{"id":47088,"date":"2020-01-31T10:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T09:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.romereports.com\/2020\/01\/31\/salesians-begin-general-chapter-alongside-youth-to-examine-congregations-mission\/"},"modified":"2020-01-31T10:58:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T09:58:00","slug":"salesians-begin-general-chapter-alongside-youth-to-examine-congregations-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2020\/01\/31\/salesians-begin-general-chapter-alongside-youth-to-examine-congregations-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Salesians begin General Chapter alongside youth to examine congregation's mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Feb. 16 to April 4, Salesians from all over the world will meet in Turin. They will celebrate their 28th General Chapter, the most numerous in their history. Two hundred forty-three people will participate, including religious with voting rights and invited guests.<\/p>\n<p>The objective is to reflect, alongside the youth, on the congregation's mission.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FR. STEFANO VANOLI<\/strong> <br \/>\n CG28 Workshop Coordinator<br \/>\n <em>\u201cOne of the novelties of this chapter will be the presence of 18 youth from the congregation's seven regions. The Rector Major sent them an official invitation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In addition, they will analyze the Salesians' role in today's world, as well as their collaboration with the laity.<\/p>\n<p>They say they hope to listen, discern and interpret present-day challenges. They also want pay closer attention to society's main problems, particularly in high-risk areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FR. \u00c1NGEL FERN\u00c1NDEZ ARTIME<\/strong><br \/>\n Rector Major of the Salesians<br \/>\n <em>\u201cThere is a spiritual decisiveness in the congregation, which is to never leave in difficult moments. This is the case with Venezuela. It was also the case with Sierra Leone, when it was hit by Ebola. It's the case with Liberia and Syria. During the war in Syria, our brothers always said, 'We will not leave in the middle of war.'\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There are currently 14,614 Salesians spread throughout every continent and 136 countries. The congregation is divided into seven large regions, organized into a total of 90 provinces.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel D\u00edaz Vizzi<br \/>\n Translation: Claudia Torres<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 31, 2020. From Feb. 16 to April 4, they will celebrate the biggest General Chapter in their history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18701,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/24pphKuC0gg","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bcongressogeneralesalesianieng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bcongressogeneralesalesianiint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47088"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}