{"id":19650,"date":"2025-04-01T18:44:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T01:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=19650"},"modified":"2025-05-06T14:31:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T21:31:28","slug":"the-salesian-family-witness-at-the-re-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2025\/04\/01\/the-salesian-family-witness-at-the-re-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"The Salesian Family Witness at the RE Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Judy Alvarez, Salesian Coorperator<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Los Angeles, California)<\/strong> – The 2025 Strenna reminds the Salesian Family to be anchored in hope and pilgrims with young people. Our hope is Jesus; our mission is to bring youth to know and love Him. The testimony of so many Salesian saints, both young people and those who accompanied them, confirms the Salesian charism and pedagogy as a grace-filled journey. This wisdom of the Preventive System is not only a charism for the Salesian Family but also a gift to inform the Church’s ministries of evangelization and catechesis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In service of the Church, the Salesian Society of Don Bosco in the Western United States has sponsored an exhibit booth at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress for over twenty years. This annual archdiocesan event gathers religious educators from across the state, nation, and world for three days of catechetical workshops, adult formation, liturgies, and resource exhibits that equip the Church for its mission of evangelization and catechesis. In this context, we offer the Salesian charism and pedagogy to others involved in forming the faith of young people: parents, educators, youth ministers, and catechists who need support and resources for their journey with youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Salesian booth at the RE Congress makes this focused sharing possible. The booth’s primary goal is to promote St. John Bosco’s educational philosophy, approach, and method\u2014the Preventive System by which we “educate with the heart and journey with the young.” In so doing, we bring the hope and joy of the Gospel to all those who visit and also realize many of our secondary goals by:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n