PROVINCIAL SPEAKS
10December2011


Provincial Speaks
 
My Province – Vision & Mission

The Province of Good Shepherd, New Delhi, has completed just 11 years. Our strength is 14 regular houses and 10 presences with 160 confreres. The geographical area under our care is very vast : 12 states and one Union Territory, where the youth in significant numbers are illiterate and poor, and the total Catholic population is a mere 0.4% that is 2 million.

We are aware that, with our present limited human and material resources, we may not be able to reach out to big numbers, but, as mother Teresa would say, we believe that, though we are but a drop in the ocean, still, if that drop is not there, the ocean is not full. We do wish to make a difference where we are present by being ‘Salt and Light’. We interpret the location of the Provincial House in the capital of the nation as a God-given exposure demanding great vocational responsibility. We feel indeed like the biblical ‘city on the mountain tip’ called to bear witness to Don Bosco and his spirit in an authentic way.

Our dream for the future are :
  • Improving the quality of our Salesian religious life by giving priority to the spiritual in all our apostolic interventions.
  • Living with greater authenticity our commitment to help the young and the people we serve to become honest citizens and people of faith, through effective education and evangelization.
  • Laying greater emphasis on our mission as Salesians in the two key areas of Evangelization and Development of people with a passion for Christ and a passion for humanity represented by the young.
  • Recognizing the need to foster vocations.
  • Seeking the collaboration of other Salesian Provinces that have a more abundant flow of vocations.
  • Networking and dialoguing with people of good will and like-minded agencies in achieving the above goals.


Provincial Speaks

The Province of Good Shepherd, New Delhi, has completed just 11 years. Our strength is 14 regular houses and 10 presences with 160 confreres. The geographical area under our care is very vast : 12 states and one Union Territory, where the youth in significant numbers are illiterate and poor, and the total Catholic population is a mere 0.4% that is 2 million.

We are aware that, with our present limited human and material resources, we may not be able to reach out to big numbers, but, as mother Teresa would say, we believe that, though we are but a drop in the ocean, still, if that drop is not there, the ocean is not full. We do wish to make a difference where we are present by being ‘Salt and Light’. We interpret the location of the Provincial House in the capital of the nation as a God-given exposure demanding great vocational responsibility. We feel indeed like the biblical ‘city on the mountain tip’ called to bear witness to Don Bosco and his spirit in an authentic way.