(ANS - Rome) - For the Church, October represents a "missionary month". The missionary dimension is manifested from day one, with the liturgical memory of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, Patroness of the Missions and Doctor of the Church, and then reaches its peak on the third Sunday of the month, with World Mission Day. But October 2019 is special, because Pope Francis proclaimed it "an extraordinary missionary month".
(ANS - Rome) - Why is it important to create a website? In the digital age, it would seem to have been an inappropriate question. "The Internet," wrote one of the directors of Google, E. Schmidt, "has become a ubiquitous and multi-faceted element of energy and human expression ... Hundreds of millions of people create and consume an incalculable amount of digital content every minute." In a meeting on September 30, with this premise, the "Salesian Institutions of Higher Education" (IUS) signed an agreement for the creation of a web portal, a big job that will benefit thousands of young university students.
(ANS - Rome) - The reality of schools in Europe and the Middle East, rich in cultural and pedagogical diversity, challenges the Salesians to a continuous and ongoing renewal of their identity and their proposals. The Salesian educational-pastoral project in Europe and the Middle East contains a set of values and practices that develop in an environment that is like an "educational mosaic" of diversity. With this objective in mind, the Directors of the Salesian schools of Don Bosco and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) met on 2 and 3 October at the FMA Generalate in Rome for the 25th meeting of the Europe and Middle East School Commission.
(ANS - Rome) - 129 days from the beginning of the 28th General Chapter, the interviews with members of the Valdocco Community continue, all leading us to discover the most significant places. This week, the “Interviews with the eyes of ...” features Fr Bruno Ferrero, SDB, Director of the Italian Salesian Bulletin.
Rome, Italy - October 2019 - On 8 October Fr Fabio Attard, General Councilor for Youth Ministry, received from Fr Daniel García Reynoso, World Coordinator of social works and services for youth at risk, and a member of the same Dicastery, the Proceedings of the World Council celebrated from 27 to 31 March 2019 in the Salesian Headquarters of Rome. The reflection, the contributions and above all the "Final Declaration of the Consulta" represent an important contribution to the next GC28.
(ANS - Rome) - It was last May 24, the day of the Feast of Mary Help of Christians, when Giampietro Pettenon, president of Missioni Don Bosco, explained the project "Casa Don Bosco", a new space that will be inaugurated in 2020, to ANS.
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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.