(ANS - Rome) - The Rector Major of the Salesians, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, with the consensus of the General Council, has arranged to relocate the headquarters of the Salesian Historical Institute (ISS), with its library, and the Salesian Central Archive (ACS) inside the complex of the "Maria Sede della Sapienza" Vice Province of Rome and the Salesian Pontifical University (UPS).
(ANS - Rome) - Trafficking in human beings is a problem of enormous proportions. The Fourth World Day of Prayer and Reflection against Human Trafficking, taking place a few days ago, is not simply a desire to mark or discuss the subject, but a commitment to raise awareness on an issue that hurts, makes many suffer, an issue that kills, destroys people.
(ANS - Rome) - Elaborated during the last Days of Spirituality of the Salesian Family, the "Decalogue of the Salesian Accompanyer" constituted a sort of gift of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians to the Rector Major in giving thanks for the message of the 2018 Strenna. It, however, is above all the expression of the desire of the Salesian Family members to become true and effective companions of the young, why the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, assured everyone right from the very start of his desire to share it in every Salesian presence and community. For this reason, we are re-publishing it today.
Jesus continues to save humanity through our work, our self-giving, our good will. He continues to point out the road to us lest we lose our bearings and our way, and we always assist those who are growing weary, the humblest, the poorest, the least.
(ANS - Rome) - By Decree 568/SG/2017, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, canonically established the "San Giuseppe" Salesian community, based in Rome, Via Marsala 42, whose purpose is to cater and provide to the services of the Salesian headquarters.
(ANS - Rome) - "A cause of beatification is not an arid procedure, but a pilgrimage of faith in research, meditation and imitation of the virtuous heroism of the saints," said Fr Pierluigi Cameroni, Postulator General for the Causes of Saints of the Salesian Family to explain his peculiar mission. The Postulator has just published a dossier on the current state of Salesian Sanctity, to December 2017, which contains very interesting data on the testimonies of many men and women who followed Don Bosco on the path of sanctity. It also presents an invitation and call for the whole Salesian Family to advance the causes in progress.
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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.