(ANS - Rome) - After participating as an elected member of the Union of Provincials General, at the Synod of Bishops on Youth, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, now resumes his activity of animation of the Salesians across the world. The month of November promises to be full of events and the first stop will be at the "St Stephen King" Province of Hungary.
(ANS - Rome) – Scheduled from October 31 to November 4, at the “Centrum Salvator”, Bratislava, Slovakia, is the European Seminar of the ACSSA - Associazione Cultori di Storia Salesiana, or the Association of Salesian History Scholars. The seminar's theme: "Significant Salesian Figures between the 19th and 20th centuries."
(ANS - Rome) - The DON BOSCO NEL MONDO Foundation organized a meeting this morning, 23 October, with Fr Tom Uzhunnalil, the Salesian kidnapped in Yemen in 2016 and held hostage for 18 months. During the meeting, which took place in a family-like atmosphere, Fr Uzhunnalil, accompanied by Fr. George MK, spoke of his book "Vivo per Miracolo – Alive by a Miracle" and thanked all the participants for the prayers made towards his release.
(ANS - Rome) - World Youth Day 2018, celebrated Sunday 21 October, even as the Synod of Bishops on young people was taking place, focuses precisely on young people as heralds of the faith: "Together with the young, let us bring the Gospel to all" is the chosen motto. For the Salesian Family - always characterized by missionary longing, and strongly convinced that there is no one better than a young person to accompany another young person to Christ - it is a message and a day that give new impetus to the apostolate.
(ANS - Rome) - Today, Wednesday 17 October, the "International Day for the Eradication of Poverty" is celebrated. Is it solely a day for the commemoration and celebrations by those who are not poor? "What does the cry of the poor express if not their suffering and loneliness, their disappointment and hope?", asks Pope Francis; who then confirms that this day is "a small response that from the entire Church, spread all over the world, is addressed to the poor of every kind and of every land so that they do not think that their cry has fallen into the void."
(ANS - Rome) - About 70 thousand people are expected to take part in San Pietro at the canonization Mass of seven new saints, including the archbishop of San Salvador, mgr. Óscar Arnulfo Romero Galdámez.
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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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India – INS youth solemnise Don Bosco’s Feast Day with ‘Ka Sur Kynud S-3’ Grand Finale(ANS – Shillong) – The Youth of St John Paul II, Shillong Province, celebrated the Feast Day of St. John Bosco with the Grand Finale of “Ka Sur Kynud, Season 3.” Organised by Don Bosco Media Network Television, the Social Communication Department of the Province, at Don Bosco Youth Centre, Laitumkhrah, Shillong, this two-month-long singing competition, which imitates the global singing competition The Voice, concluded on 31 January 2025, coinciding with the Solemnity of St John Bosco.
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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.