(ANS - Rome) - As part of the General Council's summer working session, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesian Congregation, with the consensus of the Council's other members, have made two new appointments: Fr Melchor Trinidad as Provincial for the Province of the United States West (SUO), and Fr Gregorio Bicomong Jr. as Provincial of the Vice Province of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands (PGS).
(ANS – Rome) – On 5 June, World Environment Day, Don Bosco Green Alliance is launching a new campaign entitled ‘Rethink, Reconnect, Renew’. This campaign will be carried out all through the ongoing Laudato Sì Year.
(ANS - Rome) - On June 3, 2020, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major, Fr Stefano Martoglio, his Vicar, and a group of General and Regional Councilors present in the Generalate, with others scattered in different countries of the world, but connected online, resumed their work of organization and programming.
(ANS - Rome) - With an official statement, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesian Congregation and Father and Center of Unity of the Salesian Family, communicated the names of the new Delegates of the Rector Major for those groups that foresee direct spiritual animation by the Sons of Don Bosco. Below, the text of the press release.
(ANS – Rome) – The members of the Salesian Family are working all over the world with an unrivaled effort to support those who suffer most from the pandemic. How does a massive organization occupied in multifarious activities in so many countries run a well-oiled operation on such a large scale? In March 2020, Italy and a few other countries of Europe were already in the tight grip of Covid-19 and tied down by lockdowns. On 25 March, 48 persons from various provinces and countries from all continents met online through a video conference. They shared information on what was happening in their own countries and decided on a coordinated response by the Congregation.
(ANS - Rome) - After several months of work, the General Coordination of the Salesian Institutions of Higher Education (IUS) is pleased to present the new IUS web portal to the whole Congregation: www.ius-sdb.com
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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.