This letter recounts a visit to Salesian communities in Chile, Bolivia, and Peru, highlighting the delivery of the newly approved Constitutions and General Regulations. The visit emphasized a commitment to preparing for the 1988 celebrations by focusing on the Book of our Rule of Life through study, reflection, and active witness. The approval of the Constitutions by the Apostolic See on 25 November 1984 is noted, reinforcing our connection to the ministry of Peter and the authenticity of our vocation. The abstract concludes with a call to deepen our ecclesial awareness and reverence for the Papacy, drawing inspiration from Pope Gregory the Great.
Contents:
- An opportune invitation.
- Don Bosco’s very concrete “Church sense”.
- A new style of exercising Peter’s ministry.
- A difficult situation.
- Some reflections on Lumen Gentium.
- Our attitude of fidelity becomes a task to be carried out.
- Mary Help of Christians and the Pope.
Reference time period: 1985
E. Viganò, Letter of the Rector Major, in «Acts of the Superior Council» 66 (1985) 315, 3-34.
Reference institution:
Direzione Generale SDB