From Jan. 12-15 in Turin-Valdocco over 250 members of the Salesian Family belonging to more than 18 groups listened, reflected, and prayed together on the lay dimension of the Salesian charism and on the complementarity of the groups - called together to be "yeast in the dough of humanity's bread" - seeking to discover and probe deeper into God's will for the great Salesian Family.
The program consisted of assembly meetings, prayers, guided visits to the places of the birth of the charism, sharing, celebrations, and moments of cordiality.
The booklet, of about 40 pages, graphically curated by "IME Communication," gives an account of what emerged in that assembly, starting with those aspects that were identified as the most important in the enhancement of the lay dimension of the Salesian Family, as well as those that were perceived as the main challenges in that sense.
This is followed by the texts of the speakers at the round table on Friday, January 13, which fostered a wide-ranging discussion and exchange among all the participants. It proceeds with summaries of the "vocational" group work (consecrated, lay, and secular institutes) related to the questions, "What contribution can each of the Salesian Family Groups make, starting from their own identity, to enrich the secularity of our Family? How can the religious groups of the Salesian Family enrich the lay complementarity of our Salesian vocation? And how to enrich the consecrated complementarity of our Salesian vocation?"
The last pages are devoted to a summary of the presentations on the GSFS's last days, when the contact persons of each SF group represented illustrated the invitation/exhortation that has remained most impressed since the GSFS event, as well as the aspect of laity that should be intensified in order to be a leaven and sign of communion and mission.
"May these pages serve to continue to deepen the lay dimension of our Salesian Family," concluded Fr. Joan Lluís Playà Morera, Central Delegate of the Rector Major for the Secretariat for the Salesian Family, and Fr. Alejandro Guevara, Spiritual Animator of the Association of Mary Help of Christians and (ADMA) and coordinator of GSFS 2023.
The booklet - in Italian, English, and Spanish - can be downloaded and accessed at the bottom of the page.
