(ANS – Rome) - The Salesian Congregation's Sector for Social Communication has introduced a new document offering updated guidelines to inhabit the digital world and artificial intelligence in a truly Salesian way. This document, published 14 years after the Salesian System of Social Communication (SSCS), is the fruit of a collaborative effort involving Communication Delegates, experts, and consultants.
(ANS - Rome) -Just two Sundays to go, for on 16 February 2025, the 29th Chapter of the Salesian Congregation will begin. This body represents the ‘supreme authority over the whole Congregation’ (art. 120 C.) and is ‘the principal sign of the Congregation’s unity in diversity (...), the fraternal meeting in which Salesians carry out a communal reflection to keep themselves faithful to the gospel and to the charism of the Founder, and sensitive to the needs of time and place’ (art. 146). In view of this important appointment, ANS today begins a journey to present the Salesian Provinces and Vice-Provinces scattered around the world, to give an account of the real and active presence of the Sons of Don Bosco at the service of young people in 138 countries. The first stop in this new column is the St Mark Province of North East Italy (INE).
(ANS - Rome) - The Feast of Don Bosco is always a day of celebration in all Salesian communities around the world. Great celebrations were also held on 31 January at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Rome, strongly desired by Don Bosco himself. The high point of the festivities took place in the afternoon with the solemn Eucharistic celebration presided over by Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, Cardinal Titular of the Basilica and Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education.
(ANS – Rome) – Last Saturday, February 1, 2025, at the Salesian Central Headquarters, the event "Education, Hope, Joy: The Legacy of Saint John Bosco for the New Generations" took place. This celebration of Saint John Bosco, organized by the DON BOSCO NEL MONDO (Don Bosco in the World) Foundation, gathered benefactors, Salesians, and friends of the Congregation. The event was held in honor of the feast of the Saint of Youth, which occurs on January 31.
(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.
(ANS – Rome) – The Network of Boys and Girls with Don Bosco (MDB) is an educational, promotional and pastoral institution for children and adolescents in situations of vulnerability and exclusion. It was founded in 1985 in the Salesian Province of the Antilles, as a province response by the Salesian Family integrated into Youth Ministry. This year we celebrate 40 years of uninterrupted work on behalf of this population. This is the Salesian social work that brings Don Bosco to life and makes him relevant today which ANS is presents today, on the occasion of the Feast of St John Bosco 2025.
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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.
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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."