This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, programming has been adapted to the virtual online world, which is the new way to enter digital courtyards, targeting both young people - already present on online platforms - and older people, who are launching into these new scenarios, to share the Gospel and the Salesian charism. The objective of this proposal was to promote a Salesian vocational experience that would allow all the members of the Pastoral Educational Community to accept life as a vocation and to be bearers of the light of Jesus in the territory we live in.
The week began and ended with the Eucharist presided over by Fr John Jairo Gómez Rúa, Provincial of the Salesian Colombia-Bogotá Province (COB). The week's program included two interventions: “The discernment of Jesus”, animated by Fr Hernán Cardona, and “Vocational discernment in Don Bosco”, animated in turn by Fr Rubén Darío Jaramillo. Also, during the meetings, three competitions were developed for children, young people, teachers and collaborators and, again, a talk show for young people, a meeting with families and various celebratory moments such as the Rosary and Eucharistic Adoration. Finally, two radio programs were also conducted.
All these activities were very well received, also thanks to the participation of the various members of the Salesian Youth Movement and the Salesian Family. All participants were able to connect directly through the Google Meet platform, or followed the live broadcasts on Facebook and Instagram.
During this Vocational Week, there was no lack of prayers for the abundance of vocations both within the Province and in the Salesian Congregation in general.
