(ANS - Rome) - Monday 8 January marks the first liturgical celebration in the Memory of Tito Zeman, beatified in Bratislava (Slovakia) on 30 September 2017. The date coincides with the dies natalis of the new blessed who died in hatred of the faith at age 54 on 8 January 1969 in Vajnory, a suburb of Bratislava, where he was born on 4 January 1915.
(ANS - Rome) - On April 2, 2005, after 85 years of life and over 26 of the Pontificate, John Paul II died. The young people, whom he had always sought and invited to follow Christ, accompanied him in his last moments on this earth, filling St. Peter's Square in the hours of his agony and displaying banners with the words "Santo Subito", literally 'Saint right away', already on the day of his funeral. At the origins of this great feeling between the Polish Pope and the young there was also the contribution of the Salesian environment wherein he matured his vocation, especially due to the charism of a committed lay person, Jan Tyranowski.
(ANS - Rome) - This Christmas, Pope Francis called upon all men and women of good will to see the faces of suffering children in the face of the child Jesus, to think of the many children in the world who suffer and are victims of war, violence and forced migration. To understand the import, some data.
(ANS - Vatican) - At the center of the agreement is the collaboration in the Holy See's information and communications system.
(ANS - Rome) –Issue n. 69 (July-December 2017) of “Ricerche Storiche Salesiane” (RSS), the bi-monthly magazine of religious and civil history, has just been published by the Salesian Historical Institute (ISS).
(ANS - Rome) - The Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, with the consensus of the General Council, has decided to confirm Fr Ábrahám Béla as Provincial of the "St Stephen, King" Province of Hungary (UNG).
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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.”
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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.