NEWS
(ANS – Chennai) – A five-day residential camp, with the theme “Learn Arts & Cultivate Dreams” was organized for the vulnerable children at Don Bosco, Ennore from 12 -16 May 2023 by the Youth Ministry Sector of the province of Chennai. Nearly 196 children hailing from the marginalized communities of tribes, slums, deprived villages and suburbs of Tamil Nadu took part in this camp. They represented all the rural and deserving children from our social ministry across the Chennai province.
(ANS – Munich) – During his visit to the German Province of the Salesians of Don Bosco and to Don Bosco Medien in Munich on 18-20 May 2023, the General Councilor for Social Communication (SC), Fr Gildasio Mendes SDB, emphasized the importance of a clear salesian identity, professionalism and networking. “We have to make sure that we have a strong institutional communication, that allows us to communicate as an educational institution in the world today”, he said in a conversation with the editorial team of Don Bosco Medien on 19 May, which is responsible for both the German Salesian Bulletin, the “Don Bosco Magazin”, and for public relations and marketing of the Province.
(ANS - Turin) - The Salesian Family World Advisory Council 2023 (SF) has already reached the halfway point of its journey (May 19-23). A journey that this year is more than ever real, as a physical movement in the geographic space between Salesian Sites and as a spiritual pilgrimage "to get in touch with the origins of Don Bosco's charism in a direct and living way," as Fr. Joan Lluís Playà, Central Delegate of the Rector Major for the Secretariat for the Salesian Family, clearly stated.
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INTERVIEWS
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RMG – “Do Elderly Salesians have a role in the Digital Culture?”The answer in the letter “Sharing wisdom and hope in digital culture” from the General Councillor for Social Communication
(ANS – Rome) – In view of the current digital reality, and due to the presence, especially in some regions of the Salesian world, of a large number of elderly Salesians, the General Councillor for Social Communication, Fr Gildasio Mendes, has decided to dedicate a special letter to them, entitled: "Sharing wisdom and hope in digital culture". Here is how he explains to ANS readers today the origins, significance and perspectives of this document.
EDITORIAL
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Myanmar – Tragedy of Innocent Children in the midst of Armed Conflicts(ANS – Naypyidaw) - Myanmar finds itself immersed in profound grief and anguish as innocent lives, particularly those of children, continue to be mercilessly lost in the enduring armed conflicts. Families are left devastated by the tragic loss of their loved ones while the relentless violence shows no signs of abating. This week, a heartfelt plea from Myanmar reached our community, shedding light on the heart-wrenching death of a young girl Juliet in a military airstrike, prompting a unified call for prayers and action.
EVENTS
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Italy – Artificial Intelligence and "The Oratory". Two events for reflection and debate at UPS(ANS – Rome) – The Faculty of Social Communication Sciences (FSC) of the Pontifical Salesian University (UPS), based in Rome, is promoting two events in May, the month in which the World Day of Social Communications is celebrated (this year, Sunday 12th) as well as the anniversary of the charismatic Letter from Rome by Don Bosco (10 May). They will explore the dimension of communication in its current and future panorama and the continuing relevance of the Salesian presence among young people at risk. These issues will be addressed through the presentation of a book on "Artificial Intelligence. In search of humanity", Thursday 16 May 2024, and the screening of the film "The Oratory", Friday 17th.
SPECIAL REPORTS
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RMG – 16 May 1887: Don Bosco's weeping, the Sacred Heart and unwavering faith in Divine Providence(ANS – Rome) – On 16 May 1887, Don Bosco celebrated his first and only Mass at the altar of Mary Help of Christians at the church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the Castro Praetorium, in Rome, the church whose construction cost him so much effort and suffering in the last years of his life. In that Mass, interrupted by tears 15 times, Don Bosco, now close to the end of his mortal life, had the grace to understand the entire journey made in the thousand apostolates and in the infinite initiatives for young people throughout his life, and his childhood Dream suddenly became clear to him, thus also giving fulfilment to the prophetic affirmation of that dream: "In due time you will understand everything".
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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I’M A SALESIAN AND I’M A BOROROTHE MESSAGE OF THE RECTOR MAJOR, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, SDB
Diary of a Happy and Blessed Missionary Day
Dear friends , I’m writing to you from Meruri in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. I write this greeting almost as if it were a journalistic report, because it has been only 24 hours since I arrived in the middle of this Brazilian state.