The Salesian Family identifies with the testimony of those who have shown the fruitfulness of the charism given to Don Bosco or inspired by him, and our family grows in that same charism. Displaying the faces of those who have achieved holiness through this charism is one way of sharing their spiritual adventure.
A folder with the images of our Saints, Blessed, Venerable and Servants of God has been sent to all Salesian communities. It contains original photos that tell the story of how these men and women said their yes fully to God and to humanity. Seeing their faces is different from some traditional iconography and helps to rediscover the universal vocation to holiness within the fabric of daily life.
Seeing them all, one next to the other, we realize to what extent our short history is already graced with a large number of saints and candidates for sainthood. Seeing their closeness to us makes us wonder. It prompts us to show gratitude and it stimulate emulation, as Pope Francis recalled recently on the occasion of the canonization of seven new saints. "The saints are men and women who enter deeply into the mystery of prayer, men and women who struggle with prayer allowing the Holy Spirit to pray in them and to struggle with them. They struggle to the end, with all their energy and power, and they win. But they do not win alone: the Lord wins in them and with them ... This is how they remain firm in the faith, with a generous and faithful heart."
