(ANS - Verona) - To commemorate the end of the centenary year celebrations of the apparitions of Fatima - closing today, October 13 - the Salesians of Verona offered a "high-profile cultural and religious evening" to the city's diocese and citizens on Monday, October 9: a conversation on Pope Francis's encyclical, Laudato Si'.
Civitanova Marche, Italy - October 2017 - Ordained priest on October 7 in the new "Mary Help of Christians" church by Msgr. Luigi Conti, bishop emeritus of the diocese of Fermo, on October 8, Fr Aldo Angelucci, SDB, celebrated his first Mass in Macerata's Don Bosco Theater, as the church is momentarily closed due to the earthquake. With all the groups of the Salesian center present, the event also marked the official opening of the new pastoral year of the Salesians of Macerata.
(ANS - Milan) – On Friday, 13 October, the conference "Professional Training and Dual Paths: Value, Evolution and Growth of a System" will be held in Milan. Organized by the “Salesians for Work - CNOSFAP i.e., the National Salesian Vocational and Professional Training body)” and the Lombardy Region, the event represents a moment of reflection on the need to strengthen and establish the links between vocational training and the inclusion of students in the job market.
Arcinazzo Romano, Italy - September 2017 - Promoted by Nicola Barone, engineer and Telecom Italia national director, and prof Fr Francesco Motto, a well-known Salesian historian, the Salesian house of Arcinazzo Romano hosted a two-day study on the Pope Francis's encyclical "Laudato sì" on 22 and 23 September. The central and current theme of the encyclical, "Integral, human and theological ecology", presented by prof Fr Paolo Carlotti, Professor of Moral Theology of the Pontifical University of Rome, led to a discussion of broad social, theological and moral issues: the "common home" of peoples; another way of life; education; civil and political friendship; the common, universal, inclusive and inter-generational good. Also discussed: the issues of hope and solidarity, of Christian love and brotherhood, of sharing pain, as well as joys, all issues which still constitute the magisterial moral lessons of Don Bosco.
(ANS - Rome) - Tomorrow, Thursday, October 12, will be the inauguration of the new Academic Year, 2017-2018, of the Salesian Pontifical University (UPS). The program features two different events in two distinct locations.
(ANS - Rome) - On Tuesday, October 10, at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Rome, a solemn Eucharist of thanksgiving was celebrated for the beatification of Fr Titus Zeman, Salesian priest and Martyr, which took place in Bratislava, Slovakia, last 30 September.
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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."