Novara, Italy - October 2020 - On 7 October, the ceremony of the Perpetual Religious Profession of Salesian Antonio Carriero took place at the "San Lorenzo Institute" in Novara. The celebration was presided over by Fr Leonardo Mancini, Provincial of the Special Circumscription Piedmont-Valle d'Aosta and Lithuania (ICP), and concelebrated by Fr Giorgio Degiorgi, Director. Antonio Carriero is currently engaged in middle school and in the oratory.
(ANS - Venice) - The fashion sector, and especially "fast fashion", has imposed times and ways of living and enjoying fashion that are dangerous for people and the planet. According to a United Nations report, the fashion industry has a large share of responsibility in global pollution and increasingly threatens the values of sustainability, quality of materials and work ethic. However, more and more associations are fighting against the cheap labor imposed by this system. For this reason, in relation to the start of the new academic year, which will be animated by an ecological spirit in all fields, the Salesian University Institute of Venice (IUSVE) has inaugurated a special project: "the ethical closet".
(ANS - Chiari) - “You alone are my desire”. This expression, from 1946, when he was a young cleric, was the leitmotif on Sunday 11 October 2020 at the official opening, in the Cathedral of Chiari (Brescia), of the Cause of Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God Fr Silvio Galli, Salesian of Don Bosco, priest, born on 10 September 1927 in Palazzolo Milanese (Milan) and died at the Salesian house "San Bernardino" in Chiari on 12 June 2012.
Sondrio, Italy - October 2020 - On Sunday 11 October the new “Oratorio San Rocco” was inaugurated in Sondrio, after fifteen months of work to rebuild the structure. The project was made possible thanks to funding from the Cariplo Foundation and a fundraiser. Established more than 120 years ago, the oratory is managed by the Salesian community and is inserted in the educational-pastoral context of the parish of Sondrio. Mons. Oscar Cantoni, Bishop of Como, presided over the Eucharistic celebration in the courtyard of the Salesian Institute, at the end of which all the participants moved to Piazza San Rocco for the speeches of Fr Giuliano Giacomazzi, Superior of the Lombard-Emilian Province ( ILE), a representative of the Cariplo Foundation, and the archpriest, Fr Christian Bricola. After the ribbon-cutting, in the hall, Msgr. Cantoni said the blessing prayer and placed the crucifix on the walls, inviting participants to also look at the image of St. John Bosco, present in the structure.
(ANS - Turin) - The Casa Don Bosco Museum recently inaugurated in Turin does not limit itself to collecting artifacts and relics of great value from Salesian history: at the same time, it offers a journey dense with meaning. The Youth Ministry room is part of this itinerary that speaks everywhere of the Preventive System. It is presented to us by Fr Miguel Angel García, General Councilor for Youth Ministry.
(ANS - Catania) - On Monday 28 September the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, participated via the "Zoom" platform in the meeting of the Mediterranean Region and the Iberian Conference, physically held in Sicily, from 28 to 29 September. Other Salesian representatives from Spain, Portugal and the Middle East also participated in videoconference.
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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.”
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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WHAT A GIFT TIME IS!THE MESSAGE OF THE VICAR OF THE RECTOR MAJOR,
Fr Stefano Martoglio, SDBThe beginning of the new year is illuminated in our liturgy by the ancient formula with which the Israelite priests blessed the people: "May the Lord bless you, and keep you. May the Lord show His face to you, and have mercy on you. May the Lord turn His countenance to you, and give you peace."