In 1883, Father Chaumont described the Rule of Life as a:
“… collection of rules or directives which indicate in detail to the different members what they have to do to advance the goal of the Society.”
Servant Leaders – Leadership in the Salesian Tradition
Despite its brief history, this little booklet, “Leadership in the Salesian Tradition,” has already existed in several versions. It first appeared in 1997 as a paper written for the major superior of the Congregation of the Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales […] A few years later the members of the International Commission on Salesian Studies (ICSS) printed an adapted version of it for a wider readership. Their desire was to provide anyone who exercises leadership within the Church with a brief portrait of the “servant leader’ that Jesus modeled so beautifully for us in the gospels and that St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal imitated so well in their ministries. […] To introduce this new printing, I have been invited to reflect on the topic of Salesian leadership 11 years later. I will do that by briefly discussing three areas of Christian leadership, all from a Salesian perspective: the Jesus-centered character of Christian leadership; the role of suffering love in Christians who lead; and the often-neglected subject of St. Jane de Chantal as leader. – Very Rev. Lewis S. Fiorelli, OSFS
To read Fr. Fiorelli’s booklet on leadership, you may download it here at no cost or order a copy online:
Leadership in the Salesian Tradition
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