(ANS - Omegna) - Saturday, 25 June 2022, in Omegna saw the conclusion of the canonical recognition process of the mortal remains of Venerable Andrea Beltrami (1870-1897), which were placed, after conservation treatment, in the shrine dedicated to him in the Collegiate Church of St. Ambrose. It was an event intensely attended by the ecclesial and civic community.
(ANS - Turin) - Every year, June 24 is a special day for all past pupils and friends of Don Bosco around the world because it celebrates the movement’s founding day. It was on this day in 1870 that the first group of past pupils from Valdocco, led by Carlo Gastini, visited Don Bosco to celebrate his name day - the feast day of St. John the Baptist - and to thank him for the love and education they had received. This moment of grace is marked by the values of gratitude and love that have always distinguished the movement of the Past Pupils.
(ANS - Turin) - Yesterday afternoon, Thursday, June 23, at the Mother House of the Salesians in Turin-Valdocco, the traditional meeting of dialogue, discussion, and Salesian fraternity between the General Councils of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) was renewed. The Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, flanked by the other members of his Council, warmly welcomed and hosted Mother Chiara Cazzuola, Mother General of the FMA, and her Councilors.
(ANS - Turin) - The Feast Day of Thanksgiving to the Rector Major by his Salesian confreres and all those who love Don Bosco was renewed once again this year, in the setting that is most proper to it: Valdocco. Originating exactly 152 years ago, on June 24, 1870, with the tribute of a coffee set to Don Bosco by Carlo Gastini and other former students of the Oratory, today the celebration constitutes a time for Salesians and members of the Salesian Family to thank Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, who is Don Bosco's tenth Successor, for his leadership and governance of the Congregation, as well as for his service of animation and his bearing witness.
(ANS - Rome) - "The Manifesto of Good Work - Thinking with Your Hands" promoted by the organizations Centro Nazionale Opere Salesiane - Formazione Aggiornamento Professionale (CNOS-FAP) and ELIS (Education, Work, Sport) was presented yesterday, Tuesday, June 21, in Rome, at Palazzo Giustiniani, headquarters of the Senate Presidency, to reiterate the centrality of manual labor in all its forms.
(ANS - Rome) - In the month of June, when the feasts of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary are celebrated, the third video in the series on St. Francis de Sales from a pastoral perspective is being offered. He is the saint who perhaps more than any other in the Church has been able to make the closeness of the Heart of God felt by his people and has been able to help hundreds of people, guided by him, to listen again to their hearts, where God is present.
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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.