(ANS - Rome) - The Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, with the consensus of his Council, appointed Fr Mario Jesús Villalba Ramírez as Provincial of the "Maria Santissima Assunta" Province of Paraguay (PAR), for the 2018-2024 six-year term.
(ANS - Rome) - The Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernánez Artime, with the consensus of his Council, appointed Fr Luis Fernando Valencia Mosquera as Provincial of the "St Luigi Bertando" Province of Colombia-Medellin for the six-year period: 2018-2024.
(ANS - Rome) - They are nine, and they have come from all over the world with an important mission to carry out: they are the newly appointed Provincials, together in Rome, for the traditional formation session at the beginning of their mandate.
(ANS - Rome) – Do you study or work? It is a question that nobody should ask a child, because children already have their place: the school, the playground, the classrooms ... Yet, about 168 million children are victims of child labor. The International Labor Organization (ILO), which launched the World Day Against Child Labor - celebrated today, 12 June - and the World Day for Occupational Safety and Health, unite in a joint campaign to improve safety and health and put an end to child labor.
(ANS - Rome) - "Default" Christianity, as a cultural context, does not belong to the present of young people in Europe. The Church is aware of it and wishes to meet them in the reality of this context.
(ANS - Rome) - The Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernánez Artime, with the consensus of his Council, appointed Fr Joseph NG Chi Yuen as Provincial of the "Mary Help of Christians" Province of China, based in Hong Kong, for the six-year term: 2018 -2024.
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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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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.