(ANS - Rome) - As part of the General Council's work session, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, with his Council's consensus, appointed the new Superiors of the Vice-Province "Maria Sede della Sapienza" of the Salesian Pontifical University (UPS) and the “Blessed Artemide Zatti” Province of Northern Argentina (ARN). They are respectively Fr Maria Arokiam Kanaga and Fr Horacio Barbieri.
(ANS - Rome) - On Monday 4 May, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, with the consensus of the General Council, appointed Fr Filiberto González as Provincial of the Mexico-Guadalajara Province (MEG) for the 2020-2026 term. Fr González has just concluded two terms as General Councilor for Social Communication - from 27 March 2008 to 12 March 2020 – hard work that led him to organize and imagine the future of communication in the Congregation and at the service of young people.
(ANS - Rome) - Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major, has appointed Fr Vitali Forti as the new Provincial of the "St John Bosco" Province (ISJB), Brazil, for 2020-2026. The appointment took place during the first meeting of the newly-elected General Council of the Salesian Congregation, which has been meeting online since 27 April due to the pandemic.
(ANS - Rome) - General Council of the Salesian Congregation, Session 27 April - 8 May 2020 With joy, I'd like to communicate that the Rector Major, with the consensus of the General Council, has appointed FR LEONARDO MANCINI as Provincial of the Circumscription Italy Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta for 2020 - 2026.
(ANS – Rome) – There is widespread admiration for the massive scale at which the Salesian Family has responded so promptly to help the communities affected by Covid-19. Salesian Family members have helped them to deal with the negative consequences of the lockdown that is in place today in almost all countries of the world. But there is another side to the story that often goes un-noticed. It is at times taken for granted that Salesians have a massive stockpile of resources that are available, at the snap of a finger, to aid people in need. Nothing could be further from the reality.
(ANS - Rome) - Two important processes had been entrusted by the 27th General Chapter (GC27) to the Rector Major to his Council. The results of the work done in the last four years of the previous six-year term were presented to the assembly of the GC28 in the form of two important documents approved by the Rector Major and his Council: “Animating & Governing the Community. The Ministry of the Salesian Rector”; “Young Salesians and accompaniment. Orientations and Guidelines.”
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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.