(ANS - Messina) - To deepen and fully understand the repercussions and implications that the new Directory for Catechesis, presented to the universal Church in June 2020, has for those involved in education and evangelization, the Center for Religious Pedagogy (CPR) "Giovanni Crovatta" of Messina, with the Theological Institute "San Tommaso" (ITST) - aggregated to the Faculty of Theology of the Salesian Pontifical University (UPS) - and in collaboration with the Sicilian Regional Presidency of the Italian Catholic Press Union (UCSI ), promotes for next Thursday, April 29 a webinar entitled: "The New Directory for Catechesis and the new evangelization". The General Councilor for Youth Ministry, Fr Miguel Angel García Morcuende, will also participate as a speaker.
(ANS - Rome) - With deep sadness in their hearts, but with the certainty of faith in the resurrection, the Salesians of Venezuela announce that on Friday 16 April, due to Covid-19, Fr Bruno Masiero (81 years old), former Provincial in the years between 1996 and 2002, and Luigi Verdecchia (78) passed away. Both Salesians, born in Italy, had been present in the country for over 55 years and had recently celebrated their 50th anniversary of priesthood. In the same period, and again because of Covid-19, the Province of Peru also announced the departure of Fr Yul Soto, 55, Delegate for Missionary Animation.
Gela, Italy - April 2021 - On 10 April, at the Salesian House "San Domenico Savio", the celebration of the priestly ordination of the Salesian Andrea Domenico Palma took place, presided over by Msgr. Rosario Gisana, Bishop of Piazza Armerina, in the presence of Fr Giovanni D’Andrea, Superior of the Salesian Province of Sicily (ISI).
Turin, Italy - 1941 - Today, April 19, 2021, is the 80th anniversary of the birth of the Agnelli work and the opening of the church of San Giovanni Bosco for worship. In fact, it was 19 April 1941 when, as evening fell, «Cardinal Maurilio Fossati reached the peripheral area of Mirafiori to bless the chapel of the Edoardo Agnelli oratory dedicated to Don Bosco and open it to worship," says the Salesian Bulletin of May 1941. The opening ceremony was attended by Senator Giovanni Agnelli with all his family and then Rector Major, Fr Pietro Ricaldone, accompanied by the superiors of the Chapter.
(ANS - Genoa) - Over 70 needy families in the Genoese district of Sampierdarena have received a shopping card that will allow them to shop for 35 euros a week for the next three months, for a total of 420 euros per family. This is a concrete measure to help the many people in difficulty following the pandemic, deployed in the Salesian "Don Bosco" parish in Genoa thanks to a loan from "UsAid", the American international development agency, to “Salesiani per il Sociale APS” and to the Salesian NGO “International Volunteer Service for Development” (VIS).
(ANS - Turin) - Without the action and the person of Francis de Sales, would there ever have been the Don Bosco of the Preventive System? And why did the Saint of Youth choose him as a source of spirituality for the congregation he gave life to? Even more radically: “Was Don Bosco a true SALESian?” These questions were answered by Fr Gianni Ghiglione, one of the greatest connoisseurs of St. Francis de Sales' thought.
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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.