(ANS - Rome) - A few days after the celebration of Corpus Domini, a talk with Dr. Maria Rita Scrimieri, and the story of the Blessed Alessandrina Maria da Costa, a Portuguese mystic who from March 27, 1942, onwards ceased to feed herself to live on the Eucharist alone
(ANS – Rome) – With ‘World Environment Day’ being held on 5 June, Salesian institutions in different parts of the world are getting ready to make their contribution towards this annual global event. The theme for World Environment Day 2018 is ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’. This theme seeks to put the focus on the huge environmental damage caused by single-use plastic items such as disposable plates, cups, straws and plastic bags. The United Nations Environment Programme has called for an immediate reduction and eventual elimination of single-use plastics.
(ANS - Rome) – Fr Ángel Fernández Artime tirelessly continues his animation visits to the Salesian houses around the world. This next weekend he will be in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro.
(ANS - Rome) - During the meeting of the World Consultive Body of the Salesian Family, held in Turin from May 21 to 23, in conjunction with the feast of Mary Help of Christians, the theme of the 8th International Congress of Mary Help of Christians was officially announced. To be celebrated in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 7 to 10 November 2019, the theme chosen at the meeting is: "With Mary, Woman Believer."
(ANS - Rome) - Following the celebration of the Second Seminar to promote the Causes of Beatification and Canonization of the Salesian Family, held in Rome from 10 to 14 April 2018, with the participation of about 90 people, coming from different parts of the world, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, sent a letter to the Superiors and Heads of the Salesian Family, Provincials, and animators and promoters of the Causes.
With the letter addressed to all the Salesians of the world, the Rector Major set off the journey towards the forthcoming 28th General Chapter (GC28), a chapter presenting two interesting novelties: the return to Valdocco, 62 years after the last one the Salesian “Mother House” hosted, the CG18; and, above all, the approach. In fact, it is the first time that a General Chapter of the Salesians takes its name from a question: "What kind of Salesians for the youth of today?"
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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.
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.