(ANS – Rome) – The 31st Salesian Family Spirituality Days have concluded as a success and to the satisfaction of the organisers and especially all those who took part. This legacy of reflection, study, discussion and shared involvement is all available on a website set up for the purpose.

For some years now the practice has developed and consolidated of gathering the materials being offered during this Salesian Family event and sharing them in real time.

At the same time as the Days began a section in sdb.org was opened – a website in its own right – which made all of these materials available as they were offered, especially the addresses, the prayer and liturgy booklet, photos, original audio track of the addresses, the summary video for each day and some other highlights such as the Rector Major's Good Nights.

This was all possible thanks to teamwork involving the organising group for the Spirituality Days, the Social Communications Department and Missioni Don Bosco.

This media support has two aims.
The first is to encourage an active involvement by participants. Through direct television technology the work in the hall is vastly more active; video summaries of the day come together easily and are projected each morning as work begins in the hall, and these help to focus people's attention on the theme; all this comes together finally in a complete video of the entire event.

The second aim is to broaden participation beyond the walls of the Salesianum and involve people at home in the same process of understanding and reflection which develops around the Strenna which the Rector Major hands over to the Salesian Family. Vital to this second aim is the patient work of translation that goes on for all the main addresses in various languages.

The Spirituality Days website – which will be updated with the latest material over the next day or two – will be left available for a number of weeks and then will 'migrate' to a CD which will be distributed, along with the final video to all the houses of the Salesians and Salesian Sisters.

Those promoting this effort hope that the resources made available will be made good use of at local level by individuals in the Salesian Family as well as by communities and local and regional consultative bodies. The materials can be used for reading, reflection and deeper study.

Published 22/01/2013