(ANS – Rome) – The Rector Major of the Salesians Fr Ángel Fernández Artime called the Salesian Fr Giuseppe Costa to collaborate in his Secretariat also with the task of being co-spokesman for the Congregation.
(ANS - Rome) - For Fr Costantino Vendrame, a missionary with the strength of faith and the persuasive sweetness of charity, the Sacred Heart was everything: and he propagated his devotion, joining that to Mary. So on October 14, 1924, while waiting to embark for India, he wrote on the back of a picture: "Sacred Heart of Jesus, I have entrusted everything in you, I have hoped for everything and I have not been confused."
(ANS - Rome) - The "Fundamental Rights Agency" (FRA), the European Union agency for fundamental rights, shared a Tweet and a Facebook post on Friday, 12 June, in which it defines the activities for young people and minors in residential services carried out by the Salesian Social Platforms of Spain (CEPSS) and "Salesians for Social APS", in Italy, as "stories of hope." "What did isolation mean for Covid-19 for vulnerable youth?" is the question that FRA asked itself. The response, thanks to the participation of "Don Bosco International" - which facilitated interaction with the FRA - led the European agency to highlight the good Salesian practices carried out in two of the countries most affected by coronavirus infections.
(ANS - Rome) - During the General Council's summer session, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, with the consensus of his council, appointed Fr Chaban Mychaylo as Provincial of the Ukrainian Vice-Province of the Greek Catholic rite "Mary Help of Christians" (UKR ) based in Lviv, for the 2020-2026 term.
The young people told us that they love us, that they really love us as educators, and like friends, brothers, and parents, since, they added, the young people of today suffer from a great dearth of fatherly care and concern.
(ANS - Rome) - At the end of his service, for eight years, as World Delegate for the Salesian Cooperators, Fr Giuseppe Casti wanted to send a moving letter of thanks to the members of the Association, in which he retraces the salient stages of this period.
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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.”
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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.