Daughters of Mary Help of Christians
- in the Salesian Family 5
- service to and collaboration with 37
Deacons, permanent
- formation of 106
Dead
- memory of - confreres 25 54 58 94
- reading of necrology 47
- suffrages for 76
- obituary letters of - confreres 177
Death
- of Salesian 54
- of R.M. 143
- of a member of general council 132,1o, 7
- of provincial 168
- of rector 183
v. also Suffrages
Debts 191 201
Decentralization
Decoration
- of houses 77 61 199
- of members' rooms 55
Degrees and qualifications
- obtaining of - during initial formation 83
Delegates
v. Elections
Delegation
- of R.M..: scope, nature and constitution of 154 138
- provincial: constitution and government of 159 165
Deliberations
- of general chapter 148 191
- of provincial chapter 170
Departure
v. Separation from the Society
Detachment
- of heart in Don Bosco and Salesians 73 75
Development, total
- in the Salesian mission 31
- of young workers 27
- in working-class areas 29
- in the preventive system 38
- inspirational criterion for our works 41-43
- in Salesian parishes 26
- in Salesian schools 13
Development, personal
- of the young 32
Development, social and collective
- of the young 26 27 33
- collaboration with civil organizations for - 48
Devotion
- to Mary 92
Dialogue
- in Salesian Family 5
- superiors animators of 44 123
- and shared responsibility in obedience 66 103
- colloquy a privileged moment for 70
- ability or capacity for 104 112 102
- with God and personal freedom 105
- with culture 114
- with cultures not evangelized 18
- with the R.M. 103
- opening of the young to 32
- in the educative community 38
- with God v. Prayer
Difficulties
- of the Salesian and trust in God 17
- of the Salesian and community 52
Diocese
v. Church, particular
Direction, spiritual
v. Spiritual direction
Director
- of community (USA) v. Rector
Director of novices
- duties of 110
- qualities in and appointment of 112 165,3
- member of provincial chapter 173,6
Directory, provincial 186
- provincial chapter and 171
- for the practices of piety 74
- for formation 87 88 106
Discernment
- community (pastoral) 44 66
- efforts at 119
- responsibility for 69
- of personal gifts 69
- of God's will 66 87 91 107 146
- of the values of cultures 100
- Don Bosco's oratory the criterion for pastoral - 40
Discipline
- concern of the vicar general 134
Dismissal
- of a novice 90
- of a member 132,3 194 157,6
Dispensation
- from the obligations of profession 132,2o 194
Dominic Savio, St.
- protector of the Society 9
Donations 188,3
Don Bosco
v. Bosco, Don
Don Bosco Volunteers (DBV)
- spiritual assistance of Salesians for 40
v. also Salesian Family
Dress
- manner of 62 55
Duration in office
- of Rector Major 128
- of members of general council 142
- of provincial 163
- of provincial councillors 167
- of rector 177
- of director of novices 112
- of elected local councillors 179,3
- of parish priests 28
Duty, duties
- to promote and guide shared responsibility 123
- moral - in use of means of communication 44
- of rector to be available to members 49
- of capitulars to be present at meetings of general chapter 123
- of assembly of the confreres 184
Dwellings
- conditions of 77 55
- parts reserved to confreres 56
v. also Decoration; Furniture
- duties of 139 190 192
- election of 141
- period of office 142
Economer, local
- appointment of 183
- functions of 184
- member of local council 179
- general norms concerning 187-191
- norms for local administration 198-202
- training courses for 186
- annual meeting of 194,3
Economer, provincial
- duties of 164 169 193-196
- eligibility requirements 176
- appointment of 166
- training courses for 186
- administrative norms left to the provinces 190
Economic administration
v. Administration
Ecumenism 8 22
Education
- our educative and pastoral service 31-39
- and integral development 31
- and personal development 32
- and social and collective development 33
- to the faith 6 29 34 35 38 45 7 13
- to the faith in non-christian countries 22
- and educational works 41 42
- and social communication 43
- and Salesian formation 99 102 82 86
- to love 81 6
- to commitment and hope 63
- to vocational choice 37
- collaboration with civil organizations for 48
Educative project
v. Project
Election(s)
- of R.M. and members of general council 128 129 141 143 147 153 126-133
- of delegates and substitutes to general chapter 151 171,5 114 161-166169
- of delegates and substitutes to provincial chapter 174 186 161-166 169
- of members of local council 180 186
- of chairmen in general chapter 120
- of central commission of general chapter 121
Energy
- in work 65
Entrustment
- to Mary most holy 8
Environment
v. Neighbourhood; Setting
Estate, real
v. Goods, immovable
Episcopal conferences
v. Conferences, episcopal
Eucharist
- unifying strength of community 88
- and chastity 84
- and obedience 66
- in youth pastoral work 36
- daily celebration of 88 70
- presence of - in our houses 88
Evaluations
v. Scrutiny; scrutinies
Evangelical counsels
v. Vows
Evangelization
- and catechesis in our mission 6 34
- and joy 17
- and preventive system 20
- and social communication 43
- and Salesian works 41 11-13
- in working-class areas 29
- and missionary activity 30 22
- and integral advancement 31 13 26
- and complementarity of vocations 45
- and practice of the counsels 62 63
- and Salesian vocation 96
- central nucleus of educative and pastoral plan 6
- care of lay people responsible for - 29
v. also Education - to the faith
Examination of conscience
- daily 90
Exercise for happy death
v. Retreats
Exercises, spiritual
v. Retreats
Experience
- of ecclesial life for the young 35
- of life for educators and youngsters in preventive system 38
- formation experience v. Formation experience
Experimentation 181,2 142,4
- in origin of our Society from God 1
- in the presence of Mary 8
- of Mary and ours 92
- and mutual relationships in the community 16 37 66 94 103
- of Don Bosco our model 21
- and witness of life 62
- and obedience 67 69
- and chastity 80
- and the Word of God 87 91
- deepening of the life of 92 114
- and old age and sickness 53
- education to 6 29 34 35 38 45 7 13 22
- of the people and social communication 43
- in human resources 17
- formation personnel, men of - 104
- and Constitutions 196
- and elections 127
- and communion with dead confreres 94
Family
- spirit: component of Salesian spirit 16 51 65
- atmosphere in communities and works 37-38 49 53 56 61 83 103 136
- atmosphere in educative and pastoral community 47
- rector and - of confreres 173
- relationship of confreres with their own - 47 176
- pastoral action in respect of the - 49
Family, Salesian
- Mary, guide of 92
- Don Bosco at origin of 5
- our Society in the 5
- vocational service and the 28
- R.M. centre of unity of 126
- provincial and 147
- sharing of mission in 47 48
- and particular Church 48
- councillor general for 137
- service to:
- function of Salesian Bulletin in 41
- recognition of membership of 40
Fatherhood, fatherliness
- of God v. God
- of Don Bosco 1 21
- of R.M. 126
- of rector 55
- of Salesian 15
Feast(s)
- sense of 17
Eucharist as a daily - 88
Marian - 92
Fidelity
- God the source of our - 1 24 195
- as response to God 22 195
- to the Gospel 146
- to our mission 6 44 94
- to charism of founder 118 126 146
- to the Constitutions 103
- daily pledge of 84
- comfort and easy life a threat to 75
Financial administrator
v. Economer, local
Financial report
- of Economer General 106
- of provinces 192 196
- of Houses 181,3 194 202
Flexibility
- component of Salesian spirit 19 41
- v. also Creativity
F.M.A.
v. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians
Following of Christ
v. Jesus Christ
Food 55 61
Forgiveness
- daily 16 90
Form of our Society 4
Formation community 103 109 110
Formation experience
- nature and manner of Salesian – 98 102 104 109 110 114 119
Formation guides
v. Formation personnel
Formation, initial
- complexity and unity 102
- formation communities 103 78
- formation personnel: role of 104
- the Salesian in - 105
- similarity of curricula 106
- periods of - 107 88-102
- colloquy during 79
- flexible timetable during 80
- scrutinies or assessments during 81
- intellectual formation in - 82-85
- pastoral experiences in - 86
Formation, intellectual
- of the Salesian:
- of the young 6
v. also Culture
Formation personnel
- preparation of 101 78
- role of 100
- role of in formation communities 103 78
- and pastoral experiences 86
Formation, Salesian
- vocation and 96
- specific direction of 97
- formative experience 98
- personal and community commitment to 99
- unity and diversity in 100
- provincial community and 101 161
- 'Ratio' and provincial directories 87
- councillor general for 135
Formation, specific
- of the Salesian priest and Salesian brother 116
v. also Salesian priest; Salesian brother
Francis de Sales, St.
- Salesian society and 4 9
- the Salesian and 17
- in profession formula 24
Fraternal correction 52 90 121
Freedom
v. Liberty
Free time 11 13
Friday
- community penance 73
Friendship
- and Salesian loving-kindness 15
- relationships of fraternal - in the community 51 110
- with past pupils 39
- consecrated chastity and 83 68
Frugality
- of life 77
Furnishing
v. Decoration
v. Chapter, general
General council
v. Council, general
Generosity
- of young Salesians 46
God
- action of, in our Society and its foundation 1 20 31 38 50 60 67 85 105
- union with, an element of Salesian spirit 12
- fidelity of -, foundation of our perseverance 195
- meeting with - in fellow men 95
- need of 38 95
- service of - in pastoral charity 10
- relationship of Salesian with 11 12 17 20 55 67 72 80 86 89-90 92-93
v. also Jesus Christ; Holy Spirit; Trinity
Good-night 48 76
Goods, immovable
- acquiring and keeping of 187
- operations concerning 188
Goods, temporal
- the Salesian and 74
- administration of - for whole Society 139
- relationship with the Society 187
- ownership and preservation of 187
- general norms concerning 186-192
- administrative duties of economer general 192
- operations requiring authorization of R.M. 188
- limits of provincial competence concerning 189
- administrative duties at local level 198-202
- administrative duties at provincial level 190 193-197
- administrators of 190
v. also Poverty
Gospel
- Salesian reading of 11 98
- and profession of counsels 25 60 72
- preventive system and 20 34
- and integral advancement 31 41 42
- and vocational guidance 37
- and formation experience 97
- general chapter and fidelity to 146
- Jesus Christ in -, our supreme rule 196
v. also Evangelization; Word of God
Government
- fundamental structure of 120 117
- o( communities 121
- unity in 122
- shared responsibility in 123
- subsidiarity in 124
- of vice-province 158
- of provincial delegation 159
- power of - of R.M. 127 105
- power of - of vicar general 134 143
- power of - of provincial 162 149
- power of - of vice-provincial 168
- power of - of rector 176
- power of - of vice-rector 183
- 'ad interim' of the Society 143
- contributory function of councils in: v. Council
Grace
- our life a - of the Father 3
- and nature in Don Bosco 21
- and nature in the Salesian 52 67
- assistance of - in life of Salesian 24 96
- the Holy Spirit, source of 25
- celibacy a gift of 90
- recognition of action of 86
- retreats, moments of 91
- development of gifts of 99
- of unity 2 3
Gratitude
- to God the Father 1 11 52 80 93
- to the Lord 195
- to the Holy Spirit 95
- to benefactors 79 76
- to dead confreres 94 76
- celebrated on annual community day 42
- to family of each confrere 47 76
Guests
- welcoming of 56 45
Guidance
- vocational, of the young 37 9
- centres and vocational services 16 17
Guides
- of those in formation v. Formation personnel
v. Dress
Happiness
v. Joy
Health
- care of 84 43 176
- colloquy and 49
- required for admission to the Society 90
Heart
- of Don Bosco 1 21
- of Church 6
- of Christ 11
- of Salesian 15 21
- promptings of - regulate relationships 16
- custody of 18
- sacraments and conversion of 36
- appeal to - in preventive system 38
- aspirations of 49
- Salesians one - and soul 50
- open - of community 52
- purification of 61 91 93
- formation of 63
- detachment of 73
- undivided - 80
- pondering in 87
- of Don Bosco's community 97
- service to be kept at - 18
Help of Christians
- presence in our Society 8
- in formula of profession 24
- recourse to - for growth in chastity 84
- our devotion to 92
v. also Mary
Holidays
- of confreres 50 55 58
Holiness
v. Sanctification; Sanctity
Holy See
v. Apostolic See
Holy Spirit
v. Spirit, Holy
Hope
- sustained by Holy Spirit 1
- given us by Mary 34
- death of Salesian and 54
- the Salesian an educator who awakens 63
- liturgical year time of 69
Hospitality
v. Reception
Hostel
-- characteristics and services of 15
Houses
- opening or closing of 132 165
- maintenance of and hygiene in 194
v. also Educative community; Formation community; Neighbourhood; Dwellings; Atmosphere; Setting(s); Works; Community, local