Synthesis between evangelisation and education

The secret to the outcome of Don Bosco the educator is his intense spirituality, or that inner energy which united in him inseparably the love of God and neighbour such that it set up a synthesis between evangelization and education.

Therefore Salesian Spirituality, the concrete expression of this pastoral charity, constitutes a fundamental element of Salesian pastoral action; it is its source of gospel vitality, its principle of inspiration and identity, the criterion from which it takes its bearings.

We are dealing with:

• A spirituality which takes its measure from the young, especially the poorest of them, and which knows how to discover the action of the Spirit in their heart and to collaborate in its development.
• A spirituality which takes its measure from the young, especially the poorest of them, and which knows how to discover the action of the Spirit in their heart and to collaborate in its development.
• A daily spirituality that proposes ordinary life as the meeting place with God.
• An ‘Easter’ spirituality of joy in action that develops a positive attitude of hope in both the natural and supernatural resources of the person, and presents Christian life as a path to happiness.

• A spirituality of friendship and personal relationship with the Lord Jesus, known and visited through prayer, the Eucharist, the Word.
• A spirituality of ecclesial communion lived in groups and above all in the educative community, and which unites young people and their educators in familial surroundings around a project of the integral education of the young.
• A spirituality of responsible service that encourages in young people and in adults a renewed apostolic commitment which becomes a vocational call to the Christian transformation of their world.
• A Marian spirituality where one entrusts oneself simply and trustingly to the maternal help of the Madonna.

This spirituality helps to discern and to confront the challenges of pastoral action. It creates unity amongst those who participate and collaborate in the mission.

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