Fr. Ivo Coelho SDB, 
General Councillor for Formation says -
The theme for this year’s Salesian Mission Day (SMD) is “Builders of DIALOGUE”.

When we look at the source of our Salesian Missionary Vocation, we realize that dialogue is rooted in the reality of the Triune God himself. God reaches out to us and invites us to respond in freedom. From this dialogue of call and response comes the meaning and the strength for the mission to which he sends us. Our missionary vocation is a relational reality that is dialogical.

We find the first manifestation of this dialogical and relational reality in the bosom of our family. There is where we learn to relate and dialogue, with our parents, our brothers and sisters, our relatives, whether older or younger. The circle of dialogue soon expands beyond our family to embrace the school, the Church, and our society.

All these experiences influence our mindsets and determine how we dialogue with others. We learn to overcome the blocks and build on the strengths, learning to dialogue with respect for self and the other, patiently and trustingly. We know that dialogue is God’s way with us and the way he wants us to be. We believe in Jesus’ mission: to bring together the scattered children of God...

Table of Contents

Introduction and Explanation of the Poster. 3
A word from the Councillor for Formation . 4
SMD: BEING BUILDERS OF DIALOGUE TODAY. 5
In dialogue with God, gift of self in service - Venerable Simon Srugi . 8
In dialogue with today's technology - The challenge of Artificial Intelligence. 12
A dialogue that liberates: Lectio Divina (Jn 4:5-42). 15
Dialogue and listening in the family . 18
Forming Salesians as Builders of Dialogue. 21
An Intercultural Dialogue Laboratory – The Valdocco Oratory. 24
Intergenerational Dialogue - FMA Missionaries Ad Gentes tell their stories .. 27
Cuisine as introduction to dialogue between cultures – Bosco Food . 30
Sowers of Dialogue – Salesian Missionary Volunteers  32
The dialogue of life and action as Initial Proclamation – Salesian Apostolate in Palabek. 35
The prophecy of provincial interculturality – New young Missionaries welcomed in Slovenia . 37
A presence that becomes dialogue – The Salesian Mission in Cambodia . 40
Focus: Goma – A loving dialogue that keeps hope alive . 43
Guayusa – The daily Achuar ritual of harmony and “buen vivir” . 44
Dialogue of Solidarity – God’s smile in conflict zone, a story from Ukraine . 46
Epc: Salesian way of being a synodal Church. 48
When dialogue becomes solidarity - A Playground for the oratory in Lushnjë.50
2024 SMD Prayer . 52

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