(ANS - Turin) - "It is impossible to arrive at Jesus without passing through the love of Mary": this advice left by Don Bosco to his beloved sons guided the gathering of European novices held during the days of May 20 to 25, on the occasion of feast day of Mary Help of Christians (May 24). Members of the novitiates from Genzano (Italy), Kopiec (Poland) and Poprad (Slovakia) were guests of the "Sacred Heart" novitiate community at Colle Don Bosco. A total of 21 novices and 10 formators were thus able to experience a meeting to share their different vocational paths, colored with familiarity and typical Salesian cheerfulness.
(ANS - Rome) - "When at the beginning of this meeting they started introducing me to all the people, all the representations, all the groups, all the realities ... I thought, 'How much life, how many stories, how many commitments, how much great work, how many dreams, how many projects!' I am convinced that with what we do together we are carrying out a beautiful dream." With these words Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians, summed up in the best possible way the reality that has sprung up at Via Giacomo Costamagna, 6, in Rome, inside the Salesian Work "Pio XI," where last Saturday, May 28, the new headquarters of the Centro Nazionale Opere Salesiane (CNOS) was inaugurated.
(ANS - Messina) - The "Ethics and Peace after Ukraine" Symposium was held last Friday, May 20, at the Messina School of Bioethics and Sexology - "St. Thomas" Theological Institute. The event was well attended by students, faculty, alumni of the school and friends. The proceedings were moderated by the school's rector, Fr Giovanni Russo, a Salesian, who introduced the theme and recalled that the graduate school will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in the coming academic year.
(ANS - Turin) - All mothers are special, but some have had the merit of being able to write a page in human history. Among them is Margherita Occhiena, mother of St. John Bosco, known to all as Mamma Margaret.
(ANS - Rome) - The official inauguration of the new headquarters of the National Center of Salesian Works (CNOS, Centro Nazionale Opere Salesiane) will take place next Saturday, May 28, 2022, at 11:00 a.m., at Via Giacomo Costamagna, 6, in Rome, inside the Salesian Work "Pio XI." Inaugurating the new location will be the Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco himself, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime.
(ANS - Turin) - Ready to face the competition of an auction is the Fiat Panda 4x4 passenger car, registered in Don Bosco's centennial year (1988) and fully restored by the students of the Autovehicular Mechanics and Bodywork courses of the Vocational Training Center in Rebaudengo, Turin. On the day after the feast of Mary Help of Christians, they presented it flaming red to the people involved in the project - artisans, entrepreneurs, representatives of local institutions - as well as to the Superior of the Piedmont and Aosta Valley Province (ICP), Fr Leonardo Mancini, and the President of the Salesian Mission Office "Missioni Don Bosco" in Turin, Fr Daniel Antúnez.
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INTERVIEWS
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RMG - Preparation, objectives, challenges and perspectives of GC29: in dialogue with the Moderator, Fr Alphonse Owoudou(ANS - RMG) - Just a few days before the beginning of the 29th General Chapter (GC29) of the Salesian Congregation, Fr Alphonse Owoudou, Councillor for the Africa-Madagascar Region and Moderator of GC29, recounts in detail, through an articulate interview, the work preceding and underlying this responsibility, indicating the spirit that will animate it and the attitudes and conditions to make it truly a Cenacle in which the Holy Spirit can act, for the benefit of the Congregation, the Salesian mission and the youth of the world.
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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Spain – 33rd Edition of the Edebé Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature: Here Are the Winners(ANS – Madrid) – The 33rd edition of the Edebé Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature has been awarded to Beatriz Giménez de Ory (Madrid, 1972) for her novel Tres niños tristes y medio unicornio (Three Sad Children and Half a Unicorn) and David Lozano (Zaragoza, 1974) for his novel La cacería (The Hunt).
SPECIAL REPORTS
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United States – CATHOLIC WORLD DAY OF THE SICK: Salesian Missions highlights medical programs for people in need around the globe(ANS – New Rochelle) – Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins Catholic organizations around the globe in honoring the Catholic World Day of the Sick. Every year on Feb. 11, the Pope marks the day with a special message calling for spiritual and physical closeness to all those who are ill. Saint John Paul II instituted the day “to encourage the people of God, Catholic health institutions and civil society to be increasingly attentive to the sick and to those who care for them.”
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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GOOD, FAITHFUL, AND COURAGEOUS SERVANTSTHE MESSAGE OF THE VICAR OF THE RECTOR MAJOR, Fr Stefano Martoglio, SDB
During this Jubilee year, in this difficult world, we are invited to rise up, set out again, and, in newness of life, make our journey as human beings and believers.