{"id":28301,"date":"2026-01-16T16:26:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T00:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=28301"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T00:26:59","slug":"salesian-family-spirituality-days-2026-from-hope-in-jesus-the-trust-that-drives-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2026\/01\/16\/salesian-family-spirituality-days-2026-from-hope-in-jesus-the-trust-that-drives-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Salesian Family Spirituality Days 2026: from Hope in Jesus, the Trust that Drives Service"},"content":{"rendered":"

(ANS \u2013 Turin)<\/strong> \u2013 In a spirit of enthusiasm and fraternity, the 44th Salesian Family Spirituality Days (SFSD)<\/strong> began on the afternoon of Thursday, January 15, 2026<\/strong>, in the Teatro Grande at Valdocco in Turin. Representatives of the many groups that make up the Salesian Family gathered around Fr. Fabio Attard, the 11th Successor of Don Bosco, to listen to his reflections on the deeper meaning and implications of authentic discipleship of Jesus in the style of Don Bosco, in keeping with the motto of the Aguinaldo<\/em> he released: \u201cDo whatever he tells you. Believers, free to serve.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After opening performances featuring several very young participants, the host of the event, Fr. Leonardo Mancini, Superior of the Italy\u2013Piedmont and Valle d\u2019Aosta (ICP) Circumscription, welcomed those present. \u201cMy hope is that we receive these SFSD 2026 as a renewed opportunity to grow in faith\u2014understood as listening to God, in His Word, in young people, and in history\u2014and that our listening may constantly be transformed into free and joyful service, into the Gospel lived,\u201d the Salesian said in his opening remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two presenters, Roberto and Silvia, then introduced Fr. Joan Llu\u00eds Play\u00e0, Central Delegate of the Rector Major for the Salesian Family. Along with practical introductory information, he offered his greeting, first recalling the richness of the past year: \u201cHow many events in recent months! The General Chapter of the Salesians, the election of Fr. Fabio Attard, the farewell to Pope Francis and the election of Pope Leo XIV, the Jubilee events, the canonization of Maria Troncatti, the 150th anniversary of the First Salesian Missionary Expedition\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking ahead to the days about to begin and to the episode of the Wedding at Cana that inspired the Aguinaldo<\/em> motto, he added, \u201cMay contemplation of Mary and the gesture of Jesus awaken our deepest being, as it did for the disciples who \u2018believed in Him.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a moment of prayer and the invocation of the Holy Spirit and Mary upon these SFSDs, the program continued with the screening of the Rector Major\u2019s Aguinaldo<\/em> video. In the darkened theater, hundreds of animators from the various Salesian Family groups watched attentively, gathering initial insights and inspiration. Shortly afterward, as the central moment of this first day, the Rector Major himself took the floor, entering into a frank and open dialogue with those present and explaining his Aguinaldo<\/em> message in depth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his address, Fr. Attard spoke about the origins of this Aguinaldo<\/em>, which he described as a natural continuation of the previous one. If 2025 for the Salesian Family\u2014together with the whole Church in its Jubilee Year\u2014was marked by hope, and if Christian hope is not a feeling \u201cbut a person, Jesus Christ,\u201d then, he explained, it was natural to propose the next step: trusting that Person, believing in Him, and ultimately seeking and listening more to His voice and His will than to one\u2019s own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this reason, he stressed a clear methodology for putting the Aguinaldo<\/em> into practice: making use not only of the video, but also of the written text that has been prepared and distributed, and returning to it several times throughout the year, courageously engaging the questions and proposals for action that conclude each of the four sections of the message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more than an hour, Fr. Attard made himself available to answer questions that had been collected in advance on a wide range of topics: \u201cWhat can we learn from the first Salesian missionaries? How can we improve our listening to God today? How should the Salesian Family respond to today\u2019s challenges? How can we ensure that pastoral and educational activities are not merely human plans and projects, but the fruit of truly listening to God\u2019s will? How are the lay and consecrated dimensions articulated today in the shared Salesian mission?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With his customary clarity and the effectiveness of his vivid language, the Rector Major encouraged everyone not to look for ready-made solutions to contemporary challenges, but instead to adopt Mary\u2019s attitude at Cana\u2014the same attitude that inspired all of Don Bosco\u2019s pastoral action and was carried forward by his missionaries. \u201cWhat would Don Bosco do today? Are we looking at reality in the light of the Word, or are we merely observing it from a distance?\u201d These were among the challenging questions left by Don Bosco\u2019s 11th Successor, who concluded by renewing the invitation to cultivate a constant relationship with God as the first and fundamental step in every action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the session in the theater, Mass was celebrated in the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians. In his homily, the Rector Major reflected on the Gospel of the day\u2014the healing of the leper (Mk 1:40\u201345)\u2014recalling that true healing comes from the courage to believe that God desires our good. By touching the excluded man, Jesus overturns the logic of purity: He does not contaminate Himself, but rather \u201callows Himself to be contaminated\u201d by compassion. Fr. Attard also noted that the experience of the healed leper is not a private one, since the Lord sends him back to the priest and the community. In the same way, grace, education, and accompaniment lead to ecclesial and social reintegration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In conclusion, Fr. Attard urged the Salesian Family to live out four essential steps\u2014believing, touching, reintegrating, and giving glory to God\u2014seeing themselves as purified lepers and simple instruments, so that every young person may experience being a beloved child of the Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More photos from the day are available on ANSFlickr.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(ANS \u2013 Turin) \u2013 In a spirit of enthusiasm and fraternity, the 44th Salesian Family Spirituality Days (SFSD) began on the afternoon of Thursday, January 15, 2026, in the Teatro Grande at Valdocco in Turin. Representatives of the many groups that make up the Salesian Family gathered around Fr. Fabio Attard, the 11th Successor of Don Bosco, to listen to his reflections on the deeper … Continuar leyendo Salesian Family Spirituality Days 2026: from Hope in Jesus, the Trust that Drives Service<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":28303,"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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4639169,516714022],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salesian-family","category-salesian-world-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-16-Spirituality-Days-Turin-feature.jpg?fit=1600%2C882&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-7mt","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28301","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=28301"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28305,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28301\/revisions\/28305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}