Province Pastoral Plan 2004-2007
Personnel

Preamble

Reflecting the spirit of General Chapter 25, the 2004 San Francisco Province Chapter theme is Renewing Community for Youth.

General Chapter 25 asks that provinces face challenges regarding organizational and structural conditions for living and working together. The San Francisco Province must ensure that our Salesian communities are made up of the right number of confreres who are qualified to bring about fraternal life, evangelical witness and significant presence among young people. (GC25 n. 71, p. 69.)

General Chapter 25 states that the qualitative and quantitative consistency of the Salesian community is a fundamental condition for making possible in each community the experience of fraternal life, of evangelical witness, of animating presence among the young, of on-going formation, and for achieving in a significant manner its animating role in the Educative Pastoral Community. (GC25 n. 75, p. 71.)

The Provincial and his council are asked to evaluate the effectiveness of the mission of individual works based on the proper number of qualified Salesians, their significant presence among the young, their ability to combine with other forces such as our Salesian Cooperators, Collaborators, the Salesian Family, and other organizations geared to helping youth, and thus give rise to ecclesial vocations with particular attention to the Salesian Family. (GC25 n. 84, p. 76.)

Themes

Goals

Strategies

Tactics

Resources: Personnel

1. To have Salesians make the best use of their gifts and talents to further the mission of evangelizing young people.

1. By encouraging Salesians to continue studying for pro-fessional degrees to be qualified in the areas in which they are or will be working.

1. Every two years the Provincial will distribute a Personal Consultation Form regarding ministerial interests and qualifications to be kept in the individual Salesian’s file.

2. The Provincial and the Formation Delegate will continue to encourage Salesians in initial formation to utilize career counseling programs to determine their particular gifts.

3. The Provincial and the Formation Delegate will encourage Salesians to pursue higher degrees, credentials and/or certification in areas of personal interest and the needs of the province.

2. By requiring each Salesian in active ministry to attend professional updating seminars, courses, and/or con-ventions associated with his area of ministry.

1. During the annual visitation the Provincial will require each confrere to show what professional training he has pursued during the past year.

3. By developing a plan for meeting province personnel needs.

1. The Provincial, his council and area delegates will prepare a province needs assessment for personnel based on the Province Pastoral Plan.

2. To have Salesian communities that are quantitatively and qualitatively consistent.

1. By ensuring that communities are quantitatively consistent.

1. The Provincial and his council will study communities numerically less than three and make recommendations regarding the future of these communities by June 2005.

2. Each community will have a Coordinator of Youth Ministry (CYM) to assist the Director in animating the work by 2007.

2. By redimensioning, changing or closing a house or work.

1. The Provincial and his council will propose a plan based on criteria of GC25 and on the process suggested by the 1998 Province Chapter (p. 9) by June 2005.