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THURSDAY 16: SALESIAN SPIRITUALITY: ENCOUNTERING A GOD WE LONG FOR

(Moderator:  Tullio Lucca)

3.30 p.m.   Arrival and settling in
3.45 p.m.   Mass (for whoever wants to) Fr Pierluigi Cameroni presiding.
4.30 p.m. Welcome and introduction to work: Fr Adrian Bregolin.
4.45 p.m.   Prayer: WE AND THE YOUNG.
  • Fr José Luis Plascencia: the Gospel roots of Don Bosco's spirituality: God is so close to us. An incarnational spirituality. A proposal of how to “encounter” God and Jesus in our humanity and “feel” his closeness to us.
  • Dialogue opportunity:
    • young people (Luisa Bertiato, Renato Cursi).
    • couples with teenagers (Marina and Paolo).
  • students who put questions to the Rector Major.
  • Comments and reactions from around the hall.
7:45 p.m. Supper.
9.15 p.m. Strenna Video. Rector Major's Good Night.

FRIDAY 17: SALESIAN SPIRITUALITY: ENCOUNTER WITH DON BOSCO OUR TEACHER

(Moderator: Sr. Luigina Bellomo ASF).

7.00 – 8.30 Breakfast
8.45   Video information
9.00   Opening celebration
9.15  Explanatory address:
  • Don Bosco's spiritual 'magisterium': Fr Aldo Giraudo.
10.15   Opportunity for discussion with people nearby in the hall - Questions to speakers.
10.45  Break
11. 15  Some examples of spirituality in practice:
  • Fr Valerio Baresi: encounter.
  • Sr Marta Drei: new frontiers and those on the periphery.
  • Mrs Gaia who runs a blog in the digital continent…
  • Alessandro Iannini from Borgo on the family house concept.
12:30 p.m.   Lunch
3:30 p.m.   THE CORE AND SYNTHESIS OF SALESIAN SPIRITUALITY: pastoral charity.
  • ALBERTO MARTELLI
  • LORENZINI ROBERTO
  • SR VALENTINA ROBAZZA
4:30 p.m.  Time for discussion amongst ourselves in the hall  - Questions to speakers.
5.15 p.m. Break
5.45 p.m. Mass at which the Rector Major will preside; homily by Fr Filiberto González.
7:00 p.m.  Supper
8:00 p.m. Departure for Cinecittà (Don Bosco Theatre).
8:45 p.m. Theatre evening: Musical Recital offered by postnovices from Nave. Rector Major's Good Night.

SATURDAY 18: SALESIAN SPIRITUALITY: IDENTITY AND MISSION

(Moderator: Lello Nicastro).

7.00 – 8.30 Breakfast
8.45   Video information
9.00   Opening celebration
9.20   ROUND TABLE

Spirituality cannot be detached from Mission. For Don Bosco, young people were a “theological point of encounter with God” . We hear from:

  • PROF. FR CARLO NANNI – Rector of the Pontifical Salesian University
  • MARCO PAPPALARDO.
  • SR. PIERA RUFFINATO – Lectures in Pedagogy atAuxilium.

Comments from the audience

10.45 Break
11.15 Round Table continues Rector Major's address on spirituality
12.45 p.m. Lunch
3.30 p.m.   Workshops on spirituality as experienced by various groups – PASTORAL CHARITY.
6.30 p.m.   Mass at which the Rector Major presides; homily by Fr Adrian Bregolin.
8.00 p.m.   Supper
9.00 p.m.   Good Night: on Blessed Brother Sándor (Fr Pierluigi Cameroni)
9.15 p.m.   Fellowship involving the entire assembly: (coordinator)
  • Ottoni concerto.
  • Break. Opportunity to offer an item of your own
  • Mariachi.

SUNDAY 19: SALESIAN SPIRITUALITY: DA MIHI ANIMAS CAETERA TOLLE

(Moderator: Mrs Paola Staiano).

8.00   Mass at which the Rector Major will preside and preach, delayed broadcast by Tele Pace and streaming on missionidonbosco.tv,
9.00   Breakfast
10.00 Video information
10.15 Final celebration and address by the Rector Major.
12.30p.m. Lunch