Don Bosco Renewal Centre
Common Spiritual Direction Series – CSDS
Helping Rectors and leaders animate Salesian communities through prayer, fraternity, reflection and mission.
A common monthly resource for strengthening spiritual leadership, community unity and the Salesian mission across South Asia.
For Leaders
Rectors and community animators
Monthly Series
Fresh animation resources
Shared Mission
Prayer, fraternity and service
Are you a leader?
Leadership in a Salesian community is more than coordination. It is the ministry of bringing people together, nurturing spiritual life and helping every confrere participate in the shared mission.
The Common Spiritual Direction Series offers a practical monthly resource for preparing community moments with clarity, consistency and a common direction across South Asia.
View the latest Animation KitBuild fraternity
Create a community where every confrere is welcomed, heard and supported.
Guide reflection
Help the community read its life and mission in the light of the Gospel and the Salesian charism.
Animate the mission
Keep prayer, discernment and service to young people at the centre of community life.
The Animation Kit
Each edition is designed to help a Rector or community leader prepare a focused moment of spiritual animation without starting from scratch.
Opening reflection
A concise theme to help the community enter a shared moment of prayer and discernment.
Community conversation
Prompts that encourage attentive listening, honest sharing and practical participation.
A step for the month
A simple commitment that connects reflection with community life and the mission among young people.
Why this initiative?
Father Biju Michael SDB
The President - SPCSA
Salesian Provincial Conference of South Asia
Background
Following the directives of General Chapter XXIX, the South Asia Salesian Region has identified six focus areas for renewal and growth. These include strengthening Christ-centered living, revitalizing community life, serving the poorest youth, renewing formation, fostering joint formation with the laity, and guiding young people in the digital environment.
To support Rectors and leaders in their vital role of animating communities, the SPCSA is launching a Monthly Animation Kit beginning June 2026. This initiative is coordinated by the Don Bosco Renewal Centre, Bangalore, with contributions from confreres across all Provinces.
One direction, lived in many communities
Salesian communities differ in size, setting and apostolate, yet they share the same vocation and mission. CSDS offers a common point of departure while leaving every community room to respond to its own people and circumstances.
The series supports leaders with a dependable structure for animation and helps turn a monthly gathering into a continuing journey of conversion, fraternity and service.
Original introductory letter
The letter introducing the monthly animation series to Rectors and community leaders.
Common Spiritual Direction
The foundational article on the Rector and community leader as a spiritual guide.
What the initiative hopes to strengthen
- A shared spiritual direction across communities
- Stronger participation in community reflection
- A regular rhythm of prayer, discernment and action
- Closer connection between fraternal life and mission
Contact Us
Address
Don Bosco Renewal CentreBannerghatta Road
SOS Village P.O. Bengaluru
560 076 – India
For any communication regarding the “Common Spiritual Direction Series” of the South Asia Region under SPCSA,
SPCSA SECRETARIAT
BOSCO INFORMATION SERVICE (BIS) is at the service of the Salesian Family in South Asia providing news, information and views on issues of interest and importance to the Salesian Family.
It functions in collaboration with the international and national communication offices and ministries of the Salesian Family, including the International Salesian News Agency, ANS, Rome.
Fr. Bastin Nellissery SDB
BOSCOM SOUTH ASIA Delegate and Chief Editor