Monday, December 31, 2018

Rector Major Officially Presents 2019 Strenna

Rector Major Officially Presents 2019 Strenna

(ANS – Rome – December 28)Fr. Angel Fernandez Artime, SDB Rector Major, officially presented the 2019 Strenna for the Salesian Family at the Generalate of the Salesian Sisters, following a long tradition.

The theme of the strenna, or theme for the coming year, is “Holiness for you, too,” expanding upon the biblical text “So that my joy may be in you” (John 15:11).

Present at the event were Mother General Yvonne Reungoat, FMA, and her general council, Fr. Filiberto Gonzalez, SDB general councilor for communications, Fr. Eusebio Muñoz, delegate of the Rector Major for the Salesian Family, and other members of the Salesian Family.

In his presentation, Fr. Angel illustrated what the goal of Strenna 2019 will be: “I want to comment on a very familiar subject, with a title taken directly from the Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation on the call to holiness in the world of today, Gaudete et Exsultate. In choosing this topic and this title, I want to translate into our language the strong appeal to holiness that Pope Francis has addressed to the whole Church.”

Mother Yvonne then recalled that the choice of the theme of holiness of this year’s strenna was made unanimously by the board of consultors of the Salesian Family.

Strenna 2019 will be presented for in-depth study to the entire Salesian Family during the Salesian Family Spirituality Days, scheduled in Valdocco (Turin), January 10-13, 2019, focusing on “Holiness for you too,” i.e., for everyone. These annual study days bring together some 400 delegates from six continents belonging to the 31 groups of the Salesian Family.

The English text of the Rector Major’s commentary is posted at https://donboscosalesianportal.org/

On ANSFlickr there are photos of the presentation of Strenna 2019.

On the sdb.org and ANSChannel, the video presentation of Strenna 2019 is available in various languages:


At the beginning of January, the video will also be available in French.

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