(ANS - Rome) - Just a few days after the closing of the Pre-Synodal Meeting of young people, Fr Rossano Sala, SDB, Special Secretary of the Synod of Bishops, returned to examine the significance and value of this event.
(ANS - Rome) - In the thought of the "Salesian Good Night" offered to the community of the Central Salesian See, yesterday, 28 March 2018, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, presented the decisions taken with the General Council regarding General Chapter 28 (CG28).
(ANS - Rome) - As part of the work of the Plenary Intermediate Council, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, with the consensus of the General Council, appointed Fr Ángel Asurmendi Martínez as Provincial of the "Spain-Mary Help of Christians" (SMX) Province yesterday, March 28, for the six-year 2018-2024 period.
Rome, Italy - March 2018 – This morning, Wednesday, March 28, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major, presided at the closing Eucharistic celebration of the Intermediate General Council, whose work ends today.
(ANS - Rome) - As part of the work of the Intermediate Plenary Council, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, with the consensus of the General Council, appointed Fr Alejandro José León Mendoza as Provincial of the "Jesus Adolescent" Province of the Middle East (MOR) for the six-year term, 2018-2024.
(ANS - Rome) - Saturday 24 March the teams of the Youth Ministry and Formation Departments, led by Fr Fabio Attard and Fr Ivo Coelho, met for a day of study on the results of the personal accompaniment research presented in the publication edited by Mr. Marco Bay, SDB, "Young Salesians and accompaniment". Fr Miguel Angel García Morcuende and Fr Michal Vojtas also took part.
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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.