Rome, Italy - September 2020 - On 12 September, Fr Orestes Carlinhos Fistarol (third from the left of the photo) began his service as Rector of the Salesian work of Testaccio in Rome. Present were Fr Maria Arokiam Kanaga, Superior of the Vice Province "Maria Sede della Sapienza" of the Salesian Pontifical University (UPS); Fr Damásio Medeiros, Vicar of UPS; Fr Renzo Barduca, UPS Economer; and Fr Luis Gallo, UPS Secretary. A celebration of the Word was held in the parish church dedicated to Maria Liberatrice, followed by a festive lunch in the Salesian community.
(ANS - Rome) - “It's said that, after Covid-19, we have to start again. But are we really convinced that it is useful to restart doing exactly what we did before? In the work group I am part of, we prefer to use the verb 'regenerate', moving towards a transformation of the economy, the world of work and society, learning from what we have experienced. We believe this is the real challenge, after the trauma of the pandemic that has hit the whole planet.” Sister Alessandra Smerilli, religious of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, professor at the Pontifical Faculty of Education "Auxilium" and Councilor of State at the Vatican, talks about the challenge of the economy after the experience of Covid-19.
(ANS - Turin) - The "Casa Don Bosco Museum" built at the Salesian complex in Turin-Valdocco will be inaugurated on 2-3-4 October 2020. The project and design of the new museum followed a philological line that brought to light the original rooms of the second half of the 19th century. To all this was added the exhibition of Marian, liturgical, devotional and artistic collections, while considerable restoration work was applied to furnishings, fabrics, objects of artistic and devotional value.
Turin, Italy - September 2020 - From 3 August to 5 September, 14 Salesian pre-novices (9 Croatians, 4 Spaniards and 1 Portuguese) attended an Italian course so as to be well prepared at the beginning of their novitiate. During the course they lived with the Salesian community of Colle Don Bosco, visited Don Bosco's places and met Fr Juan Carlos Pérez Godoy, Councilor for the Mediterranean Region. The Salesian prenovices thanked God for the opportunity to get to know each other and visit Salesian places, praying that through the novitiate they could be "affective and effective Salesians" as the Rector Major said to them.
(ANS - Rome) - Last Saturday, 5 September, during a Eucharistic celebration presided over by Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians and Grand Chancellor of the Salesian Pontifical University (UPS), Fr Maria Arokiam Kanaga was appointed as the new Superior of the Vice Province "Maria Sede della Sapienza” of the UPS.
Genzano, Italy - September 2020 - On 8 September at the parish “SS. Trinità” in Genzano di Roma, 13 Salesians made their first religious profession in the hands of Fr Juan Carlos Pérez Godoy, Councilor for the Mediterranean Region.
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INTERVIEWS
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Chile – Former Salesian student in the fight against Alzheimer's disease(ANS - Santiago) - Dr Nibaldo Inestrosa, graduate of the Salesian Institute in Valdivia and national prize of Natural Sciences winner, is a pioneer and expert in the study of Alzheimer's disease in the country. In this interview, he offers an insight into the current challenges, but not before reflecting on his formative experience at the Salesian Institute in Valdivia and how this influenced his interest in biology and science.
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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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RMG - St. Francis de Sales Communicator: All for Love(ANS – Rome) - The figure of St. Francis de Sales, chosen by Don Bosco as an example of a communicator, teaches that communication is a matter of the heart. In his expression, "Everything in the Church is love: everything lives in love, for love, and of love," we understand his revolution in the way of communicating, and how communication becomes fruitful when it allows communion and the exchange of one's experiences in a path of accompaniment and collaboration in God's project.
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."