The Brothers are called ‘Coadiutors’ in some countries. They remind us that our Salesian vocation is first of all the "consecrated vocation". Salesians work in the secular world as Brothers or in priestly ministry as Salesian priests.
The challenge is not only to update the identity of the Salesian Brother, but also the true identity of the Salesian priest.
Many Salesian priests lose their Salesian identity because their concept of priesthood is similar to that of the diocesan priest.
It is a question of each one living his own identity and understanding how we are to live the lay consecrated life today, how and where we are to live in today’s new context and consequently the formation of the Salesian brother.
This takes place in training centres like CRESCO, the Regional Centre for Salesian Brothers in Guatemala, which has been offering this service since 2008 for the two American regions, in two different places, first in San Salvador and now in Guatemala.
The challenge is to understand correctly the great insight of Don Bosco. Knowledge of the Salesian spirit is also important if we are to know what Don Bosco wanted, to understand today's new culture, to know where the lay brother can live his lay consecrated life and how the new coadjutor is to be formed.
The Rector Major always insists that the Salesian vocation be presented as one vocation lived in two ways, lay and priestly.
