(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:
- Italian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLhlLk7VyVk
- English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5-sfYvzKnI
- Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWwjMhwAEWE
- Portuguese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMZygWtfbP0
- Polish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gwg8wxn5dA
At the
beginning of January, the video will also be available in French.
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