(ANS - Sonntagberg) – On Sunday 18 May the Salesian Family in Austria with a pilgrimage to the basilica of Sonntagberg, in Lower Austria, held a day of prayer for vocations.
The Mass attended by over 800 people was celebrated by Bishop Helmut Krätzl the auxiliary bishop of Vienna. In his homily he said that all Christians are called to consciously take up and continually rediscover their calling within the Church. He also pointed out that a vocation can only be followed with the help of the Holy Spirit. Recalling Don Bosco, the Bishop addressed the Salesians and Daughters of Mary Help of Christians present encouraging them: “Always find new joy in your vocation! Only in this way will you be able to show young people what will make them happy. Vocations only come to the Congregations when the young people discover there a sense of being brothers ands sisters.”
In the afternoon the young people from the Salesian Youth Movement organised a celebration with music, dancing, games and faith witnessing that involved the pilgrims. “We are all called by God to a life of Christian believers ,” the young people declared. “and with Don Bosco we are sent to the young to give them a living example of life in the faith.”
The Salesian Provincial, Fr Franz Wöß, speaking at the end of the day reminded the adults of the task entrusted to them: to help young people to develop their vocation in life. Fr Wöß then encouraged the young people to ask themselves questions about their lives: “What are you looking for? What voice do you hear in your heart?“; “Accept you vocation”; “Be ready to speak about your hopes to anyone who asks.”
Published 20/05/2008
