Qualification and requalification
- of confreres 119 100
- of lay collaborators 148
Qualifications, study
v. Degrees and qualifications
"Ratio fundamentalis institutionis et Studiorum" 87
Real estate
v. Goods, immovable
Reception
- of young people 15 16 37 40
- of confreres 16 23 52 56 66 101 21 45 49
- of lay people associated with our work 47
- of teaching authority 125 101 103
- of the values inherent in different cultures 7 17 30 57
- of the gifts of God 80 87
Recipient (of mission) 26-30
Reconciliation, sacrament of
- sacrament of conversion 85 90
- permission of provincial for ministry of 152
Rector
- functions and duties of 176 172-179
- consultation for appointment of 170
- eligibility and duration in office 177 171
- relationship with local council 173 180 181
- relationship with parish priest 29
- relationship with provincial 179 181
- and administration of local goods 198 200-202
- meeting of rectors of province 145
- transfer of 165,2
Rector Major
- function and powers of 126 127
- eligibility requirements 128 129
- election of 128 153
- resignation of 128
- relationship with Congregation and confreres 103
- relationship with UPS 105
- relationship ith general council 131
- ordinary and extraordinary visits 104
- interpreter of the Constitutions 192
- cases in which R.M. needs vote of general council v. Vote
Redimensioning 1
Reflection
- communal in general chapter 146
Regional Councillors
v. Councillors, Regional
Regulations, general
- and competence of provincial chapters 170 171 173 161
- and competence of rector 176
- and administration of temporal goods 190
- and particular law of the Society 191
Relaxation 43
Rendiconto
v. Colloquy
Renewal
- continual personal effort for 99 101
- times for - of confreres 91 102
- criteria for - of activities and works 40 41
- of dedication to divine will 66
- of religious sense of life 119
Renunciation
- definitive, of personal goods 74 53
Report, administrative
- of the Congregation 192
- of the province 196
- of the houses 202
Report, financial
v. Financial report
Resignation
- of Rector Major 128
Responsibility
- of Salesians in Salesian family 5
- in the community 99
- and obedience 66 67
- and poverty 75 59
- of formation personnel 104
- progressive personal - in initial formation 99 105
- education of young to 33 35 38 15
- shared v. Shared responsibility
Retreats
- monthly, quarterly and yearly 91 72
- in novitiate 92
- houses for 42
Revelation
- of God's will 47
Revision, ecclesiastical
- of publications 34
Rosary, daily 92 74
Royalties and copyrights 57
- meeting with Christ in 36
v. also Baptism; Eucharist; Reconciliation
Sacrifice
- in obedience 69 71
- in poverty 75
- in work 78
Salesian Brother (Coadjutor)
- his specific contribution to Salesian mission 45
- equivalent curriculum of formation 106
- specific formation of 116 98
- in chapters and councils 169
Salesian Bulletin
v. Bulletin, Salesian
Salesian Cooperators
v. Cooperators, Salesian
Salesian deacon (permanent)
- formation of 106
Salesian Family
v. Family, Salesian
Salesian formation
v. Formation, Salesian
Salesian priest
- his specific contribution to Salesian mission 45
- specific formation of 116 97
- and service of authority 121
Salesian Society
v. Society, Salesian
Salesians, young
- specific contribution of 46
- aspirations of 103
- care of 161
Salvation
- of youth 1 12 20 21
- our work in the Church as sacrament of 6
- our mission in God's design for 31
- Salesian community as sign of - of Christ 57
- Mary in the history of 92
Sanctification, Sanctity
- typical - of Don Bosco 1 21
- the mission a way to 2
- profession a source of 25
- in service of obedience and authority 65
- initial formation a time of 105
School, Salesian
- characteristics 13
- caters for working classes 14
- provides service to neighbourhood 14
Scripture, sacred
v. Word of God
Scrutiny, Scrutinies
- of realization of deliberations of general chapter 171,3
- of directives of provincial chapter 167
- of annual local programme 184
- during initial formation 81
- of pastoral experiences during initial formation 86
- of insertion of lay people in our works 148
- periodic of province re apostolic work 58
- periodic of province re those for whom we work 1
- periodic re poverty 65
- periodic re prayer 174
- periodic of own personal activity 19
- periodic of formation communities 78
- periodic of validity of Salesian schools 13
- periodic of validity of the different works 41
Secretariates
- central, depending on R.M. 108
Secretary general
- appointment, duties, duration in office of 132,1o 144
- responsible for Acts of General Council 110
Secretary, provincial 159
Separation from the Society 194 54
v. also Dismissal; Dispensation
Service
- of God 10
- of Gospel 72
- of brethren 73
- to mission of Church 6
- permanent - to youth 21 23
- educative and pastoral - to youth 38 41
- opening of young to 32 36
- our works at - of others 77
- of authority v. Authority
Setting(s)
- working-class context of our mission 6 7 27 33 119 4
- service in particular youth - 41
- our works as educative - 11 12 14 15 22
Shared responsibility
- for the mission 35 44-48 123 175
- in obedience 66
- and participation 123
- in community commitment 99 101 123 172 175
- in formation communities 103 104 78 79 81
- of those for whom we work 5 6 15
v. also Responsibility
Sharing
v. Participation
Shepherd
- Christ, the Good - 45
- Salesian draws on love of Good 95
v. also Pastoral animation etc.
Sick
- community and 52 53
- rector and 176
Signs of times
- attention to 19
- in evaluation of works 41
- discernment of 119 146
Silence
- periods for 43
Simplicity
- in dress 55
Smoking 55
Social communication
- a Salesian apostolic priority 6 43
- promotion of personnel and services in 31
- education of youth to use of 6 32
- information and collaboration concerning 33
- revision of publications 34
- vigilance concerning use of 44 66
- one of tasks of provincial conferences 142
- discreet and prudent use of 83
- councillor general for 137
Society, civil
- education of youth for 26 27
- social import of Salesian work 33
- cooperation for a - more worthy of man's dignity 33
- animation of groups for social action 35
Society, Salesian
- origin of 1
- nature and mission of 2 44
- form of 4
- of pontifical right 4
- in Salesian Family 5
- in Church 4 6
- in contemporary world 7
- presence of Mary in 8
- patrons and protectors of 9
- and personal vocation of Salesian 22 23
- and missionary work 30
- solidarity of provinces with 58
- significance and style of obedience in 64 65
- communion of goods in 76
- chastity a distinctive sign of 81
- fundamental structures of 120
- authority in 121 122
- Pope, supreme superior of 125
- R.M., superior of 126
- and temporal goods 139 187
- particular law of 191 192
- and parishes 25 ff.
- incorporation in 23 107 93 94
- separation from 194 57
v. also Government; Information; Unity
Solidarity
- with the world and its history 7 39
- between provinces and in the Salesian Family 58
- economic - in province 76 58 197
- and communion of goods 76
- in apostolic initiatives 59
- with mankind, and especially the young 95
- with the poor 79
Spirit, family
v. Family
Spirit, Holy
Action of - in Don Bosco and in our Society 1 2 3 21 146
attention to 12 64 95 99 146
and formation 96 99
action of - a permanent source for professed 25
profession of counsels and 60
Spirit, Salesian
- constituent elements of:
- lay people and deepening of 47
- in formation communities 103
Spiritual direction
- of the young 37
- in formation communities 78 79
- openness of confreres to 84 99
- community - 175
- rector, spiritual guide of community 55 70 104 174
- in preparation for novitiate 109
- director of novices, spiritual guide 112
- during period of temporary profession 113
Spiritual reading 71
Statute
- for mission offices 24
Structures
- fundamental - of our Society 120
- at world level:
- at regional level: 154-155 135-142
- at provincial level:
- at local level:
Studentates
- preferred settings for formation 95 97
Studies
v. Formation, intellectual
Subsidiarity
- and decentralization 124
Subsidies 76
Suffrages 76
Sunday
- day of paschal joy 89
Superior
- and Salesian style of authority 65
- and exercise of shared obedience 66
- manifestation of God's will 67
- and requirements of vow of obedience 68
- and responsibility for discernment 69
- and colloquy 70
- at various levels 120
- supreme, the Sovereign Pontiff 125
- the R.M. 126
v, also Government
System, preventive
v. Preventive system
Temporal goods
v. Goods, temporal
Testament
v. Will
Testimony
v. Witness
Theatre 32
Tradition(s), Salesian
- obedience and authority in 65
- chastity in 81
- that rector be a priest 121
- and juridical circumscriptions 156
- spiritual riches of 192
- of "good night" 48
- and smoking 55
- to be studied in novitiate 91
Training, practical
v. Practical training
Transfer
- of provincial 163
- of rector 165
- of a member to another circumscription 160
Trinity, Holy
- and community life 49
Truth
- education of young to 32
Trust
- in family spirit 16 38 65
- of Salesian in Father 17 72
- of Salesian in Mary 84
- of Don Bosco in prayer 86
- of confrere in community 99
- atmosphere of - in novitiate 110
- mutual - between confrere and rector 49
Twinning
- competence with regard to 24
- in Don Bosco 21
- in Salesian spirit 12 95
Unity
- of spirit in Salesian family 5
- of Congregation and formation 97 100
- of Congregation in diversity of cultures 100
- and government of Society 65 120 122 124 130
- R.M. centre of 126
- general chapter, sign of 146
- of fraternal communion 11
- in local community 53 55 85 88 99 103 175
- bonds of 50 88
- with dead confreres 94
- and decentralization 124
v. also Unity, vital
Unity, vital
- in Don Bosco 21
- in every confrere 3 12 21 91 102
- in the young 37
- in initial formation 102 114 115
University, Salesian Pontifical (UPS)
- relationship with R.M. 105
Updating
- theological, pastoral, educational of confreres 118 119 10 100 142 173
184,3
- of missionaries 138 19
- of works 40 41 13
- in field of social communication 142
v. Holidays
Values
- opening to - of different cultures 7
- opening to - of world 17
- of Gospel, basis of our life 60
- missionary assumes - of people not yet evangelized 30
- opening of young to authentic - 32
- witness to - of work 78
Vicar
- of R.M. (Vicar General)
- of provincial (vice-provincial):
- of rector (vice-rector):
Vice-province
- nature of and method of government 132,1o 158
Visits, Visitations
- ordinary and extraordinary of R.M. 104
- provincial 146
Vocation(s)
- Jesus at origin of our 96
- Salesian - and Church 5
- Salesian - and contemporary world 6
- one Salesian - lived in different ways 100
- common - and shared responsibility 122
- Salesian - and predilection for young 14
- and Word of God 87
- and community life 49
- development of personal - of Salesian 22 25 98 99 101 113 119
- and Salesian formation 96-98
- development of – of the young 37
- care of 6 28 58
- guidance of young to vocational choice 37 9 16
- care of adult – 28
- community, promoter of 16, 57
Vocational
- guidance 37 9 16 17
- community setting for – growth 99
- choice before novitiate 110
- development in parishes 26
Volunteers of Don Bosco (VDB)
v. Don Bosco Volunteers (DBV)
Vote
-deliberative (consent required)
- deliberative (collegial) of general council 132,3o
- consultative (opinion required):
Vows
- and following of Christ 60
- and fraternal communion 50
- and brotherly and apostolic love 61
- and witness 62 63
v. Obedience; Poverty; Chastity for individual vows
v. Reception
Will (Testament) 52
Will of God
- at origin of Salesian Society 1
- and obedience 64 66 67
- attention to 89
- discernment of 66 87 91 107 121 146
Witness
- of family spirit 16
- for justice and peace 33
- of Salesian community for vocational guidance 37
- to presence of God in our way of life 62
- to world to come 63
- of our poverty 73 77
- to the value of work 78
- prayer and 86
- to the charity of God 95
- to sustain and renew the vocation of brethren 101
Women, employment of 67
Word of God
- community listening to 36 66 85 87 88
- a call to continual conversion 90
- special moments for hearing 91
- during the novitiate 91
Work
- and temperance: elements of Salesian spirit 18
- organized 18 43
- as expression of poverty 78 64
- and prayer 95
- personal instruments of 58
- care of young people in world of 27 2
Working class
- a sector for whom we work 6 7 119 25
v. also Poor
Works of the Congregation
- permanent criterion of discernment 40
- inspirational criteria 41 77
- kinds of activity and work 42 11-35
- and provincial community 58
- modifications to scope of 132 165,5 181,2
World
- Salesian mission in 5 6 7 37 62 76 95 130 69
- opening to values of 17 39 45 57 196
v. Salesians, young
Youth; Young
- Don Bosco for 1 2 14 19 20 21
- sent by God to 3 15 24
- predilection for, an element of Salesian spirit 14 17 39
- service to, our life project 14 21 23 96
- our mission directed to poor - 2 6 8 15 23-26 61 118
- knowledge of 39 86 119 2
- love of - and chastity 81
- apostles of 20 35
- discovery of fruits of Spirit in 95
- in world of work 27 2
- care of - called to service in the Church 28
- in educative community 47
- in difficulty 42
- educative and pastoral service to 31 32 39 98 142,3
- initiation of, to ecclesial life 35
- initiation of, to liturgical life 36
- presence among 14 20 39 119
- the vows and our service to 61
- and perseverance of Salesian 195
v. also Development
Youth Centre
v. Centre
Youth groups
- promotion of 35 42 8
- in oratories and youth centres 11 12
- in hostels and boarding establishments 15
- for vocational guidance 16
Youth movements
v. Movements; Youth groups
Youth pastoral work
v. Pastoral; Youth
- inspired by St Francis de Sales 4
- for people not yet evangelized 30
- of Don Bosco and Salesian to obtain help for needy 79