(ANS – Legnano) – Drawings, collages and videos: the children at schools in Legnano who participated in the competition on Fr Carlo Crespi, SDB, organised by the Associazione Padre Carlo Crespi of Legnano – birthplace of the Venerable – included in a busy program of celebrations for the 100th anniversary of Legnano City.
(ANS – Rome) – The economic and financial management of any organisation, including those of the so-called Third Sector, is something fundamental for the realisation of the institution's projects and mission. With this awareness in mind, some thirty Salesians and lay people are gathering from 6 to 10 May 2024, at the facilities of the Pontifical Salesian University (UPS) in Rome, for the annual appointment of the recently appointed formation course for Provincial Economers.
(ANS– Rome) – Being faithful to one's origins, but having the ability and originality to communicate clearly with today's world: this was the challenge on which about 150 young religious in formation – Salesians of Don Bosco, Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, but also novices and students of other institutes – reflected together in the afternoon of Friday 3rd and in the morning of Saturday 4 May 2024, at the Pontifical Salesian University (UPS) in Rome, as part of the 14th year of the Salesian Social Communication Days.
(ANS – Modica) – With a solemn celebration inside the Mother Church of St Peter, the diocesan inquiry into Nino Baglieri, Volunteer with Don Bosco (CDB), has come to a close. Many faithful from the diocese of Noto and the various Salesian works in Sicily also took part in a moving and solemn celebration presided over by Bishop Salvatore Rumeo, Bishop of Noto, with several diocesan and Salesian priests.
(ANS – Rome) – Saturday, 4 May 2024, at 2:00 pm (UTC+2), all Salesian Cooperators in the world are invited to a celebratory online event that is part of the three-year preparation for the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the Association of Salesian Cooperators. It will be a moment to retrace the journey made so far and start the second year around 2026.
(ANS - Cagliari) - From April 25th to 27th, a thousand vibrant young individuals from the Salesian Youth Movement (SYM) flooded Cagliari with their infectious joy and enthusiasm, participating in the 7th MGS Forum of Central Italy, aptly titled: "Called to Hope!".
PHOTO GALLERY
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.
EDITORIAL
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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.
EVENTS
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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."