Italy - September 2022 - The professions of young Salesians from the Lombardo Emiliana Province (ILE) were celebrated in September. On Sunday, September 4, at the end of the retreat for Salesians in formation, the Provincial, Fr. Giuliano Giacomazzi, welcomed the renewal of religious profession of three trainees. On Sept. 8, at Don Bosco Hill, about 10 novices, including two from the ILE Province, made their first professions. On Sunday, September 11, the culmination of the youth ministry event "Two Days of Youth," six Salesians and three Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) made perpetual profession. Welcoming the Salesians' professions on behalf of the Rector Major was the Councilor for the Mediterranean Region, Fr. Juan Carlos Pérez Godoy. The happy occasion was also an opportunity to celebrate the significant anniversaries of religious profession and priestly ordination of the Salesians.
Fr. Marco Begato, SDB
Colle Don Bosco, Italy - September 2022 - On September 10, in the Basilica of Colle Don Bosco, six young Salesians made their perpetual profession in the hands of Fr. Stefano Martoglio, Vicar of the Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Present were Fr Ivo Coelho, General Councilor for Formation, and Fr Leonardo Mancini, Superior of the Piedmont and Aosta Valley Special Circumscription (ICP).
(ANS - Rome) - As of September 1, Salesiani per il Sociale APS - the civil body of the Salesians of Italy that accompanies the pastoral dimension of educational hardship and poverty - has a new Director General, in the person of Renato Cursi.
Castelnuovo Don Bosco, Italy – September 2022 - The preparation for the members of the 153 missionary expedition has entered its third phase: the charismatic nucleus. This nucleus deals with the distinction and complimentarity of the Salesian missionary spirit which is an essential trait of Don Bosco's charism and the Salesian missionary vocation, which is a special call, within the common Salesian vocation. Through group sharing and personal reflection the departing missionaries will also be helped to appreciate and live the renewed profile of a Salesian missionary: The missionary is not only the one who gives, but above all the one who receives; not only does he teach, but above all he learns from the people he serves, who are not only passive recipients of his efforts. As a mediator, the missionary keeps nothing for himself but takes care to keep alive his ardour for holiness through the ‘grace of unity’. He devotes himself generously to the people entrusted to him until his last breath:burial in his mission land seals this love.
(ANS - Rome) - The path of energy efficiency on the campus of the Salesian Pontifical University (UPS) continues: started in November 2021, in collaboration with "Global Power Service," the company contracted to execute the project, UPS has recently obtained the ISO 50001 Certification, which attests to the efficiency of the energy management systems put in place by UPS.
Genzano, Italy - September 2022 - The first profession of seven new members of the Salesian Congregation was celebrated on 8 September in the parish of Most Holy Trinity in Genzano at Rome. The celebration was presided over by Fr Ivo Coelho, General Councillor for Formation, with the participation of Fr Juan Carlos Pérez Godoy, Councillor for the Mediterranean Region, Provincials and Salesians of the Provinces to which the newly professed belong, together with a group of Salesians, relatives and friends who had arrived from various parts of the world.
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INTERVIEWS
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RMG - Preparation, objectives, challenges and perspectives of GC29: in dialogue with the Moderator, Fr Alphonse Owoudou(ANS - RMG) - Just a few days before the beginning of the 29th General Chapter (GC29) of the Salesian Congregation, Fr Alphonse Owoudou, Councillor for the Africa-Madagascar Region and Moderator of GC29, recounts in detail, through an articulate interview, the work preceding and underlying this responsibility, indicating the spirit that will animate it and the attitudes and conditions to make it truly a Cenacle in which the Holy Spirit can act, for the benefit of the Congregation, the Salesian mission and the youth of the world.
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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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Spain – 33rd Edition of the Edebé Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature: Here Are the Winners(ANS – Madrid) – The 33rd edition of the Edebé Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature has been awarded to Beatriz Giménez de Ory (Madrid, 1972) for her novel Tres niños tristes y medio unicornio (Three Sad Children and Half a Unicorn) and David Lozano (Zaragoza, 1974) for his novel La cacería (The Hunt).
SPECIAL REPORTS
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United States – CATHOLIC WORLD DAY OF THE SICK: Salesian Missions highlights medical programs for people in need around the globe(ANS – New Rochelle) – Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins Catholic organizations around the globe in honoring the Catholic World Day of the Sick. Every year on Feb. 11, the Pope marks the day with a special message calling for spiritual and physical closeness to all those who are ill. Saint John Paul II instituted the day “to encourage the people of God, Catholic health institutions and civil society to be increasingly attentive to the sick and to those who care for them.”
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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GOOD, FAITHFUL, AND COURAGEOUS SERVANTSTHE MESSAGE OF THE VICAR OF THE RECTOR MAJOR, Fr Stefano Martoglio, SDB
During this Jubilee year, in this difficult world, we are invited to rise up, set out again, and, in newness of life, make our journey as human beings and believers.