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Rethinking Salesian Youth Ministry. Rethinking Salesian Youth Ministry. Reflections for communities and provinces. On our way to the bicentenary of the birth of Don Bosco … With the passion of “ da mihi animas ” …. We need to rethink on how we carry out our
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Rethinking Salesian Youth Ministry
Rethinking Salesian Youth Ministry
Reflections for communities and provinces
On our way to the bicentenary of the birth of Don Bosco … With the passion of “da mihi animas”… We need to rethink on how we carry out our Youth Ministry in the Church
1. Introduction 2. Needs our attention 3. Encounter with the culture and the world of youth 4. Evangelize educating today 5. An integral and coordinated youth ministry 6. History, persons, time frame and methodology index
A Call to pay attention 2
Attention Evangelization and education today Attention ! • Understand the dynamism • between evangelization and education today
Attention • Evangelizing Perspective • All initiatives oriented towards • education to the faith Attention ! The evangelizing perspective of our SEPP ensures that our initiatives are clearly integral and oriented towards education to the faith
Attention • The Witness of EPC • Guarantee • the accompaniment of the young Attention! The witness of our EPC is the ecclesial climate in which we accompany the young in their journey of faith
Attention A ministry of process and not of activities Educational emergency Attention ! • We are called ... • To animate a ministry of proceess of faith • and not of activities and events • and to give an adequate and timely response • To the social emergency of education
Encounter with culture in the world of the young 3
Encounterwith culture in theworld of theyoung Weneed to look at theyoung withtheeyes of Jeus: They are anopportunity We look at theyoungwiththeeyes of Jesus We encounter the most needy and the working classes We need to encounter within the parameters of the present culture, the youth most in need and the working classes
Encounter with culture in the world of the young Like Don Bosco: listen attentively for an intelligent understanding An attentive listening to the Spirit will make possible, an intelligent understanding to the great changes in today’s culture
Encounter the culture in the world of the young Our attitudes? Our pastoral understanding? Our convictions? Our discernment? We check on: Our attitudes Our pastoral understanding of the situation Our vocational Convictions Our discernment
Evangelize educating in the culture of our time 4
The Gospel in education
The Gospel in education The goal of our efforts Proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ to the young and proclaim along with them the KOG that Jesus revealed to us Proclaim the Good News to the young Proclaim along with them the Kingdom of God
The Gospel in education Youth Ministry desire … Young as disciples, missionaries of Jesus who with the spirituality of Don Bosco live processes of faith through the stages of the Kerygma Until their insertion into the faith community Youth Disciples Missionaries of Jesus In the faith process with the spirituality of Don Bosco
The Gospel in education · Initiation · Pastoral accompaniment · Community bonding · Prayer and Celebration · Sacraments · Social Commitment · Evangelization of the evangelizers
The Gospel in education Key words and experiences · Initiation · Pastoral accompaniment · Community bonding · The Word of God · Celebration of the Sacraments · Social commitment for the KOG · Evangelization of the evangelizers of the young
The Gospel: Its place and role in evangelization Education permits us fine tune faith with histroy and the culture of persons We need to touch the heart of culture by means of education inspired by the Preventive System Fine tune faith with history and culture Touch the heart of culture with the Preventive System
The Gospel: Its place and role in evangelization Salesian education forms persons with professional competence, moral conscience , social commitment The young are called to be protagonists of evangelization; Builders of a new society and culture persons with Professional competence Moral conscience Social commitment
The Gospel: Its place and role in evangelization · Do we know about the life of faith of the young? · Do we understand the integration between evangelization and education? · Are we living witnesses of the Gospel? · Change culture and life?
The Gospel and education We ask ourselves · If we know the life of faith of the young? · If we understand the integration between education and evangelization? · If we witness to the values of the Gospel? · If we recognize signs of change in the culture, in the life of the persons and in the place where we live?
5 A Youth Ministry Integral & Coordinated
Youth Ministry integral & coordinated
Encuentro con la cultura en el mundo de los jóvenes An integral and coordinated Ministry The Preventive sytem of Don Bosco helps each EPC to mature by means of: Preventive System Personal Accompaniment Community and Ecclesial experiences Vocational Discernment · personal accompaniment · various community and ecclesial experiences · a vocational discernment in a wider sense
An integral and coordinated ministry FORMATION TO see understand interprete A formation that renders un capable to see understand interprete Our life Our society Our youth Our faith
An integral and coordinated ministry Indispensible conditions EPC Missionary SEPP Shared Animation of EPC Salesians and laity who share: Life, Faith & Mission Drawing out the SEPP by the EPC with a missionary attitude of the Gospel
An integral and coordinated ministry Are we excited to put into practice the pastoral decisions of the Congregation? Do we promote corresponsibility with the laity in our works? Are we well prepared for the present challenges? ¿ ¿
An integral and coordinated ministry We ask ourselves · If we are excited by the pastoral proposals of the Congregation … · If we have some aspect that seems difficult to understand and put into practice · If we are promoting coresponsibility with the laity · If we are prepared for the challenges that our ministry offers us ¿
History Persons Time Frame Methodology 6
Persons History Time frame Methodology 6
From when did this journey of rethinking Youth ministry start? From when is this rethinking? From GC 26 the Salesian Congregation has received the task of updating the Preventive System of Don Bosco From General Chapter 26, 45 Updating the Preventive System
Who is involved in this rethinking of Youth Ministry? Who is involved in this rethinking of Youth Ministry? · Rector Major with his Council · The Department of YM. · Salesians and laity involved in a common and shared mission · The RM & his Council · The Department of YM that animates the process for the entire Congregation through the delegates for YM · Salesians & laity
Time frame first · Preparation: General Council July · December 2009 · 1st Phase. Consultation with centres of study and experts of YM During 2010 · Study Seminar World Consultation of YM Dept 4 - 6 February, 2011 phase
Time frame second Second phase · During 2012 Study in the local community · During 2013 Study of the synthesis phase
Results • Communty • That reflects on • on its own pastoral animation • in the place where it is situated • Pastors of the young • according to the heart of God • With the passion of “da mihi ánimas” • Updating • The orientations of the document • “Salesian Youth Ministry - • Basic frame of reference” • (Rome, 1998, 2000)
Community • that reflects • the animation of its own ministry • in the context where it is situated • Pastors of the young • According to the heart of God • with the passion of “da mihi ánimas” • Updating • Of the orientations of the document • “Salesian Youth Ministry. • Basic frame of reference” • Rome 1998, 2000 Indications
Indications 1 The Salesian Community within the EPC 3 Reflection by the Provincial Council 2 Reading and Reflection on the text • The Salesian Community • lives, reflects & works within the dynamism of the EPC • 2. Reading and reflection on the text provided • 3. Reflection and synthesis by the Provincial Council
Salesian Youth Ministry with a new perspective