(ANS - Rome) - In the process of disseminating the Salesian Formation document "Young Salesians and accompaniment - Orientations and Guidelines", the focus in this month of April is "Role of community and mission" (from n. 140 to 151 of the text).
(ANS – Rome) – On the occasion of the solemnity of the feast of Annunciation, 25 March 2021, the East Asia-Oceania (EAO) Eco Team gathered online to also share the good news of how each Province or Delegation in the region joyfully moves towards radical ecological conversion which responds to both the cry of the poor and cry of the earth. The presence and accompaniment of the EAO Regional Councillor, Fr. Joseph Nguyen Thinh Phuoc SDB, was very helpful and encouraging.
Rome, RMG - March 2021 - From 28 to 31 March, the spiritual exercises dedicated to the young people of the Southern Italy Province (IME), #quaresimaviva2021, will be held online, led by Fr Miguel Ángel García Morcuende, General Councilor for Youth Ministry.
(ANS – Rome) – On March 26th, the General Councillor for Social Communication, Fr. Gildasio Mendes, met with a group of Salesian Communicators from different Regions of the Salesian world to continue the study of the seventh area of the Project of Animation and Government of the Rector Major and his Council (2020-2026) named “Technology, Information and Networking”.
Rome, RMG - March 2021 - Yesterday, Thursday 25 March, Mo. Teresia Furuki, Mother General of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus (SCG), handed the Missionary Cross to the three missionaries - from Japan, Korea and Brazil - leaving for Uganda and South Sudan. Fr Alfred Maravilla, General Councilor for the Missions, was invited to celebrate the Eucharist. During the homily he presented ten recommendations drawn from the writings to the missionaries of Fr Vincenzo Cimatti. The Sisters of Charity animate two presences in Sudan: the first opened in 2011 in Juba and the second in Gumbo. The parish was entrusted to the Salesians in 2006. In response to the Salesians' request, the Sisters also agreed to administer the clinic, which today has an average of 100 patients a day. In Uganda, the sisters have opened a new presence in Gulu: a formation house, with a group of aspirants and 2 postulants. The three new communities in Africa are under the SCG Generalate. The Sisters of Charity of Jesus were founded by Fr Antonio Cavoli and Fr Vincenzo Cimatti in Miyazaki, Japan, in 1937. They are part of the Salesian Family and today have 930 sisters who work in 16 countries.
(ANS - Rome) - On Tuesday 23 March, the meeting of the Central Commission of the Salesian School of America (ESA, in Spanish), made up of representatives of the four areas of the continent, took place in digital mode.
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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.
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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.