2. Blessed John Paul II
The figure of Don Bosco, the friend of
youth, continues to exert a fascinating
attraction for young people of the most
widely differing cultures under
heaven.
He is relevant to the present day.
3. Blessed John Paul II
He teaches us to
integrate the permanent
values of tradition with
„new solutions‟
so as to meet in
a creative
fashion the newly
emerging requests &
problems.
4. Blessed John Paul II
He continues to be our teacher in the
present difficult times. (Juvenum Patris)
5.
6. 1. POTENTIAL
What ? To create opportunities to
discover the inherent gifts and
talents afforded the youth.
The Preventive System enables the
continual discovery of talent and helps to
cultivate it.
7. Don Bosco
“Let the young have full liberty to do
the things that are pleasing to them. The
secret is to discover their potential and their
abilities. Then – seek to develop them. Each
one does with pleasure only what he
knows he can accomplish. I follow this
principle.”
8.
9. 2. RAPPORT
What ? It is the way you relate to the
students.
It is the foundation
for an expectation
that positive enhancing
results will follow from
an interaction.
10. 2. RAPPORT
Rapport is born out of a relationship.
It is vital for
any education
to take place.
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12. 3. AVAILABILITY
What ? It is to be readily and fully
present.
“Teenagers would get into less
trouble if adults spend more time with
them. I don’t believe guns, drugs or violence is the
problem, I believe that kids are being
neglected.”
Director of Youth Program
13. Fr. Flanagan
“There is no such thing as a bad boy.”
Availability comes in many forms:
- a written message
- a kind word
- a welcoming smile
- an affirming presence…etc.
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15. 4. IDENTITY
What ? A sense of self-worth.
First cry of youth: SELF-HATRED
“Feeling of worthlessness often make
people turn in to themselves. Then
the cry becomes a mixture of worthlessness,
self-hatred and loneliness”.
16. 4. IDENTITY
Youth have often linked their self-worth
to performance in their future ability to secure
wealth, power and prestige.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
rather than
What kind of a person do you want to be when you grow up?
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18. 5. SECURE NURTURING EXPERIENCES
What ? Constantly provide diverse
activities that will enhance God, self
and others.
Among cries of youth:
“We need things to do, places to visit, people to be
with. Give us healthy experiences so that we will
stay away from drugs, sex and violence.”
19. DON BOSCO
“An idle mind is the devil‟s workshop”
The youth need to be
afforded activities that move
beyond self-centered entertainment
and help them to
effectively serve others.
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21. 6. ENVIRONMENT
What ? The surroundings that are
perceived by the senses, the intellect
and the heart.
“ Every education teaches a philosophy,
if not by dogma, then by suggestion,
by implication, by the atmosphere . Every
part of that education has a connection with every other
part. If it all does not combine to
convey some general view of life – it is
not education at all.”
G.K. Chesterton
22. 6. ENVIRONMENT
Don Bosco exemplified the
meaning of the Preventive System
especially through the environment
he created:
Not a cold and rigid appearance
But a warm and inviting one.
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24. 7. CHEERFULNESS
What ? Joy
A basic element in the Salesian
way of education in the
growth process of the
young consists in the
great emphasis on
cultivating a sense of
happiness and joy in
whatever one is doing.
25. 7. CHEERFULNESS
“Here at the oratory, we make
holiness consists in always
being cheerful – happy.”
-St. Dominic Savio
“Run, jump make noise,
but do not sin” -Don Bosco
“Serve the Lord in gladness”.
-Psalm
26.
27. 8. LISTENING
What ? Empathizing through
attentive presence.
“The first and foremost
task of any healer or therapist was
to listen”.
Karl Menninger
-noted psychiatrist of Topeka, Texas
28. 8. LISTENING
God gave us two ears so that we listen
twice as much as we talk.
Everyone wants to be heard – it is a
sign of being loved.
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30. 9. APPROACHABILITY
What ? A welcoming stance.
“We catch more flies with a
teaspoon of honey than with
a barrel of vinegar”.
-St. Francis of Sales
31. 9. APPROACHABILITY
The welcoming attitude with the
proverbial smile is attractive and reveals
a cheerful disposition.
The shortest distance between two persons is a smile.
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33. 10. PRAYER
What ? Communication with God.
Just as food
nourishes and
preserves the
body; so prayer
nourishes and
strengthens the soul.”
-Don Bosco
34. 10. PRAYER
Prayer life so much emphasized by
Don Bosco focused on the (3) three
following devotions:
• Confession
Sacramental
• Holy Communion
• Mary Help of
Marian Devotion
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• To the Pope
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