Italy - "Don Bosco and Digital Reality" - launch of the new book by Fr. Gildasio Mendes
Turin, Italy - April 2023 - On April 23, during the end of the second day of the International Meeting of Salesian Bulletin Managers, the new book by Fr. Gildasio Mendes, General Councilor for Social Communication of the Salesian Congregation, entitled "Don Bosco and Digital Reality," was launched. Present at the event were Fr. Ivo Coelho, General Councilor for Formation, Br. Jean Paul Muller, Economer General, and Fr. Joan Lluis Playà, Central Delegate of the Rector Major for the Secretariat for the Salesian Family, as well as many other guests. The book was made possible thanks to the collaboration of various people, in addition to Margherita Ferro and Fabrizio Emigli, who were involved in revising the text and creating the cover. Father Gildasio said that he had wanted to start writing these pages specifically with the intention of fulfilling the project of the communication sector towards the new methodology, that of digital. The book is meant to be grounds for the exposition of the possible new educational and communicative evangelizing methodologies, and for reflection on how they should be adapted to this new era. From the concepts exposed, it is clear how much Don Bosco, although he lived in a period far removed from the digital world, maintained an educational and spiritual practice that today we can define as rather perspicacious: the way he had of interacting, his synaesthetic intelligence, and his language are the features that we try to transport into the digital world. The festive evening ended joyfully with songs and music offered by renowned musician Fabrizio Emigli.