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---- (:comment Write term as a title in lower case except where upper case or capitals are normally required:) '+Term:+' (:comment Write term on this line, after this comment:) community '+Definition+': A unified body of individuals as in: (a) the Salesian community broadly speaking = the Salesian Society (b) the Salesian community as a local grouping = the religious community (c) a group linked by common policy as in the educative and pastoral community = EPC with Salesian religious community as the animating nucleus ---- '''POS''' (part of speech). ''Can be more than one'':

     '''POS 1''': N/phrase     
     '''POS 2''': ---

'''Term type''' ('EntryTerm' ''if no other applies)'':

     '''Type 1''': EntryTerm     
     '''Type 2''': ---

'''Term status''':

     '''for POS 1''': General     
     '''for POS 2''': ---

(General=''also found outside Salesian usage''; Salesian=''possibly not well understood beyond Salesian circles;'' Neologism, Archaic, Deprecated ''refer to the term's status in Salesian discourse'')

'''Recommended equivalent''' (it): comunità

(''In most cases the Italian term will be the official source term. In other cases below, if the term has its source in another language, this will be indicated by an [S] following the term.'')

'''Recommended equivalent''' (es): comunidad

'''Recommended equivalent''' (fr): communauté

'''Recommended equivalent''' (pt): comunidade

'''Suggested equivalent (other)''':

'''Other language''': Language code chosen from IANA registry]

'+Synonyms+':

'+Geographical/Regional usage+':

'+Description+': Community is notoriously difficult to define, as it can be any grouping of human beings in real time and space or virtually, but we clearly make reference here to the charismatic context of Salesian life and action. In the broadest sense of (1) above, C. 2 indicates that "We, the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), form a community of the baptised". By C. 3 it is describing fraternal community is one of the inseparable elements of our consecration. And then comes an entire section entitled "Sent to the young in communities following Christ". At this point community becomes a structure that allows us to do or make real communion for mission, and to do it in a way that is part of a whole. The link that unites communion with mission is charism. Salesian community, then, is the practical result of this dynamic ''communion and mission'' in the light of Don Bosco's charism. Given the growth of Don Bosco's charism (and its many vicissitudes as he tried to develop the notion of a community for mission which tried to incorporate a vast movement of peoples, internally, externally committed) we find there are many kinds of Salesian community in a broad sense: religious communities of consecrated men, women, laity, other communities of lay people (e.g. the Community of the Mission of Don Bosco), communities even of religious and lay persons. And because of these diverse kinds of communities with diverse levels of relationship between them we speak of the Salesian Family on the one hand, but also of local, provincial and world level community on the other. Then there is the Educative and Pastoral Community. Simply because of the extension of the term, and the more traditional understanding of community in religious structural terms, there can be some resistance to the idea of a Salesian community which is not 'religious' or rather, an experience of ''common life''.

'+Context (examples of use)+': The local community is made up of confreres who reside in a lawfully erected house, and in it live a common life in unity of spirit under the authority of the superior (Canon 608), sharing responsibility as they carry out their apostolic mission. (C. 175)

'+Other notes+':

(:toggle hide box1 button=1:) >>id=box1 border='1px solid #999' padding=5px bgcolor=#edf<< This section is intended for authorised users to add new information or alter existing information ------------------ (:zapform key=Pos:) '''POS''' (part of speech). A term may be more than one POS (1) (2)

(:zapend:) (:zapform key=Type:) '''Term type''' ('EntryTerm' ''if no other applies)'' (1) (2) [Initialisms like AGC are regarded as acronyms; a term like 'Bro.' is an abbreviation; an example of short form instead would be the main part of a very long book title (most of DB's book titles! 'Giovane Provveduto' is a short form). A loan term is not translated whereas a calque is. A blend is where two (or more) morphemes or 'word' parts have been combined to form a single term, as in the case of 'austraLasia'. Choose variant when there exists at least one other common form of the term. ] (:zapend:)

(:zapform key=Status:) '''Term status''' (General=''also found outside Salesian usage''; Salesian=''possibly not well understood beyond Salesian circles;'' Neologism, Archaic, Deprecated ''refer to the term's status in Salesian discourse'') (1) (2) [Archaic refers to terms that have fallen out of regular use. Deprecated indicates official disapproval or if not disapproval, official abandonment at least. A neologism is a term that has come into play relatively recently - say, since Vatican II, but the time frame can be flexible.] (:zapend:)

(:zapform key=Equivit:) '''Recommended equivalent''' (it). ''In most cases the Italian term will be the official source term''

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(:zapform key=Equives:) '''Recommended equivalent''' (es)

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(:zapform key=Equivfr:) '''Recommended equivalent''' (fr)

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(:zapform key=Equivpt:) '''Recommended equivalent''' (pt)

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(:zapform key=Equivot:) '''Suggested equivalent (other)''' (Where it is the source term indicated with [S] and appropriate language code [chosen from IANA registry])

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(:zapform key=Def:) '+Definition+' [The definition should not be imagined! It is assumed that it exists either in a reputable dictionary (or at least in similar words) or in some authoritative Salesian reference (e.g. the Constitutions, AGC or similar public document, Lenti's 7 volume series, and so on] (:zapend:)

(:zapform key=Syn:) '+Synonyms+' (:zapend:)

(:zapform key=Reg:) '+Geographical/Regional usage+' [Certain terms are common in restricted parts of the Congregation. We have one 'prior' but only in INB; in some parts of Asia the Salesian community is called a 'convent', but not elsewhere] (:zapend:)

(:zapform key=Des:) '+Description+' [Etymological information, mostly] (:zapend:)

(:zapform key=Con:) '+Context (examples of use)+' [English usage, obviously] (:zapend:)

(:zapform key=Note:) '+Other notes+' [Room here for more personal observations, private opinion if felt to be useful] (:zapend:) >><< CH IN(:pos1: N/phrase:) (:pos2: ---:) (:type1: EntryTerm:) (:type2: ---:) (:status1: General:) (:status2: ---:) (:equivit: comunità:) (:equives: comunidad:) (:equivfr: communauté:) (:equivpt: comunidade:) (:def: A unified body of individuals as in: (a) the Salesian community broadly speaking = the Salesian Society (b) the Salesian community as a local grouping = the religious community (c) a group linked by common policy as in the educative and pastoral community = EPC with Salesian religious community as the animating nucleus:) (:des: Community is notoriously difficult to define, as it can be any grouping of human beings in real time and space or virtually, but we clearly make reference here to the charismatic context of Salesian life and action. In the broadest sense of (1) above, C. 2 indicates that "We, the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), form a community of the baptised". By C. 3 it is describing fraternal community is one of the inseparable elements of our consecration. And then comes an entire section entitled "Sent to the young in communities following Christ". At this point community becomes a structure that allows us to do or make real communion for mission, and to do it in a way that is part of a whole. The link that unites communion with mission is charism. Salesian community, then, is the practical result of this dynamic ''communion and mission'' in the light of Don Bosco's charism. Given the growth of Don Bosco's charism (and its many vicissitudes as he tried to develop the notion of a community for mission which tried to incorporate a vast movement of peoples, internally, externally committed) we find there are many kinds of Salesian community in a broad sense: religious communities of consecrated men, women, laity, other communities of lay people (e.g. the Community of the Mission of Don Bosco), communities even of religious and lay persons. And because of these diverse kinds of communities with diverse levels of relationship between them we speak of the Salesian Family on the one hand, but also of local, provincial and world level community on the other. Then there is the Educative and Pastoral Community. Simply because of the extension of the term, and the more traditional understanding of community in religious structural terms, there can be some resistance to the idea of a Salesian community which is not 'religious' or rather, an experience of ''common life''. :) (:context: The local community is made up of confreres who reside in a lawfully erected house, and in it live a common life in unity of spirit under the authority of the superior (Canon 608), sharing responsibility as they carry out their apostolic mission. (C. 175):) (:nl:)