(ANS – Rome) – Artificial Intelligence (AI) is very much a trending topic nowadays: many people talk about it, although not always all with the same competence. For this reason, in preparation for the 2024 Communication Conference "SHAPING TOMORROW" which will take place from 1 to 7 August 2024 at the facilities of the Pontifical Salesian University (UPS) in Rome, the Social Communication Sector has prepared an agile tool in the shape of 10 question-answer exchanges to help understand the terms of the issue.
(ANS – Rome) – The Salesian Youth Ministry Sector has just published an updated and significantly expanded edition of the Vocational Training Centre section of the Youth Ministry Framework (2014), which traces the path of reflection and practice of recent years in the Salesian Congregation around the relevance, identity and educative and pastoral work of these Salesian presences. The effort of the Sector, through the different continental coordinators of Don Bosco Tech and their teams, consisted of collecting what they have shared in many meetings of reflection and sharing during the last two years.
(ANS – Rome) – There are only forty days left until the Salesian Youth Synod (SYS), the great initiative promoted and organised by the Salesian Youth Ministry Sector on the occasion of the Bicentennial of Don Bosco's Dream at Nine Years of Age (1824-2024). From 11 to 16 August 2024, hundreds of young people from Salesian circles will crowd the Salesian Places in Valdocco, Turin and Colle Don Bosco for an opportunity for reflection, sharing and joint planning for the future, together with the Salesians and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians.
(ANS – San Salvatore Monferrato) – Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco, on Sunday, 30 June 2024, was in San Salvatore Monferrato in the diocese of Casale Monferrato, in Piedmont, to remember Salesian Father Carlo Evasio Cavalli, a native of the town of Monferrato, who was the spiritual father of Salesian Brother Artemides Zatti, proclaimed a saint on 9 October 2022. On the occasion, the 10th Successor of Don Bosco, and since last April 20 also Titular Archbishop of Ursona, led a rich program of activities culminating in the dedication of the Via Crucis Way to Saint Artemides Zatti located at the Shrine of the Madonna del Pozzo.
Welcome to the May edition of ANS News Video, featuring a month brimming with captivating events and initiatives from the Salesian world. We hope you enjoy watching!
(ANS – Rome) – Gen X, Gen Y, Gen Z, Gen Alpha, Gen C are all terms that have now entered our daily lexicon. Trying to understand the differences between these categories, however, can generate confusion. Fr Maciej Makuła, SDB, a member of the Social Communication Sector, has catalogued the various generations and their different ways of approaching the world of communication. He presents an accurate examination of this topic in preparation for the 2024 Communication Conference "SHAPING TOMORROW", which will take place from 1 to 7 August 2024 at the facilities of the Pontifical Salesian University (UPS) in Rome.
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Chile – Former Salesian student in the fight against Alzheimer's disease(ANS - Santiago) - Dr Nibaldo Inestrosa, graduate of the Salesian Institute in Valdivia and national prize of Natural Sciences winner, is a pioneer and expert in the study of Alzheimer's disease in the country. In this interview, he offers an insight into the current challenges, but not before reflecting on his formative experience at the Salesian Institute in Valdivia and how this influenced his interest in biology and science.
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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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RMG - St. Francis de Sales Communicator: All for Love(ANS – Rome) - The figure of St. Francis de Sales, chosen by Don Bosco as an example of a communicator, teaches that communication is a matter of the heart. In his expression, "Everything in the Church is love: everything lives in love, for love, and of love," we understand his revolution in the way of communicating, and how communication becomes fruitful when it allows communion and the exchange of one's experiences in a path of accompaniment and collaboration in God's project.
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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WHAT A GIFT TIME IS!THE MESSAGE OF THE VICAR OF THE RECTOR MAJOR,
Fr Stefano Martoglio, SDBThe beginning of the new year is illuminated in our liturgy by the ancient formula with which the Israelite priests blessed the people: "May the Lord bless you, and keep you. May the Lord show His face to you, and have mercy on you. May the Lord turn His countenance to you, and give you peace."