Resources for Our Salesian Presences

Dear Confreres,

This week, a good number of confreres are on retreat in Tampa or Stony Point. We welcome Fr. Henry Bonetti back to the province from Korea, and we welcome Fr. Joe Thannikal, originally from the Kolkata province, now stationed in Berkeley, CA.

The pandemic may have caused some activities to slow down or even stop, but the province delegates and their teams have used this time well to develop resources for our Salesian presences. A few of the resources are still in the final stages of editing. For copies of any of these resources, please email or call the province leader responsible for that department.

Youth Ministry

• Salesian Gospel Roads Manual
• Salesian Leadership Retreat Manual
• Empowering Salesian Leadership
• Walking Side by Side: Accompanying Young Adults
• Formation for Ministry project

Vocations

• Discernment Journal
• “Religious Life Today” and “Vocation Ministry” from NRVC

Treasurer

• Manual for local SDB Treasures
• Province Employee Handbook
• Province Treasurer’s Manual
• St. Philip the Apostle Foundation Operating Guide

Elder Care

• Salesian Elder Care Manual

Safe Environments

• Prayer of Repentance for Child Abuse by Salesians
• Safe environment training video available on www.dmact.net (Password: Rua10292021).

Formation

• Young Salesians and Accompaniment: videos from Rome and the SUE province
• The Ministry of the Salesian Rector: videos, PowerPoints, and community handouts with questions
• Pointers and Suggestions for Daily Meditation
• The Practice of Meditation in the Prayer Life of the Salesians of Don Bosco
• Retreat Conferences on Accompanying the Young by Fr. Louis Grech, SDB, available at www.dmact.net
• Conferences by Fr. Pascal Chavez for a retreat: Called to Give Hope back to the World

Salesian Family

• Formation of Ministry with Families in Salesian Settings in this Anniversary Year of Amoris Laetitia

Communications

• Virtual communications “school” for Salesian presences in Canada and the USA, which is being prepared by Fr. Mike Mendl, Julia St Clair, and Andres Neria.

Thanks to all who have been involved in these projects. They spur us on to be zealous in accompanying the young while growing in our Salesian vocation.

Fr. Tim Zak