(ANS - Rome) - “With Young People for a New Beginning. Changing times and the Grace of Hope” is the theme that will accompany the Salesian Pontifical University (UPS) of Rome in the new academic year 2021-2022. Inspired by Don Bosco’s experience with the young, and ever mindful to structure educational and spiritual activities for and with young people, the inauguration of the new year will take place tomorrow, Thursday 14 October 2021, and will be broadcast in live streaming.
Genzano di Roma, Italy - October 2021 - On 8 October, the novices of the Salesian Novitiate of Genzano - two Croatians, one Cape Verdean, two Italians and two Spaniards - one month after the beginning of their experience, received a visit from the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime. It was a nice meeting, to get to know each other, to celebrate Mass and to pray together. On this occasion the novices presented the Rector Major with their motto and the symbol that accompanies it: "On your Word I will cast my nets" (Lk 5:5).
(ANS - Turin) - The "Abbonamento Musei" (Museum Pass) association, which links some of the most prestigious and characteristic cultural centers of Piedmont, Lombardy and Valle d'Aosta, has launched a new initiative to accompany tourists and people interested in history, art and culture in their adventures of discovery: it is “L’Arte con chi ne fa parte - Art with those who are part of it”, a proposal that will allow you to visit the participating museums with a new vision altogether, because it will be the founders, the first collectors, the entrepreneurs, the nobles and the sovereigns who will guide you along the evocative visits and routes. The Don Bosco House Museum also takes part in the initiative, which has completed little more than a year after its inauguration, and having now completed its final layout, can thus become a key player thanks to the presentation of the figure of Don Bosco.
(ANS - Rome) - On Thursday 7 October 2021 the Grand Chancellor of the Salesian Pontifical University (UPS), the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, appointed prof. Fr Michal Vojtáš Vice Rector of UPS for the next three years. Promotion of scientific research and synergy between the various entities of the UPS will be among his priority commitments.
(ANS - Tivoli) - On Saturday 9 October 2021, in Tivoli, the vocal group "Charmonie" presented the world premiere of "La Santità della Dolcezza – the Sweetness of Sanctity", a musical show, written, set to music and performed by Rita Gentili, Sara Narzisi and Silvia Narzisi, with orchestrations by Giovanni Proietti Modi, based on the life of Blessed Rt.Rev. Giuseppe Cognata, Bishop of Bova, Salesian, founder of the Salesian Oblates of the Sacred Heart, whose Cause of Beatification was opened on 10 December 2020, after the consent given by Pope Francis.
(ANS - Rome) - With the elections of the last three sector Councilors - Missions, Social Communication, Administration - and of the seven Visiting Councilors, designated on Friday 8 and Saturday 9 October, the General Council elected by the 24th General Chapter of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) has been completed.
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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.
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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.
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India – INS youth solemnise Don Bosco’s Feast Day with ‘Ka Sur Kynud S-3’ Grand Finale(ANS – Shillong) – The Youth of St John Paul II, Shillong Province, celebrated the Feast Day of St. John Bosco with the Grand Finale of “Ka Sur Kynud, Season 3.” Organised by Don Bosco Media Network Television, the Social Communication Department of the Province, at Don Bosco Youth Centre, Laitumkhrah, Shillong, this two-month-long singing competition, which imitates the global singing competition The Voice, concluded on 31 January 2025, coinciding with the Solemnity of St John Bosco.
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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.”
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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.