(ANS - Castelnuovo Don Bosco) - The last day of the International Meeting for those responsible for the Salesian Bulletin was dedicated to visiting the places of Don Bosco, namely Chieri and Becchi, at Colle Don Bosco. 

Turin, Italy - April 2023 - On the afternoon of 24 April, the Coordinator of the Salesian Bulletin of America, Vicente Fritz, spoke at the International Meeting for those responsible for the Salesian Bulletin. During his presentation, he gave an overview of the reality of Salesian America made up of the Inter-America and South Cone Regions, which include a total of 23 Provinces and one Vice-province. There are a total of 23 countries with a population of about one billion. In America, 13 editions of the Salesian Bulletin are published; 9 in the Inter-America Region and 4 in the South Cone Region. The 13 editions in America, in turn, publish several issues per year, between 4 to 12, depending on the possibilities, culture and customs of each place.

Fr Gildasio Mendes – SDB

Don Bosco was a writer, Don Bosco was a journalist, Don Bosco was a great Church communicator.

He wrote a variety of texts such as hagiographies, historical texts on the Church, but also writings on education, religion and formation in general. There are 1,174 of his documents in all. Not only that. Our founder was also a journalist. In 1877 he founded the Salesian Bulletin and collaborated with it until his death.

(ANS – Turin) – Yesterday, 24 April witnessed the most awaited topic of discussion: “Communicating today with Salesian Identity, Credibility, and Visibility in a Changing Society”  by  Br. Jean Paul Muller, the Economer General at the International Meeting for those responsible for Salesian Bulletin. His sharing touched all the current topics and offered numerous insights as to how Salesian Bulletin needs to communicate today and the challenges that have to be addressed.

(ANS - Turin) - Yesterday, 24 April, another interesting moment during the International Meeting of those responsible for Salesian Bulletin was the roundtable discussion of experts from the field of journalism. The event was moderated by Fr Maciej Makula, the main organizer of the meeting, and the following experts took part: Flavia Trupia, communicator, lecturer and populariser, founder of the communication school "Per La Retorica"; Luca Priuli, CEO of the Salesian publishing House Elledici, together with Fr Gildasio Mendes, General Councillor for Communication.

(ANS – Turin) - Today, 24th April 2023, the third day of meeting for all those responsible for Salesian Bulletin began with the session led by Flavia Trupia, the noted communication professional who is passionate about rhetoric. She began her rhetorical presentation on the significance of brand building for the Salesian Bulletin, with its own brand identity and brand equity.