(ANS - Rome) - The Rector Major of the Salesians, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, as part of the work of the winter plenary session of the General Council and with the consent of his Council, has appointed Fr Reinhard Gesing as new Superior of the St Boniface Province of Germany (GER), for the six years 2017-2023.
(ANS – Roma) – “Among those who distinguished themselves for the zeal with which they collaborated towards the evangelizing mission of the Church, it is worth numbering Fr. Vincenzo Cimatti, who put himself completely at the service of Christ, witnessed to him with the excellence of his virtues and with the fervour of his apostolate”. This is what is written in the Decree of Venerability of Msgr. Vincenzo Cimatti, promulgated by Pope St. John Paul II on December 21st 1991.
(ANS - Rome) – As part of the work of the winter plenary session of the General Council, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, with the consent of his Council, has appointed Fr José Angel Prado Mendoza Superior of the Divine Saviour Province of Central America (CAM), for the six years 2017-2023.
(ANS - Rome) - "We cannot forget our origins and our charismatic identity". This is the loud and clear call that the Rector Major of the Salesians, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, sends to all the provinces and to the Salesians in the world. It is an invitation to missionary generosity, so that no obstacle may get in the way of those who generously feel called to live the Salesian vocation in the peculiar form "ad gentes, ad exteros, ad vitam."
(ANS – Rome) – Last December 15th, during the plenary winter session of the General Council, the Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, with the consent of his Council, appointed as new Superior of the Province “St. John Bosco” of East Africa (AFE) Fr. Simon Asira Lipuku, who will perform his task in the six-year period 2017-2023.
(ANS – Rome) – It is over 150 years that the Salesians of Don Bosco consider minors as the active holders of rights and look in each one of them for the positive potentialities that must bloom through education. However, all over the world there are millions of Unaccompanied Minor Refugees (UMR), one of the categories that are more at risk of violence, exploitation and violation of their rights. On the occasion of the International Migrants Day, that is celebrated on December 18th, Don Bosco International presents some guidelines so that the Salesian work with these minors may always be qualified and respectful of their specific exigencies.
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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.
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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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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."