(ANS - Vatican City) - The meeting on "The Protection of Minors in the Church" ended yesterday at the Vatican. It saw cardinals, archbishops, bishops, religious superiors and leaders from all over the world discuss the problem of abuse. The meeting was also attended by Fr Francesco Cereda, Vicar of the Rector Major of the Salesian Congregation, who spoke to us about the summit and what is expected now that it has ended.
(ANS - Rome) – Continuing yesterday, 21 February, was the work of the World Consulta of Social Communication, taking place at the Salesian Headquarters in Rome, which ends on Sunday 23rd with a visit to St Peter's Square to receive the blessing of the Holy Father.
RMG - World Council on Social Communication kicks off: a new global context awaits today's Salesians
(ANS - Rome) – With the presence of more than 20 Salesians and lay people, today, February 21, the World Consultation aka Consulta on Social Communication begins; its title: "Which Salesian communicators for young people in the digital world?" Fr Filiberto Gonzalez, Councilor General for Social Communications of the Salesian Congregation, declared: "For us, Salesians and lay people, young people are waiting, (young people) who speak a different language that we must know in order to be able to walk with them and accompany them."
(ANS - Rome) - The Rector Major continues his journey of knowledge and animation across the Provinces of Central and Northern Europe. A few days after his return from Ireland, tomorrow, Wednesday 20 February, Fr Á.F. Artime begins the Animation Visit to the Province of France-South Belgium (FRB): a visit that will allow him to learn about many examples of success in the Salesian mission shared between religious and laity.
(ANS - Rome) - In the eyes of God every creature has the same, inestimable value; but for us human beings, no matter how hard we try, it's sadder and more painful when a person we knew, we appreciated, is stolen away from us. Fr Antonio César Fernández, SDB, over the years has left behind many good memories even among the Salesians at Salesian Headquarters and in the editorial staff of ANS.
(ANS - Rome) - To my Salesian Confreres, to the Salesian Family in the world. My dear brethren, it’s just a few minutes I have arrived in Rome, “Sacro Cuore”, on my return from Ireland, where I was doing the visit to the Province of St. Patrick, whose headquarters are in Dublin, and I right away get in touch with all of you.
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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.