(ANS - Rome) - The videos of the world Novena to Mary Help of Christians (15-23 May) proposed by the Salesian Headquarters are already ready and will be made available in the next few days. The spiritual proposal for this year's novena, elaborated thanks to the collaboration between the Association of Mary Help of Christians (ADMA), the "IME Comunicazione" team, and the Salesian iNfo Agency (ANS), will focus attention on Mary as "Powerful Virgin," to be referred to with filial devotion in these pandemic times.
(ANS - Rome) - In view of the 11th of the month - the day the Salesian Congregation is especially dedicated to missionary animation - the Sector for the Missions is launching a new video of the "CaglieroLife" series. The theme of the video for this month of May is solidarity, which is expressed in sharing.
(ANS - Rome) - A letter to express and testify to his confreres and the local population "the closeness, fraternal affection and great concern" – his own, and of the whole Congregation: a letter sent these first days of May by the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, to the Councilor for South Asia, Fr Michael Biju, to the Provincials and to the Salesians in India.
(ANS - Rome) - The tradition of the Novena to Mary Help of Christians, widespread since the time of Don Bosco within the Salesian Family, in recent years has increasingly taken on the dimension of international community prayer, of shared spirituality on a global level, thanks to above all to the initiative of the “worldwide” Novena shared through the channels of the Salesian iNfo Agency. This year the novena is characterized by fixing the gaze on Mary under the invocation of the "Powerful Virgin".
(ANS - Rome) - "Animating and governing the community - The ministry of the Salesian Rector" is the fruit of a process of renewal which involved both local and provincial Salesian communities, already in the preparation of the document itself, as it continues to involve them now, in its ongoing dissemination. The most innovative part is the third, which is addressed to the Salesian communities and the educative-pastoral communities. Their mutual interaction and the path of growth that they mutually nourish is the subject of this part of the document.
(ANS - Rome) - The last video interview will be released next week to facilitate the reading and sharing of the third part of the text "Animating and governing the community - The ministry of the Salesian Rector", dedicated to the Salesian community and the community educational pastoral TOGETHER. It is the most innovative part of the document. As for the three previous videos - the general introduction and those concerning the first and second part respectively - we start with a short presentation video (2'15 "in Italian and English) which acts as an antiphon to what will be available in five languages, both in video and through other community animation materials, starting next week.
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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.