOME POSSIBLE INDICATORS OF HOLINESS
• VI. PATHS OF HOLINESS TODAY IN THE LIGHT OF OUR HISTORY AS THE SALESIAN FAMILY
  • There are many paths along the road to holiness
  • Every saint is a word of God incarnated
  • Every saint in our Salesian Family tells us that holiness is possible
• HOLINESS LIVED OUT IN THE SALESIAN CHARISM (list at 31 December 2018)

Reference time period: 2019

Reference institution:
Direzione Generale SDB