(ANS - Rome) - In 2019 the world celebrates 30 years since the origins of the web. Professor Fabio Pasqualetti, SDB, Dean of the Faculty of Social Communication of the Salesian Pontifical University, identifies changes and new challenges.
(ANS - Ortona) - The "Soggiorno Proposta" recovery community, a non-profit organization, in Ortona, Abruzzo region, of the Central Italy Circumscription (ICC), proposes an educational and therapeutic path and residential activities for young victims of addictions. In this way they can participate in an itinerary of rehabilitation to life and human recovery in an environment permeated by the charism of Don Bosco.
(ANS - Santeramo in Colle) - A Saturday afternoon, a game of football ... It seems like an ordinary day at the oratory of Santeramo in Colle, not far from Bari. But there is a team of boys never seen before, with a colored uniform they are proud of: they come from Cameroon and have something to share. After the match, organized by the local Polisportiva Giovanile Salesiana – PGS - the Salesian Youth Sports association, and the oratory's missionary group, with the collaboration of the parish of Sacro Cuore, the Cameroon youths donated a piece of their story and history to the whole community.
(ANS - Houston) - The students of the Salesian "Don Bosco" Institute of Verona celebrate! On Saturday 20th April, Easter Eve, they won the 20th edition of the FIRST* LEGO League World Championship in Houston, Texas, “which saw 108 teams from all over the world compete against each other, teams selected during the national phases among the over 40,000 candidate teams.”
(ANS - Ferrara) - A Salesian center is such, above all, because of the environment it knows how to offer, as a home that welcomes, a parish that evangelises, a school that starts one to life and a courtyard or playground where people can meet, live and grow in joy. But structures are also necessary. Almost seven years after that May 2012, when several earthquakes shook the Emilia region, Saturday 6 April saw the inauguration and reopening of the Salesian parish in Ferrara.
Rivoli, Italy - April 2019 - Enthusiasm, friendship and healthy competition. These are the central values of the "CFP Day" which, on Wednesday 10 April, took place in the Salesian house of Rivoli Cascine-Vica. 2,400 students of the 13 Salesian Centers for Vocational Training (CFP) of Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta met to animate a multitude of tournaments and pavilions for the promotion of health and physical and motor activities. Football, volleyball, basketball, soccer human ball, table football, a mechanical bull, a pedal go-kart track were the activities carried out by the participants. In addition, films were broadcast throughout the day in the theaters of the Don Bosco Rivoli theater. An event in pure Salesian style in which the spirit of Don Bosco, through the 400 formators of the various centers, has more than ever brought out a climate of full joy, in which to rediscover friendships and feel first-hand the good that one tries to convey to young people.
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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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Italy – On-Line Course on Integral Ecology 2025: An Initiative of the Alliance for the Care of Our Common Home (Pontifical Universities & Atheneums of Rome)(ANS – Rome) – 2025 marks the tenth anniversary of Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’ landmark encyclical letter on the Care for Our Common Home, in which he invited all people of good to “a new dialogue about how we are shaping the future of our planet” (Laudato Si’, 14). However, as Pope Francis recognizes in Laudate Deum, the apostolic exhortation published on 4th October 2023, “our responses have not been adequate” and “the world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point.” (Laudate Deum, 2).
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."