Rome, RMG - March 2021 - The meeting of the Salesian Publishing Network of America took place on 4 March, chaired by Fr Gildásio Mendes dos Santos, General Councilor for Social Communication. Participating in the event, made digitally, were Juan José Chiappetti and Mercedes Baxzos (Argentina), Carlos Orgaz, Salesian brother (Bolivia), Fr Waldomiro Bronakowski (Brazil), Marcelo Mejía (Ecuador), Daniel Corona (Mexico), and Víctor Pérez (Peru). The America communication plan and the reality that crosses the sector in the current context were the framework in which to share the current state of each of the publishers, to forster the networking that is already being carried out, and to propose collaborative activities. At the end of the meeting, Fr Mendes dos Santos underlined the importance of having a project that presents itself as a horizon for continuing work at the local level, the importance of networking, and the pillars of every Salesian publishing house, whose objectives are evangelization and education: values, structures, people and didactic material.
Mercedes T. Baxzos
Delegate of Social Communication - Ediciones Don Bosco Argentina
(ANS - Rome) - On 2 March, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major, with the consensus of the General Council, appointed Fr Guillermo Basañes as Provincial of the “Our Lady" Province of Central Africa (AFC), in the Democratic Republic of Congo, for the 2021-2027 term.
(ANS - Rome) - The videos of Salesian Missionary Day 2021 are ready "One Father, one Family - Missionary Solidarity as First Announcement". They come from all over the world, as a witness to the unity of the Salesian Family, which has set itself in motion to respond to the needs of the poorest and announce the message of the Gospel. “Feeling like children of the same Father and, therefore, brothers, is the most beautiful and important challenge that we can carry out, showing our solidarity with everyone, starting with the simplest gestures,” affirm the Sector for Salesian Missions.
(ANS - Rome) - The ninth volume of Don Bosco's Letters, edited by Fr Francesco Motto, SDB, former Director of the Salesian Historical Institute (ISS) and current president, has been in bookstores for days now, published by the LAS Publishing House of the Associazione Cultori di Storia Salesiana (ACSSA). A volume of 605 pages, containing 469 letters, written and sometimes only signed by Don Bosco in the three-year period 1884-1886 (lett. 3956-4424). A complex of texts that, it can be said, somehow rewrite the story of Don Bosco at the end of his life.
(ANS - Rome) - On Tuesday 23 February, over 45 people, representing 16 Provinces and 20 countries of the Americas, participated in the first communication meeting of the "Salesian Social America Network" (RASS), which brings together the works and social services for young people at risk on the American continent into a network.
(ANS - Rome) - Tomorrow, Saturday 27 February, will be the 60th anniversary of the death of the Servant of God Matilde Salem (1904-1961), a lay woman, very active in charity, who, thanks also to the collaboration with the Salesians of Middle East, knew how to live an authentic life of faith and benefit many needy people.
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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.
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).
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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.