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

Evangelization and education today Attention Understand the dynamism between evangelization and education today Attention !

Attention The evangelizing perspective of our SEPP ensures that our initiatives are clearly integral and oriented towards education to the faith Evangelizing Perspective All initiatives 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 Attention !

Encounter with culture in the world of the young 3

Encounter with culture in the world of the young

Encounter with culture in the world of the young We look at the young with the eyes of Jesus We encounter the most needy and the working classes We need to look at the young with the eyes of Jeus: They are an opportunity 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 An attentive listening to the Spirit will make possible, an intelligent understanding to the great changes in today’s culture Like Don Bosco: listen attentively for an intelligent understanding

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 education in

The Gospel in education Proclaim the Good News to the young Proclaim along with them the Kingdom of God 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

The Gospel in education Youth Disciples Missionaries of Jesus In the faith process with the spirituality of Don Bosco 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

The Gospel in education · Initiation · Pastoral accompaniment · Community bonding · Prayer and Celebration · Sacraments · Social Commitment · Evangelization of the evangelizers

The Gospel in education · 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 Key words and experiences

The Gospel: Its place and role in evangelization Fine tune faith with history and culture Touch the heart of culture with the Preventive System 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

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

· 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: Its place and role in evangelization

The Gospel and education · 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? We ask ourselves

5 A Youth Ministry Integral & Coordinated

Youth Ministry integral & coordinated

Encuentro con la cultura en el mundo de los jóvenes · personal accompaniment · various community and ecclesial experiences · a vocational discernment in a wider sense 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

FORMATION TO see understand interprete An integral and coordinated ministry A formation that renders un capable to see understand interprete Our life Our society Our youth Our faith

EPC Missionary SEPP Shared Animation of EPC Salesians and laity who share: Life, Faith & Mission An integral and coordinated ministry Drawing out the SEPP by the EPC with a missionary attitude of the Gospel Indispensible conditions

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 · 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 We ask ourselves

6 History Persons Time Frame Methodology

6 Persons History Time frame Methodology

From General Chapter 26, 45 Updating the Preventive System 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

· Rector Major with his Council · The Department of YM. · Salesians and laity involved in a common and shared mission Who is involved in this rethinking of Youth Ministry? Who is involved in this rethinking of Youth Ministry? · The RM & his Council · The Department of YM that animates the process for the entire Congregation through the delegates for YM · Salesians & laity

· 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 February, 2011 Time frame first phase

Second phase · During 2012 Study in the local community · During 2013 Study of the synthesis Time frame second 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

1 The Salesian Community within the EPC 2 Reading and Reflection on the text 3 Reflection by the Provincial Council 1.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

with a new perspective Salesian Youth Ministry

thanks

thanks a lot