Hajja Salesjana July-September 2020

13 H AJJA S ALESJANA participated in the reflection in recent years. Following the principle of synodality, we do not want a project brought down from above, but a project that presupposes all the progress made and that is the expression of all those involved. What is the scope of the project? Only on a first level, we find about twenty-five thousand lay people directly involved in our Salesian works. Then there are the thousands of young people involved in the Salesian Youth Movement (SYM), many of whom come from the Provinces who’ve already had training courses with a certain tradition. Furthermore, there is the flourishing field of the Salesian Missionary Volunteer Service and all those volunteers who are pastorally engaged in our works. Finally, the immense field of lay people of the Salesian Family also falls within this area. What do you carry along with you after 12 years as General Councillor? First of all, gratitude to those involved in youth ministry. Secondly, I feel much richer today, because in recent years we have lived the method of discernment, so dear to Pope Francis and which is proper to our founder, Don Bosco. And, above all, I bring the desire of the laity to be formed in the charism and the thirst of young people to find adult educators of import to help them discover the meaning of life. WE ARE GOD'S GIFT TO EACH OTHER. LIKE A MASTER COMPOSER, HE BRINGS ALL THE INSTRUMENTS TOGETHER, EACH WITH A DIFFERENT TONE, EACH PLAYING A DIFFERENT PART, AND HE MAKES IT TURN OUT SO BEAUTIFULLY. Photo by David Lusvardi from www.unsplash.com