(ANS - Rome) – The Salesian printing press was built by Don Bosco in 1883. He had it opened to have his editions printed, which were generally printed outside Turin, but also to give the boys a job. To tell us about the Salesian typography of Valdocco is its manager, Br Luigi Bacchin, who talks about it under the project "Interviews with the eyes of ...".
(ANS - Rome) - At the end of yesterday's general audience, October 30, Pope Francis turned his gaze to the coming days when the Church celebrates the Solemnity of All Saints and commemorates all the faithful departed. For this reason, quoting Saint John Paul II, he said that these two days "invite us to look to Heaven, the goal of our earthly pilgrimage. There the festive community of saints awaits us. There we will meet with our dearly departed." In this year marked by the Strenna on the theme "Holiness for you, too", the Pope's exhortation becomes a new invitation to live holiness on a daily basis with one's eyes fixed on Heaven and one's feet firmly rooted to the Earth.
(ANS - Rome) - A few days after the closure of the Synod of Bishops on the Pan-Amazon region, Fr Rossano Sala, SDB, who participated in the Synod, presented an analysis of this important ecclesial appointment.
(ANS - Rome) - The Synod of Bishops on the Pan-Amazon region ended yesterday, Sunday 27 October. Holy Father Francis motivated this Synod with the title: "Amazonia: New Paths for the Church and for an Integral Ecology". Fr Martín Lasarte, SDB, member of the Sector for Salesian Missions, appointed by Pope Francis to participate in the Synod, at the end of this meeting wrote a text in which he proposed a number of reflections.
(ANS - Rome) - The Precapitular Commissions of the 28th General Chapter (GC28) of the Congregation, respectively on the theme of the Chapter and the one on juridical aspects, have completed the drafting phase of the "Work Tool" of the GC28. The document was prepared by the members of the Commissions during the two meetings held at the Salesian Headquarters in Rome last month (from 9 to 20 and from 23 to 30 September). It is currently being circulated to all the Provinces.
(ANS - Rome) - "The educative and pastoral experience of practical training": this is the theme of the letter that Fr Ivo Coelho, General Councilor for Formation, presented and made the object of study with the Regional Formation Commissions, and has sent to the Provinces so that it could be spread among the Salesians.
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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.