(ANS - Turin) - Well over a century has gone by since Don Bosco opened the first oratory in Valdocco to host young people who are excluded and in precarious living conditions, but the desire of the Salesians to stay close to the least has never failed. Today the Saint's message translates, at the “San Paolo” house in Turin, into the “Casa che ospita”, a house that hosts and welcomes a dozen young immigrant minors, the so called unaccompanied minors.
(ANS - Rome) - On 30 June the Congregation for Catholic Education issued the Decree (prot. No. 467/2021) which appoints prof. Andrea Bozzolo Rector Magnificus of the Salesian Pontifical University (UPS). His mandate, as established by the Executive Decree (9 July 2021, prot. N. 41/2021) of the UPS Grand Chancellor, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, shall begin on 3 August 2021.
Cogne, Italy - July 2021 - From 1 to 3 July in Cogne (Aosta) the directors and lay catechists of the CNOS-FAP Vocational Training Centers of Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta met to carry out their annual spiritual exercises. The event was organized by the Provincial Youth Ministry and led by Fr Alberto Martelli.
(ANS - Sesto San Giovanni) - The students of the fourth and fifth grades of the Mechatronic course of the "Ernesto Breda" Technical & Technological Institute, of the "Don Bosco Social Works" of Sesto San Giovanni, have carried out a high profile project that participated and distinguished itself in the 2021 Automation Olympics, in the Senior category. All this was possible thanks to the collaboration developed by the Salesian institute with various companies (Hiwin, Dav, Siemens) and with the research group in "Intelligent Industrial Systems and Technologies for Advanced Manufacturing" of Italy's National Research Council (STIIMA CNR).
(ANS - Foggia) - In Foggia – a city which according to the latest ranking drawn up by the Italian financial newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore is the worst for the well-being of children - the Salesians are present with a work that includes a parish, the oratory and the “Sacro Cuore” association; it will soon also host a family home. Due to the forthcoming opening of this new structure designed in favor of the most disadvantaged minors, a conference entitled: "Child educational poverty: reflections and experiences" is scheduled for this Friday 16; on Saturday, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, accompanied by the Councilor for the Mediterranean Region, Fr Juan Carlos Pérez Godoy, will visit and bless the new family home called “Casa Gio”.
Rimini, Italy - June 2021 - At the Salesian community in Rimini the National Secretariat of the Salesian Youth Movement (SYM) met from 25 to 27 June. After a careful review of the year's activities, the "Work Book" and the new "SYM Idea" were taken into consideration, the guiding thread of the journey of the next pastoral year. Then the success of the tender announcement for the new SYM logo that the next consultation shall have to choose, and the social proposals followed by thousands of young people on Facebook and Instagram were highlighted. Also, the SYM Assembly was prepared and is to be held in October on next year's theme: "Beloved and called - make yourself humble, strong and robust!". To see how the passion to bring God's love to young people in so many oratories and schools has found new creative forms has, indeed, done much good; everyone looks forward to the paths of many young people slowed down by pandemic restrictions resuming.
The SYM National Secretariat
Source: www.donboscoitalia.it
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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.
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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.
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.