CONCEPT

ASSOCIATED TERMS 

ANIMATION & GOVERNMENT

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Youth Ministry, Salesian Youth Ministry, Youth Movement, Salesian Youth Movement, Province Delegate, animating nucleus, educative community, sector, sectors of activity, department, dimension, area, areas of animation, formation, social communication, Missions, Salesian Family, Salesian assistance, animation of the EPC, structures of animation, service of animation, animation of the community, Team Visit, the role of the Rector, the role of the Provincial, animating bodies, animating ability, Provincial commission for…, animating presence, pastoral quality, team, Extraordinary Visitation

CHARISM

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Charismatic identity, Salesian style, Salesian charism, Salesian identity, Salesian presence, vocational identity, grace of unity, service of the young, charism of the Founder, founding charism, family atmosphere, signs and bearers of God’s love for the young, love of predilection for the young, vocation to holiness, return to the sources, Christian hope, Bontà (Goodness), Loving-kindness, Reason-Religion-Lovingkindness, 

CHRISTIAN LIFE

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Common mission, lay, cleric, Christian faith, disciple of Christ, evangelizers of the young, the lay dimension, Christian hope,

CHURCH

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Holy Father, Supreme Pontiff, Universal Church, Local Church, Canon Law, Vatican II, ecclesial communion, Kingdom of God, Church’s mission,  Body of Christ,  the People of God, Eucharist, Sacrament, Apostolic See, the Church’s magisterium, the Church in the world,  sacrament of salvation, sign and instrument, belonging to the Church, ecclesiology of communion, confession and communion, canonical erection,

COMMUNICATION

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Salesian Bulletin, Social Communication,  Circular Letter, Media, Mass Media, Media culture, means of communication, system, Province Newsletter, the social communication field, communication ventures, communication business enterprises, web portal,

COMMUNITY – RELIGIOUS and SALESIAN

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Salesian community, community life, local community, provincial community, fraternal life in community, family atmosphere, community, consistent in quality and number, superior, Community Day, Monthly Recollection, Retreat, animating nucleus, school of faith,  one heart and mind,  animation of the community, communion and sharing, Pontifical Right, the Religious House,  school of prayer, school of holiness, canonical erection of the community,  re-dimensioning, giving new meaning (risgnificazione),

CONFRERE

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Brother, Priest, community, lay, Deacon, member, disciple of Christ, sign and instrument, signs and bearers of God’s love for the young, novice, professional competence, qualification of personnel,

CONGREGATION

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Salesian Society, member, unity of the Congregation, the Pious Salesian Society, external members,

CONSECRATED LIFE

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Profession, perpetual, temporary, Religious Institutes, poverty, chastity, obedience, vow, community life, religious consecration, apostolic consecration, fraternal communion, apostolic life, active life, Secular Institute, Sequela Cristi, the evangelical counsels, disciple of Christ, consecration and mission, the perfection of charity,

DOCUMENTS of the MAGISTERIUM

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Lumen Gentium, Perfectae Caritatis, The Project of Life, Memoirs of the Oratory, Biographical Memoirs, Novo Millennio Ineunte, the Companion of Youth, Ratio, Norms and Criteria for Salesian Vocation Discernment, Christifideles Laici, Mutuae Relationes, Essential Juridical Elements, General Catechetical Directory, L’Osservatore Romano,

DON BOSCO

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Father and Teacher, fidelity to Don Bosco, spirit of Don Bosco, Mamma Margaret, Father and Founder, spirit of the Founder, Don Bosco Educator, Da mihi animas coetera tolle, good Christians and honest citizens, dynamic fidelity, dream, make yourself loved

ECONOMY

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Economer, the administration of goods, Don Bosco Foundation,

FAITH-CATECHESIS

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Journey of faith, education to faith, educative community, inculturation, Eucharist, Reconciliation, Sacrament, religion, conscience, education and evangelization, evangelization and catechesis, inter-religious dialogue, General Catechetical Directory, confession and communion, education to love,

GOD

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Holy Spirit, Divine Providence, Good Shepherd, Mystery of Christ, Kingdom of God, spirit of the Lord, Grace of unity,  Body of Christ, presence of God, gift of the Spirit, Mystery of God, Christ obedient, poor and chaste, Blessed Sacrament, Christ the Perfect Man, the mercy of God, 

GOSPEL

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New Evangelisation, Word of God, Beatitudes, evangelical poverty, evangelical obedience, evangelical chastity, ministry of the Word, (Gospel) evangelical project, Gospel path traced out.., inculturation of the Gospel,

GOVERNANCE cf. also animation above

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Rector Major, General Council, Councillors, Regional, Provincial, Rector, Provincial Council, General Chapter, Provincial Chapter, Region, Special General Chapter, province, Rector, Vicar of the Rector Major, Vice Provincial, Vice Rector, sector, department, area, consent,  decree, the structures of government, consent of his council, the service of authority, group of provinces, community guide, the first one responsible, Team Visit, Provincial Secretary, six year period, Council of the Community, Central government, opinion of the Council, Major Superior, provincial conferences, Western Europe Region,

HUMAN ADVANCEMENT

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Human growth, community project, education, mission, education and evangelization, social dimension of charity, movement of charity, integral human development, human rights,

HUMAN COMMUNITY

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community life, family, Salesian community, environments where ordinary people live, poor people, environment, educational environment, popular setting, sense of belonging,  culture, inculturation, enculturation, globalisation, advancement of women, human values,  inter-religious dialogue, human rights,

LIFE-EXPERIENCE-WORLD

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Human person, religious experience, world of work, human growth, educative environment, human maturity, the social dimension of charity, signs of the times, daily life, a new culture, human values,

MARY

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Mother of God, Help of Christians, entrustment to Mary, Clients of MHC, Immaculate Conception, teacher and guide,

MISSION

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apostolic action, educative and pastoral project, poor, youth, poor and abandoned youth, Salesian mission, Missions, mission to the young, educational action, apostolic consecration, apostolic commitment, active life, Church’s mission, Salesian Youth Ministry, service of the young, service of the mission, pastoral and educative service, meaningfulness,  those for whom we work (destinatari), our common mission, educative mission, missionary commitment, pastoral quality, those who share in the mission,

ORATORY

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Pastoral and educative project, youth, poor and abandoned youth, vast movement, education, education to faith, spiritual family, sodality, the Valdocco Oratory, Oratory criterion, a house that welcomes, a parish that evangelises..., Mamma Margaret, school of prayer, a simple catechism lesson, December 8^th, courtyard, Valdocco community,

PERSONS

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Rua, Albera, Viganò, Vecchi, Savio, Mazzarello, John Paul II, Francis de Sales, Zatti, Don Bosco, John Bosco, Rinaldi, Ricaldone, Variara, Mamma Margaret, Ricceri, Bartholomew Garelli, St Joseph, Cagliero, Comollo, Ziggiotti, Cafasso, Calosso

PLACES

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Turin, General Administration, Salesian work, Salesian presence, school, Oratory, Parish, Youth Centre, technical school, Basilica of Mary Help of Christians, Salesian Historical Institute, Colle Don Bosco,  Hill of the Beatitudes, Castelnuovo d’Asti,

PROJECT MENTALITY

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SEPP, Province Project, Personal Project, Educational Project, Salesian educational project, Planning, six year period, apostolic project, operational guidelines, community project, Province Formation Plan, plan for qualification,  evangelical project, teamwork, the founder’s project, Sector Action Plan

RULE OF LIFE

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Constitutions,  Regulations, Directories, Rule of  Life, our Own Law, process of secularisation, dismissal, Chapter deliberations, General Chapter, Provincial Chapter, Constitutional norms, admissions, Pontifical Right, first profession, final profession, Cooperators’ Rule of Life, dispensation,disciplinary, canonical erection

SALESIAN FAMILY

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FMA, Cooperators, family spirit, Past Pupils, groups, groups of the Salesian Family, spirit of Mornese, Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, Salesians of Don Bosco, vast movement, Friends of Don Bosco, Clients of Mary Help of Christians, …the education received,

SALESIAN SPIRIT

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Preventive System, pastoral charity, cheerfulness, Francis de Sales, Work and Temperance, spirit of Don Bosco, joy, animation,

SPIRITUALITY

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Salesian spirituality, holiness, personal prayer, practices of piety, spiritual direction, spiritual director, youth spirituality, spiritual experience, religious experience, spiritual guide, Lectio Divina, Retreat, Monthly Recollection, Examen of conscience, docility to the Spirit, devotion, devotion to Mary Help of Christians, primacy of God, Salesian prayer, pedagogy of prayer,

TRADITION

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Patrimony, Spiritual inheritance, Salesian Bulletin, Salesian Tradition, Work and Temperance, spirit of Mornese, Da mihi animas coetera tolle, good Christians and honest citizens, return to the sources, archives, province archives, the founder’s project, foundation of the Society, dynamic fidelity, first missionary expedition, history of the Congregation, reason-religion-lovingkindness,

VOCATION-FORMATION

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Salesian vocation, ongoing formation, initial formation, vocation ministry, vocational discernment, formative community, vocation proposal, admissions, novitiate, novice, post-novitiate, post-novice, practical trainee, seminarian, cleric, intellectual formation, specific formation, vocational identity, human maturity, priest, Brother, sense of belonging, accompaniment,  FSDB, Reader, Acolyte, Formation Centre, Director of Novices, formation of the young, qualification, capacity for dialogue, capacity for communication, ecclesiastical state, vocational choice

YOUTH

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Poor youth, educative community, pastoral and educative community, Salesian youth spirituality, mission to the young, youth movement, Salesian Youth Movement, youth condition, the world of the young, group, Salesian Youth Ministry, youth ministry, poor and abandoned, education and evangelization, the social dimension of charity, formation of the young, accompanying the young, vocational guidance,  technical formation, professional formation,  those for whom we work (destinatari), adolescents and young adults, children, vocational choice, youth at risk,