The Report, in fact, presents the Animative Guidelines of the Mother and the General Council towards the growth and development of members and the educative communities made concrete through the perspectives in Formation, Youth Ministry, Mission ad Gentes, Communication, Salesian Family, and through the service provided by the Administration and the Secretariat. From every perspective, "the methodology of the atelier" emerges as a backdrop, for the clarification of the processes initiated and indications on those to be strengthened in view of the future.
The Superior General not only highlighted the most significant constructive elements of the journey keeping in mind the signs of the times, the reality of the educative communities, the challenges faced by the young, the indications of the Church and the needs of society, but also proposes new pathis for the future based on three key words: formation, mission and integral ecology.
“The primary and imperative responsibility is to give priority to Formation in all its dimensions -especially in human, spiritual, charismatic, cultural and professional elements” she says. In fact, “formation is ‘the best investment’ and it is necessary ‘not to sacrifice it’ to the ‘urgencies of the mission, losing sight of the wholistic perspective’; but this is possible only if ‘one is capable and convinced that the quality of life of the Institute depends on formation’" she added.
A specific aspect of formation is "education in inter-culturality as a prophetic witness" as an aspect that "is part of the identity and educational vocation of the Institute." Furthermore, in a world that tends to exclude and create barriers, "intergenerationality can become a prophecy of a different way of living." Success is possible “only starting on a journey together: FMA and laity; this requires the design and construction of accompanying structures for the formation and management of the works by the laity.”
In a process of re-defining the communities in the light of the charism, Mother Reungoat underlines the importance "of guaranteeing continuity and development to the works in favor of the poorest and marginalized" in a process of continuous dynamic and creative updation.
She indicates, among other things, that the journey, in the Global Educational perspective Pact, proposed by Pope Francis, is a solicitation "to interact in the Salesian Family, with the other entities, Institutions and groups with whom we network with."
Another essential dimension "is that of integral ecology," declares the FMA Superior General. In the broader perspective, she affirms that it is essential to "recover the dimension of the sobriety of life", to be attentive to the cry of the earth and the poor. Finally, in an era of new evangelization, she underlines the "charismatic importance of the catechetical formation" of the FMA as "a characteristic field of the mission of the Institute in the Church, but which requires innovation, adaptation to the times and languages."
