Abstract

The shortest definition of Salesian’s youth priesthood comprise three notions: oratorio, assist, and preventative system. In Poland Salesians act both in the schools and youth’s free time. Young people mention these pluses of Salesian’s work: the answer to loneliness, home ambiance, and togetherness. On the other side, they find wrong ways of priesthood in this day and age, the gap of the attractive priesthood offers, the deficiency of a dense partnership and responsible engage- ments in Salesian works, neglect the Bosco charisma, and offering spirit museum of John Bosco instead of priesthood avant-garde. For Salesians, many challenges will come out after noticing those advantages and disadvantages. First of all, concern about boys’ and young men’s daily lives as well as making some reflections about paradigm of a mature, responsible man we want to recommend. Youth encourage Salesians to read signs of the times in the attentive way, to respond to communities’ needs they work with and also to acts of unity.

TheshortestdefinitionofSalesian’syouthpriesthoodcomprisethreenotions:oratorio,assist,andpreventativesystem. In PolandSalesiansactboth in

 

 

theschoolsandyouth’sfreetime.YoungpeoplementiontheseplusesofSalesian’swork:theanswertoloneliness,homeambiance,andtogetherness.Ontheotherside,theyfindwrongwaysofpriesthoodinthisdayandage,thegapoftheattractivepriesthoodoffers,thedeficiencyofadensepartnershipandresponsibleengage-mentsinSalesianworks,neglecttheBoscocharisma,andofferingspiritmuseumofJohnBoscoinsteadofpriesthoodavant-garde.ForSalesians,manychallengeswillcomeoutafternoticingthoseadvantagesanddisadvantages.Firstofall, concernabout boys’ and young men’s daily lives as wellas making some reflections aboutparadigmofamature,responsiblemanwewanttorecommend.YouthencourageSalesianstoreadsignsofthetimesintheattentiveway,torespondtocommunities’needs they work with and also to acts of unity.