{"id":15201,"date":"2026-03-10T07:49:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T07:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gc29-approves-a-renewed-vision-of-the-salesian-missions\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T07:49:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T07:49:20","slug":"gc29-approves-a-renewed-vision-of-the-salesian-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gc29-approves-a-renewed-vision-of-the-salesian-missions\/","title":{"rendered":"GC29 Approves a Renewed Vision of the Salesian Missions"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header pos-rel\">\n<div class=\"read-details\">\n<div class=\"entry-header-details af-cat-widget-carousel\">\n<div class=\"figure-categories read-categories figure-categories-bg categories-inside-image\">\n<ul class=\"cat-links\">\n<li class=\"meta-category\">\n                             <a class=\"morenews-categories category-color-1\" href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/ingoldsite\/index.php\/category\/gc29\/\" aria-label=\"GC29\"><br \/>\n                                 GC29<br \/>\n                             <\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">GC29 Approves a Renewed Vision of the Salesian Missions<\/h1>\n<div class=\"aft-post-excerpt-and-meta color-pad\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta author-links\">\n<p>                            <span class=\"item-metadata posts-author byline\"><br \/>\n                                            <i class=\"far fa-user-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n                          <a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/ingoldsite\/index.php\/author\/admin_gp\/\"><br \/>\n              Admin-ING      <\/a><br \/>\n                    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>                            <span class=\"item-metadata posts-date\"><br \/>\n                    <i class=\"far fa-clock\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n                    April 16, 2025                <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"aft-comment-view-share\">\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<p>        <!-- end slider-section --><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-img pos-rel\">\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail full-width-image\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1-19.jpg\" class=\"attachment-morenews-featured size-morenews-featured wp-post-image\" alt=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\">        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"color-pad\">\n<div class=\"entry-content read-details\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In recent years, the Salesian Congregation has gradually embraced a broader and more contemporary understanding of the concept of \u201c<em>mission<\/em>.\u201d This theological and pastoral evolution has led to a re-reading of the traditional notion of mission in light of new socio-cultural, ecclesial, and digital challenges.<\/h3>\n<p>Today, speaking of \u201c<em>missions<\/em>\u201d no longer means only thinking of geographically distant lands or so-called \u201c<em>mission territories<\/em>.\u201d Rather, it recognizes that the call to evangelize crosses cultural, social, and even digital boundaries of today\u2019s world. The mission takes place wherever there is a need to proclaim the Gospel\u2014including in countries with a long Christian tradition, which now call for a new evangelization, as highlighted in\u00a0<em>Evangelii Gaudium<\/em>\u00a0(no. 14).<\/p>\n<p>This shift in perspective has been taking root in the life of the Congregation for decades: Salesian missionaries now come from all continents and are sent all over the world, bearing witness to an intercultural and universal vision of the missionary charism.<\/p>\n<p>Even the Special General Chapter (GC20) acknowledged this development:<br \/><em>\u201cRe-proclaiming the Gospel and reestablishing the Church in de-Christianized areas is also missionary action\u201d<\/em>\u00a0(<em>GC20, no. 465<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>During GC29, this renewed vision was formally adopted as a shared heritage of the Congregation. Through a process of deep discernment and dialogue, the Chapter approved a revision of\u00a0<em>Article 30 of the Salesian Constitutions,<\/em>\u00a0which will now be submitted to the Holy See for approval.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed new version of the article reads:<br \/><em>\u201cPeople not yet evangelized have always been the focus of Don Bosco\u2019s apostolic zeal and concern. They continue to inspire and sustain our missionary fervor: we see missionary work as an essential characteristic of our Congregation. Through missionary action, we carry out a patient work of evangelization, the establishment of the Church within a human group, and the revitalization of faith even in countries with an ancient Christian tradition\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>It is especially meaningful that, in this 150th anniversary year of the first missionary expedition, we have approved the updating of the concept of mission in our Constitutions,<\/em>\u201d emphasized the Rector Major, Fr. Fabio Attard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ANS \u2013 Rome<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-item-metadata entry-meta author-links\">\n                                    <\/div>\n<nav class=\"navigation post-navigation\" aria-label=\"Continue Reading\">\n<h2 class=\"screen-reader-text\">Continue Reading<\/h2>\n<div class=\"nav-links\">\n<div class=\"nav-previous\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/ingoldsite\/index.php\/2025\/04\/16\/snehalaya-inmates-shine-in-hslc-exams\/\" rel=\"prev\"><span class=\"em-post-navigation\">Previous:<\/span> Snehalaya boys Shine in HSLC Exams<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"nav-next\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/ingoldsite\/index.php\/2025\/04\/16\/remembering-fr-valentin-de-pablo-masa-sdb-a-missionary-for-us-african-salesians-a-father-to-all\/\" rel=\"next\"><span class=\"em-post-navigation\">Next:<\/span> Remembering Fr. Valent\u00edn de Pablo Masa, SDB: \u201cA Missionary for Us African Salesians, A Father to All.\u201d<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GC29 GC29 Approves a Renewed Vision of the Salesian Missions Admin-ING April 16, 2025 In recent years, the Salesian Congregation has gradually embraced a broader and more contemporary understanding of the concept of \u201cmission.\u201d This theological and pastoral evolution has led to a re-reading of the traditional notion of mission in light of new socio-cultural,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gc29"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}