(ANS - Castelnuovo Don Bosco) - When he describes his missionary vocation, the Salesian Pappi Reddy Gade speaks of a call, a summons, not a choice: "In the choice there is always an action to be taken between good and evil. The missionary call, on the other hand, is something precious: God calls us to complete His work." It is with this spirit of total dedication to a superior project that today this Salesian, born and raised in India, has placed himself at the service of the poor youth of South Sudan.
Turin, Italy - November 2018 – On November 17, about 200 people enrolled in the "Anima MGS" course – SYM Soul. They immersed themselves in various workshops to refine their animation tools: from theater to animation via contact, from direct streaming to lighting and video techniques, and more. The series of multiple laboratories offered many choices to the many young people present towards fostering their talents and skills.
(ANS - Rome) – Explain in a few minutes the reality of the Salesian Congregation today and its journey towards the General Chapter; and then invite all young people to participate in a broad and extensive survey to help identify the profile of the Salesian young people need. This is the goal of a new video produced by the Dicastery of Social Communication and the Southern Italy Province (IME), recently published online.
Castelnuovo Don Bosco, Italy - November 2018 - On 10 and 11 November at the Colle Don Bosco there was the first meeting between the boys and girls of the middle school: the "Savio Club". 430 participants were accompanied by about 80 people including Salesians, animators, FMA, volunteers, logistics technicians and parents, who developed various themes through workshops, activities, prayer, games, friendship and discussion.
(ANS - Casale Monferrato) - A more welcoming structure, furnished with taste, rigor and sobriety, will now host Non-Accompanied Foreign Minors (MSNA) and male Italian minors in a path of semi-autonomy. Conceived and implemented two years ago, in collaboration with the residential community "Harambée", now the new "Group Apartment" (Gapp) is located within the Salesian structure with a greater capacity for receptiveness, that is, up to six people. In this way it wants to emblemize, in a concrete fashion, the welcoming spirit of the entire oratory and parish community.
(ANS - Turin) - From November 9 to 12, a meeting was held in Turin-Valdocco of the Directors and Principals or Headmasters of the Post-Novitiates of Europe. Fr Ivo Coelho, General Councilor for Formation, flanked by his collaborators in the Dicastery, Fr Francisco Santos and Fr Silvio Roggia, led the reflection on seven issues related to the specific reality of the post-novitiates:
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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).
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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."