(ANS - Rome) - On Sunday 14th October, Giovanni Battista Montini, made Pope Paul VI on June 21st 1963, will become Saint. To card. Ottaviani, who gave the announcement of the election, it was enough to pronounce the name of baptism: "Joannem Baptistam ..." to arouse a very long applause.
(ANS - Rome) - Less than a year after the celebration of the International Congress "Youth Ministry and Family" (Madrid, 27 November - 1 December 2017), the Salesian Youth Ministry Dicastery is pleased to announce the publication of the Proceedings of the Congress. They aim to be an instrument at the service of the animation of Salesian Youth Ministry across the globe, in the wake of the two Synods of the Bishops dedicated to the family (2014-2015), of the publication of the Apostolic Exhortation "Amoris Laetitia" (2016), and in harmony with the Synod of Bishops dedicated to "Youth, faith and vocational discernment", currently under way.
“Many of us cannot imagine a life without Don Bosco, without Salesians, and we can attest that without him we wouldn’t have fallen in love with God in a ‘crazy’ way, full of laughter and great experiences.”
(ANS - Rome) - Which are the largest Salesian universities on a global level? And the novitiates with the greatest number of novices? And how many are the formation houses of the Congregation? To answer these and numerous other questions and curiosities about the Salesian world, and of the Church, today a new section of the Salesian Agency iNfo begins: "Good to Know."
Rome, Italy - October 2, 2018 - On October 2, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime and the community of St. Joseph of the Salesian Central Office received a courtesy visit from Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, Bishop of David, Panama; Msgr. Manuel Ochogavía Barahona, bishop of Colón - Kuna Yala, Panama; Ms Miroslava Rosas Vargas, Ambassador of Panama to the Holy See and Cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, SDB, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
(ANS - Rome) - Preparations for the 28th General Chapter are proceeding (GC28). With two letters published today, 3 October, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, nominated the members of the Precapitular Commission of the GC28 on the theme proper to the Chapter, and those of the Precapitular Commission on legal/judicial issues.
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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.