RMG – June 2020 - On the 9th and 10th of June 2020 Don Bosco Network (DBN) facilitated online advocacy workshop for Planning and Development Offices (PDOs). The Economer General Bro Jean Paul Muller and the Coordinator of Mission Offices Fr George Menamparampil, accompanied the workshop. SDB UN representative, Don Bosco International (DBI), Don Bosco Green Alliance (DBGA), Misiones Salesianas (Madrid) and Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo (VIS) shared their advocacy work, best practices and planned with the participants effective cooperation between Salesian Family organizations in this field. Don Bosco Green Alliance shared their current programs and campaigns including the outcomes of the Energy for Ever Conference. DBGA encouraged all to take active part in Laudato Si year activities announced by Pope Francis. Don Bosco Network and Misiones Salesianas facilitated the session on Child Safeguarding explaining how to set up good standard policy on Provincial and project level. 110 participants from all over the world took part in these 2 days workshop and they are now better equipped to advocate on behalf the young people in need in their own countries and on international level. Materials from the workshop are available on DBN Platform, you can contact DBN for access at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
(ANS – Rome) – Four months after former Secretary and Procurator General of the Salesian Congregation, Fr. Francesco Maraccani (1936-2020), passed away, we have in our hands an inspiring 'mortuary letter' put together by Fr. Francesco Cereda (former Vicar of the Rector Major) and enriched by a large variety of 20 testimonies from many Salesian Family members and close relatives of Fr. Maraccani.
(ANS - Rome) - During the current session of the General Council, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, with the consent of his Council, has appointed Fr Innocent Bizimana as Provincial of the "Immaculate Mary" Vice Province of Madagascar (MDG) for 2020-2026.
(ANS - Rome) - The General Council's work continues: during the summer session, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesian Congregation, with the consent of other Council members, has appointed Fr Juan Pablo Zabala as Provincial of the Province “Our Lady of Copacabana” of Bolivia (BOL) for the 2020-2026 term.
Rome, RMG - June 2020 - On Tuesday 8 June, the Youth Ministry Department began its new path of animation for the 2020-2026 term, entrusting itself to Don Bosco, with a Eucharistic celebration at the Salesian Generalate in Rome. In the photo, from left: Fr Patrick Anthonyraj, pastoral coordinator for Africa and Asia; Fr Marcelo Farfán, IUS World Coordinator; Fr Miguel Ángel García Morcuende, new General Councilor for Youth Ministry; Fr Tarcizio Morais, World Coordinator of Schools and Vocational Training Centers; Fr Daniel García, World Coordinator of Works and Social Services for Young People at Risk.
(ANS - Rome) - Covid-19 has touched everyone. Even countries that previously seemed less affected by the pandemic are now caught in the grip of the coronavirus. The "Opera Don Bosco" Foundation in Milan has decided to take a look at many situations across the globe, thanks to the constant updating provided by the local Salesian Communities.
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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.