NEWS
(ANS – Jerusalem) – The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem convened a landmark public symposium on November 29, 2025, titled “From the Visible to the Invisible: Reflections from Jerusalem on Sacred Images.” The gathering, hosted at the Notre Dame of Jerusalem Centre, took place under the patronage of three prominent Church leaders: H.B. Theophilus III, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem; H.B. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem; and His Grace Bishop Koryun Baghdasaryan, delegate of the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem. Their joint presence offered a powerful sign of unity in a city where both faith and history meet on sacred ground.
(ANS) – The Asia–Oceania Region of the World Confederation of Past Pupils of Don Bosco held an online meeting on 30 November 2025, bringing together members from nine countries: Hong Kong, Japan, Timor Leste, Vietnam, Philippines, India, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, and Mongolia. The meeting began at 10:15 (Rome time) with a prayer led by Rev. Fr. Joseph Manipadam.
(ANS – Lisbon) – In an age of rampant consumerism, the Salesians of the “St. Anthony” Province of Portugal have launched a national campaign titled “This Christmas, Celebrate Jesus” (Neste Natal, celebre Jesus), inviting young people, families, educators, and communities to share a photograph of the nativity scene in their homes. This initiative, which began in early December and scheduled to run until 11:59 p.m. on 25 December, aims to remind people—in a simple and participative way, that Jesus is at the centre of the Christmas celebration.
PHOTO GALLERY
INTERVIEWS
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Chile – Kindness: the key to an isolated world(ANS - Santiago) - Fr Michal Vojtáš, SDB, Director of the Don Bosco Study Centre at the Pontifical Salesian University (UPS) in Rome, reflects on the keys to educating a generation marked by loneliness and the digital age through presence, bonding and community.
EDITORIAL
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RMG – Don Bosco: “The Fascinating Saint”(ANS - Rome) - Don Bosco is perhaps the most amazing and fascinating saint, history has ever produced. The humble work which he began for the welfare of his poor and abandoned boys in Italy has produced astonishing results, and today there are nearly 14000 Salesians working in 138 countries, and there are more than 200,000 members belonging to the 32 groups of the worldwide Salesian Family sharing the charism of Don Bosco and reaching out to the needy young people.
EVENTS
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South Korea – Catechist Formation, From Theory to Practice: Symposium Held on “The Wise Use of the Guidelines for Catechist Formation”(ANS – Seoul) – A symposium titled “The Wise Use of the Guidelines for Catechist Formation” was successfully held on Saturday, 8 November, at the Salesian Provincial House in Shingil-dong, Seoul, to diagnose the current state and seek the future of catechetical education in the Korean Catholic Church.
SPECIAL REPORTS
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Italy – 150 years since the first mission: the legacy continues(ANS - Turin) - An anniversary bearing the number 150 cannot go unnoticed. Even less so if it corresponds to an anniversary from which substantial changes in a large community and the world around it have come about. For this reason, the 150th anniversary of the first ‘missionary expedition’, which Don Bosco longed for following the ‘dream’ of a mysterious Patagonia, is an event in itself, due to the amount of reflections and appointments it brings.
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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From the Pharisee's Table to the Heart of Ministry. Humility and Charity in the Education and Evangelization of Young PeopleTHE MESSAGE OF THE RECTOR MAJOR, Fr Fabio Attard, SDB
In chapter 14 of St. Luke’s Gospel, we find the account in which Jesus accepts an invitation to dine at the home of an important Pharisee. Jesus enters a space thick with social calculations and feigned religious attitudes wherein the dinner becomes a theater of human ambition, with guests competing for places that reflect their perceived status and importance.