Witnesses of the Living God: Nature and Future of Consecrated Life - A Salesian Vision Pascual Chávez Villanueva SDB
By: Chávez-Villanueva, Pascual SDB.
Material type: BookPublisher: Bengaluru: Kristu Jyoti Publications 2013Description: xxvii, 323 p; 15 x 22 cm.ISBN: 9788187370765.Summary: The volume, published in Italian by Libreria Editrice Vaticana, is, explained in the subtitle "The nature and future of consecrated life". A Salesian vision – a real essay on consecrated life, from a Salesian point of view and a tool to inform both the priests and the laity of the great richness of religious life and its chances of renewal, relying both on the recommendations of Vatican Council II and the theological reflection gained from within the Congregation. Drawing on his experience as the Rector Major and President of the Union of Superiors General (USG), Fr Chavez in nearly 400 pages unrolls insights and suggestions on how to be authentic disciples of Jesus in the modern world and and true apostles in the work of the salvation of mankind. "The fidelity to the Church and a fortiori the Congregation depends on the inseparable union of these two factors: charismatic identity and social relevance. (…) It is not seen as an alternative, but an integration!", wrote Fr Chavez in the preface of the book.Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | SALESIAN LIBRARY Main Storage | Non-fiction | XIII B 153 (Browse shelf) | Available | 0000000368193 |
Copyright Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2012
The volume, published in Italian by Libreria Editrice Vaticana, is, explained in the subtitle "The nature and future of consecrated life". A Salesian vision – a real essay on consecrated life, from a Salesian point of view and a tool to inform both the priests and the laity of the great richness of religious life and its chances of renewal, relying both on the recommendations of Vatican Council II and the theological reflection gained from within the Congregation.
Drawing on his experience as the Rector Major and President of the Union of Superiors General (USG), Fr Chavez in nearly 400 pages unrolls insights and suggestions on how to be authentic disciples of Jesus in the modern world and and true apostles in the work of the salvation of mankind. "The fidelity to the Church and a fortiori the Congregation depends on the inseparable union of these two factors: charismatic identity and social relevance. (…) It is not seen as an alternative, but an integration!", wrote Fr Chavez in the preface of the book.
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