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Salesian Foramation is a holistic process built on five interconnected dimensions. It emphasizes the human dimension, fostering a balanced and mature personality capable of community life; the spiritual dimension, deepening prayer and Eucharistic devotion within Salesian Youth Spirituality; the intellectual dimension, equipping individuals with cultural and professional competence to engage the modern world; the pastoral-apostolic dimension, shaping them to act as shepherds in Don Bosco’s spirit through the Preventive System; and Salesian specificity, instilling the history, charism, and mission of the Congregation. Together, these areas ensure a well-rounded formation that integrates personal growth, faith, and mission.
Deepagam, the Don Bosco Catechetical Centre of the Salesian Province of Chennai (INM), organised a one-day youth faith forum, “Let’s Talk Faith” (Nambikkaiyai Pesuvom), at Deepagam Hall, Chennai. The gathering brought together 45 young people from the Perambur and Ayanavaram parishes for dialogue, reflection and faith-sharing.
The Salesian Province of Chennai (INM) organised a study and training session on the New Ratio for its Rectors and community leaders on 30 October at The Citadel, Chennai. The session aimed to deepen their understanding of Salesian formation and its implications for the Congregation’s life and mission.
Fr Sebastian Kuricheal SDB, Provincial of the Salesian Province of Guwahati, urged clerics and brothers to deepen their relationship with Christ, renew their commitment to consecrated life, and prepare to serve the Church and society with renewed missionary zeal.
Believing the family is the first school of human and Christian formation, where love, faith, prayer, and witness nurture vocation, parents, formators, and pre-novices from Odisha, Jharkhand, and Chhattisgarh deepened their understanding of vocation at a two-day gathering at Don Bosco Yuva Kendra, Jharsuguda. The gathering helped 15 parents and relatives of 11 Salesian pre-novices understand each person's vital role in nurturing and accompanying Salesian vocation.
Around 30 formators and rectors of practical trainees and college brothers from the Salesian Provinces of Mumbai (INB) and Panjim (INP) gathered at Don Bosco, Koregaon Park, Pune, for a two-day meeting on October 4–5 to deepen their understanding of the Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis et Studiorum and renew their commitment to the integral formation and accompaniment of young Salesians.
Don Bosco Youth Centre (DBYC), Laitumkhrah, in collaboration with the Youth Commission of the Salesian Province of St. John Paul II, Shillong, launched the first module of a six-part Youth Leadership Formation Programme from 2 to 4 October.
The Formation Commission of the Salesians of the South Asia Region organised a four-day training programme on Affective Maturity and Psychosexual Integration for Formators from September 22 to 25 at Don Bosco Provincial House, Bengaluru.
Vishwa Jyothi Don Bosco College, Karunapuram, organised a debate on the theme “Technology makes us more human: By extending our capacity to know, love and serve” on Sept. 18, bringing together college students and members of nearby religious communities.
Salesian leaders of the Province of St Joseph, Hyderabad, called for a renewed approach to formation, community life and pastoral mission during a two-day Leaders Meeting held on September 21–22 at the Provincial House, with the Fifth Edition of the Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis et Studiorum serving as the central focus.
The Annual Junior Priests’ Meet of the Salesian Province of Shillong (INS–Quinquennium) successfully concluded its four-day programme today at the Pastoral Centre in Shillong. Running from September 15 to 18, the gathering convened junior priests for a comprehensive schedule centered on spirituality, administration, consecrated life, mental health, and the intersection of faith with modern digital technology.
A month-long, all-India Salesian Deacons’ Course, promoted by the Salesian Provincial Conference of South Asia (SPCSA), began on 18 September at the Don Bosco Renewal Centre in Bangalore. It brought together 41 deacons from 10 provinces for an extended period of formation and preparation for their forthcoming pastoral and youth ministry.
The Province of Guwahati (ING) held its Quinquennium 2026, an ongoing formation programme for Salesian priests and brothers within their first five years of priestly ordination and perpetual profession, from September 3 to 6 at the Provincial House, Panbazar. The programme focused on formation, reflection, and fraternity for participants in the early years of ministry.
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Publisher: Libreria Editrice Vaticana
Year of publication: 2026
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