(ANS - Rome) - On a day dedicated to climate change, thousands of young people around the world are expressing their desire to live in a cleaner and healthier world, where respect for life also passes through respect for the planet and for the whole of Creation. They are claiming their right to live in a better world, to leave posterity with a healthier and more livable Earth.
(ANS - Rome) - "Father Ángel, we are waiting for you!": thus the joyful cry of the Salesian Youth Movement of the Triveneto, which awaits Rector Major Fr Ángel Fernández Artime next Sunday, March 17, for the traditional "Festa Ragazzi" in Jesolo. The X Successor of Don Bosco will participate in the large festival, which annually gathers thousands of participants from all the centers of the area's Salesian Family. He will also visit other Salesian houses and realities of the Salesian Province of North-East Italy.
(ANS - Rome) - Don Bosco is considered a missionary saint without ever having been on a mission. It was his great aspiration and he received many offers of destinations to which the first Salesians were sent, but it was only when he saw it clearly in his dream that he succeeded in achieving this goal in life, through the first missionary expeditions. From that moment on, the missionary spirit of the Salesians goes hand in hand with their charism: an evangelizing passion through education and integral promotion of young people, especially the most disadvantaged.
(ANS - Rome) - From 8 to 12 March, Rector Major Fr Ángel Fernández Artime shall be on African soil. Accompanied by the Councilor for the Africa-Madagascar region, Fr Américo Chaquisse, and by Fr Horacio López, Secretary of the Rector Major, he will animate Salesians and the Salesian Family present in the "Blessed Michael Rua" Vice Province of Southern Africa - which includes South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho.
(ANS - Rome) – Being present on Social Networks is a fundamental element for anyone involved in communications. Even in the recent World Consultation (aka Consulta) on Social Communication, the role social networks play in today's society and how useful they can be towards reaching young people was widely discussed.
(ANS - Rome) - The latest video recorded by the Rector Major for the quarterly column "Cari Confratelli, or Dear Confreres" is available online today, Thursday 28 February. Made during the World Youth Day (WYD) in Panama, it is a warm call to the Salesians to live, following the example of Don Bosco, in total dedication to the young.
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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.