(ANS – Turin) – The December – January winter plenary session of the General Council ended on Friday, 26 January 2024. At the end of the work, the data relating to the work carried out during the session was shared.
(ANS – Turin) – The dream that young John Bosco had at the age of nine changed his life and, over time, changed the lives of thousands of young people in the different Salesian presences. For this reason, the Casa Don Bosco Museum has launched a photographic competition so that all those who want to participate share a piece of life, their own perspective from an artistic point of view on how Don Bosco's dream became a reality in Salesian presences.
(ANS – Venice) – The Salesian University Institute, Venice (IUSVE) "Cube live" magazine came into existence on the liturgical feast of Saint Francis de Sales, an extension of the "Cube radio" magazine, which since 2019 has offered an information and digital reporting service to the academic family. "Cube live" will also use applications governed by Artificial Intelligence to complete the contents fashioned by the editorial staff and will propose formation contributions in the field of education for the critical use of digital screens.
Turin, Italy – January 2024 – On the day of the liturgical memory of Blessed Laura Vicuña, 22 January, the Salesian Cooperators from Mary Help of Christians Province (Andalusia, Canary Islands and Extremadura), who took part in the Salesian Family Spirituality Days (SFSD), renewed their promise. The celebration, in the church of St Francis de Sales in Turin, was presided over by Fr Juan Carlos Pérez Godoy, Councillor for the Mediterranean Region. At the end of the Eucharist, the Salesian Cooperators received a visit from Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major, who addressed a message of thanks to them for having participated in the SFSDs and for their vocation.
(ANS – Turin) – There are only a few days left until 31 January, the day of the Solemnity of St John Bosco which, in 2024, will take place under the banner of the commemoration of the bicentenary of the Dream at Nine Years of Age. For the occasion, both the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Turin and Colle Don Bosco have prepared a rich program to pay homage to the Saint of the Young.
(ANS - Turin) - On the evening of Monday, 22 January, Fr Francesco Motto, the 76 years old Director Emeritus of the Salesian Historical Institute, and author of several researches and books, explained his perspective of the dream of Don Bosco at the age of nine, at the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians, Turin. He underlined it as an authentic call from God made in 1824 to a child, and recounted fifty years later, in a more refined and matured language. He considers it as “a summary script of an entire existence spent for the new generations in the name of Jesus and Mary”. Seen by this historian, Don Bosco's 'dream at the age of nine' has the contours of true facts and effuses an evocative power of a literary page.
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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."