(ANS - Mornese) - On Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, on the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA), the Vicar of the Rector Major, Fr. Stefano Martoglio, in the presence of the Institute's Mother General, Mother Chiara Cazzuola, and other Sisters on the General Council, presided over a solemn Eucharist inside the Shrine dedicated to "Santa Maria Domenica Mazzarello" near Mornese, during which four FMAs - originally from East Timor, China and the Middle East - made their Perpetual Profession, a public and ecclesial act.
(ANS - Turin) - The 2022 edition of Campobosco, a pilgrimage to the Salesian Places and a journey of discernment and inner discovery for the young animators of the Salesian Youth Movement of Spain and Portugal, closes today with the return to Barcelona of the approximately 800 young participants. During these last few days, the participants experienced some of the most significant moments of their journey, with stops in Mornese, Turin, and Valdocco, and words of animation from the Mother General of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, Mother Chiara Cazzuola, and Don Bosco's 10th Successor, Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime.
(ANS - Mornese) - The date of August 5 is a date of grace and an event of powerful communion for all the world’s Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA), especially so this year. This is because on August 5, 1872 - that is exactly 150 years ago tomorrow - in Mornese, Piedmont, a group of 11 young women, led by Maria Domenica Mazzarello pronounced their "yes" before Don Bosco to give life to a religious congregation that would be inspired by the example of Mary Help of Christians and would be dedicated to the education and evangelization of and of young people, especially those from poor families.
(ANS - Castelnuovo Don Bosco) – The Campobosco 2022 of the young people animating the works of the Salesians and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians of Spain and Portugal is already in Italy... and the participants wasted no time to begin the related visits to the sites that marked Don Bosco's childhood and youth.
(ANS - Foggia) - They began again with football at the Salesian oratory in the Candelaro neighborhood of Foggia. And on the field, here for the first time, girls and young women took to the field. A "pink", or all-female team. "Don Bosco said to start with what the kids like and then give it an educational value," explains Massimo Marino, 47, president of the "Sacred Heart" sports association. "And what the girls were asking us was to play football."
(ANS - Rome) - From July 28 to 30, at the "San Tarcisio" work in Rome, 17 Salesian priests and 2 coadjutors met for the second edition of the seminar on the centrality of the Eucharist in the Salesian charism, starting from the writings and witness of the Servant of God Vera Grita, Salesian Cooperator, whose Diocesan Inquest of the Cause of Beatification was celebrated this year. Coordinated by Fr. Pierluigi Cameroni, Postulator General of the Causes of the Saints of the Salesian Family, the meeting concluded the Congregation's 28th General Chapter's online in-depth initiative on the "Salesian Sacrament of Presence," organized by the "Work of the Living Tabernacles" Study Center and the Conference of Salesian Provinces of Italy (CISI) Formation sector.
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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.
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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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.