(ANS - Rome) - The Spirituality Days of the Salesian Family 2019 will be held in Turin-Valdocco from 10 to 13 January 2019 and will be centered, as always, on the theme of the Rector Major's Strenna. The guideline for this 37th edition will therefore be the motto: "So that my joy may be in you" (Jn 15,11) - Holiness for you too."
(ANS - Rome) - The video of the Rector Major's 2019 Strenna, entitled "HOLINESS FOR YOU TOO", and which deepens the biblical text "So that my joy be in you" (Jn 15:11), was published online on Thursday 27 December, the day of the presentation at the Generalate of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians.
(ANS - Rome) - The Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, officially presented yesterday, December 27, at the General House of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA), the 2019 Strenna, whose title is: "Holiness for you, too", and which deepens the biblical text "So that my joy may be in you" (Jn 15,11).
(ANS - Rome) - On December 22, the Council of Presidency of the Salesian Biblical Association (ABS) gathered at the Salesian Headquarters of the "Sacred Heart" in Rome. The purpose of the meeting was to reflect on the work done in the last two years and on the possible options to make communication between the ABS Councilors and with the Salesian biblicists across the world more fluid and effective.
(ANS - Rome) - "The Son of God became man so that we men could become children of God. This is the reason for our hope and our peace." Thus formulating his best wishes for Christmas, directly from Bethlehem, is Fr Alejandro León, SDB, Salesian Provincial of the Middle East. Yet for many Christians it is impossible to openly manifest the reason for their hope. The Christmas of those who can openly celebrate it, then, must also remember the Christians persecuted for their faith.
(ANS - Rome) – After the consultation in Korea and the discernment process at Sacro Cuore for the new Provincial, the Rector Major with the consent of his Council appointed Fr Timothy Choi Wonchol (51 years of age) as the 5th Provincial of Korea, for the six year period 2019-2025.
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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.