(ANS - Rome) - On the occasion of the feast day of Don Bosco, Sunday 31 January, Fr Marcelo Farfan, General Coordinator of the Salesian Institutions of Higher Education (IUS), convened the VIII General Assembly of the IUS, which will be held from 13 to 19 July 2021 at the Salesian Pontifical University of Rome.
(ANS - Rome) - Missionary sending is traditionally done in the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Turin at the end of September. Due to Covid-19, the missionary dispatch of the 151st Missionary Expedition was postponed after Easter. As the health situation continues to be precarious, an "Extraordinary Missionary Sending" was thought of. It is extraordinary because it was celebrated in the chapel of the Salesian Headquarters and because not all the members of the expedition were physically present, but the missionary spirit was the same that animated all the missionary expeditions.
(ANS - Rome) - Yesterday, 31 January 2021, on the occasion of the Feast Day of Don Bosco, the Salesians broadcast the television commercial "Limited edition" around the world. Through it, they intend to present the educational mission that they carry out every day alongside young people with the most disparate needs and geographies, using time and effort to enhance the authenticity of each of them: unique, unrepeatable, exclusive. Because “young people are not all the same, they're all unique”, as the final slogan of the video underlines.
(ANS - Rome) - Yesterday, 31 January, the day of Don Bosco's feast, the book “One father, one family”, published by the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, was officially released. The work collects photographs and texts that narrate the vast work done by the Salesian Family around the world in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
(ANS - Rome) - On the occasion of the Feast Day of Don Bosco, yesterday, 31 January, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, offered his traditional message to young people. The central theme for this year’s message, given the circumstances the entire world is experiencing, is to look upon the world with a gaze of joy and hope for life, Christian and Salesianly inspired.
(ANS - Rome) - It was a weekend full of activities for the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime. On the occasion of the Feast Day of Don Bosco, of which Fr Á.F. Artime is X Successor, the whole Salesian world, and beyond, looked to him to receive his charismatic word. The busy schedule of commitments, however, did not distract from the essential: spreading the example of life of the Founder as an authentic man of God, at the service of men.
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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).
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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.