Details of what arrival and departure dates are about all we have at this point. The relics will be delivered to us on Saturday, 11 September 2010; we must make sure that they are delivered to the New Rochelle province on Sunday, 19 September 2010. At this point there would be a lot to say, but I just put down in point-form what we discussed today at noon.
A view of the kitchen of the Bosco family home at the Becchi (Castelnuovo Don Bosco) dressed up as it would have appeared during Don Bosco's boyhood (Photo by Teresio Chiesa, Elledici, Leumann-Torino)
1. Evangelization, Catholic faith: gospel, family, justice, especially for God’s “little people.”
2. Acquaint all Christians with Don Bosco
3. Celebrate the last 150 yrs.; look towards the next 150 yrs.
4. Vocations
- extend an invitation to all SF Arch pastors
- invite religious congregations
- invite other Christians, and non-Christians
- invite local civic officials
- promote education
- story-telling- the Salesian story
- build a festival around it
- SSPP ground zero
- vocations
- selling Catholicism
- sports, arts, academia, history to be celebrated
- Kevin Starr
- demonstrate the Salesian movement within the church, especially as it applies towards families and young people
- we need an extraordinary writing team
- educators
- Salesian speakers
- civilian (laity) committee as well as Salesian religious committee needs to be formed
- same structure for LA
- make it a civic event
- relic as a rallying point
- answer- “How did he become a saint,” What was his relationship w/the Lord nad how did it get manifested in his life?”
- evangelization and education
- university radio: life of DB; Arthur Lenti interview
- Catholic SF paper, Italian Hour Radio and secular press
- what is a relic and why do we venerate it?
- church bulletins- DB Story as a Man of Action
- adoration before arrival; tied to the Eucharist.
- Blessed Mother sodalities- rosaries prayed
- Joe Lockwood, SDB, will be LA point man
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