(ANS – Rome) – The poster that will accompany the Rector Major Fr Fabio Attard’s Strenna for 2026, has been chosen and is now available online. It is a graphic expression of the motto already announced last August: ‘DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU. Believers, free to serve’. Below is an explanation of the image that makes up the poster.
The poster for STRENNA 2026, with the theme “DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU, Believers, free to serve”, visually recounts the passage from the GOSPEL about the Wedding at Cana. Following the four-part structure proposed by the Rector Major, the illustration highlights: Mary (at left) looks and perceives the need; she turns that awareness toward Don Bosco (center), representing the Salesian mission’s faith-filled discernment and compassionate action, and together they look to Jesus (with the halo), who points the way; the foreground shows the servants — listening, choosing, and finally sharing the transformed wine from the jars — so that the community receives the abundance of God.
Colors and grouping emphasize communion, service, and attentiveness: Mary’s gaze awakens awareness (TO LOOK), the presence of Christ gives depth and direction (TO LISTEN), the servants’ free and trusting gestures reveal interior assent (TO CHOOSE), and their act of carrying the wine manifests joyful service (TO ACT).
Near the top of the composition, the small floating cube serves as a subtle provocation — a reminder of how we can sometimes allow ourselves to be confined by inner fears, rigid attitudes, or even by new ideologies and modern systems that promise progress yet quietly limit our openness to the Spirit and to genuine human freedom.
The whole image is a reminder that when love listens to Christ’s word, the heart finds freedom to choose, to serve, and to share God’s transforming joy.
The poster for the 2026 Strenna has been produced in two different formats (horizontal and vertical) and is currently available in five languages (Italian, English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese).
To download them, click here.
Source: ANS – “Agenzia iNfo Salesiana”