{"id":23559,"date":"2025-08-06T07:41:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=23559"},"modified":"2025-08-08T17:44:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T00:44:02","slug":"do-whatever-he-tells-you-fr-fabio-attard-unveils-the-theme-of-strenna-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2025\/08\/06\/do-whatever-he-tells-you-fr-fabio-attard-unveils-the-theme-of-strenna-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"“Do Whatever He Tells You:” Fr. Fabio Attard Unveils the Theme of Strenna 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

(ANS \u2013 Rome)<\/strong> \u2013 The long-awaited theme of Strenna 2026 has been officially unveiled by the Rector Major, Fr Fabio Attard, who offers the Salesian Family a detailed and heartfelt overview of this year\u2019s choice and the spiritual journey ahead. The new theme, \u201cDo whatever He tells you\u201d \u2013 Believers, free to serve<\/strong>, is deeply rooted in the Gospel and the heart of the Salesian charism, inviting every member to a renewed experience of faith, freedom, and generous service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presented at a significant moment for the Salesian world, Strenna 2026 builds on the energy of the Jubilee Year and the reflection inspired by the 2025 Strenna, \u201cAnchored in hope, pilgrims with young people.\u201d Fr Attard centers this new Strenna on Mary\u2019s words at the Wedding at Cana (Jn 2:5), interpreting them as a powerful call to active, trusting, and responsive faith. This is not passive obedience, but a dynamic act of love and courage\u2014an encouragement to listen deeply to Christ and respond with true freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s Strenna is particularly meaningful as it coincides with the 150th anniversary of the first Salesian missionary expedition and the founding of the Salesian Cooperators Association. Don Bosco\u2019s example\u2014marked by hope-filled action and attentiveness to the signs of the times\u2014remains a guiding light, capable of bearing witness to the \u201cboldness of faith.\u201d Fr Attard writes: \u201cGenuine faith is not timid but courageous; it is willing to take risks on behalf of the Kingdom. It is the boldness of those who know they can count not on their own strength but on God\u2019s power.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strenna 2026 also emphasizes the importance of \u201cspiritual intelligence\u201d in reading the present moment\u2014recognizing God\u2019s action in history, especially in the lives of young people. This deeply Salesian approach challenges the Family to move from a faith of words to a faith of action, rooted in the Gospel and open to the world\u2019s challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fr Attard\u2019s presentation is more than the announcement of a theme; it is an invitation to a personal and community journey. He calls for a faith attentive to God\u2019s presence in history, especially among the young, and insists on the essential link between faith, freedom, and service. \u201cThis is the culmination of the entire journey: from being rooted in faith to freedom, from freedom to service, all as a natural expression of the gradual growth of the love received.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Strenna 2026 is unveiled, the Salesian Family is invited to walk this path together, reading reality with spiritual intelligence, rooted in the Gospel, and moved by generous service. With this Strenna, Fr Attard urges everyone to celebrate their heritage and embrace the call to be believers who are truly free to serve, especially the young and those most in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The official poster for the 2026 Strenna will be presented to the entire Salesian Family in October.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full text of Fr Attard’s presentation is available at the bottom of the page in Italian, English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(ANS \u2013 Rome) \u2013 The long-awaited theme of Strenna 2026 has been officially unveiled by the Rector Major, Fr Fabio Attard, who offers the Salesian Family a detailed and heartfelt overview of this year\u2019s choice and the spiritual journey ahead. The new theme, \u201cDo whatever He tells you\u201d \u2013 Believers, free to serve, is deeply rooted in the Gospel and the heart of the Salesian charism, inviting … Continuar leyendo “Do Whatever He Tells You:” Fr. Fabio Attard Unveils the Theme of Strenna 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":23562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[782003447,516714022],"tags":[35890],"class_list":["post-23559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rector-major","category-salesian-world-news","tag-featured"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-67Z","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/830594f4c81c8ce6daed64b437c916a9_xl.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10336596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23559"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23593,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23559\/revisions\/23593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}