Rome, Italy - September 2016 - On 13 September, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major, met the new missionaries who will depart on the 147th Salesian Missionary Expedition.
(ANS - Rome) - The Orientation Course for new missionaries who will leave with the 147th Salesian Missionary Expedition began on 1 September with a pilgrimage to the places in Rome associated with St Paul. The participants are 18 in number: 13 practical trainees who are all candidates for priesthood; 2 perpetually professed Salesian Brothers and 3 Salesian priests, one of them newly ordained. Together with other missionaries of the Salesian Family, they will all receive the missionary mandate from the Rector Major on Sunday 25 September in the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Turin.
(ANS - Rome) - During the summer session of the General Council in 2016 time was given to a brief reflection on the Salesian Brother, based also on current statistics of the Congregation. In all the rich discussion one contribution shines out - a brief and passionate contribution by the only Salesian Brother in the General Council: Jean Paul Muller, Economer General.
Rome, Italy – 3 September 2016 – On the eve of her canonization a concert entitled "The joy of living", in honour of Mother Teresa of Calcutta took place in the Aula Magna at the Generalate of the Salesians. The concert was performed by an Indian musician Surojit Bhuyan, a past pupil of St Mary's School run by the FMA in Guwahati, with pieces for violin and vocal tracks. Ms Bhuyan is a well-known musician in her country. She has received several awards and collaborates with the Don Bosco Shelter, Wadala (Mumbai), with music therapy activities for street children.
Vatican City, Vatican – August 2016 – Among the twelve specialists appointed by Pope Francis to create the Commission for the Study of the Diaconate of Women, there is also Salesian confrère Fr. Aimable Musoni, S.D.B., Professor of Ecclesiology at the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome, former Consultor for the Congregation of Saints and expert at the Synod of Bishops of Africa and at the Synod of Bishops on the Family in 2015.
RMG – After over five months since the kidnapping of Fr. Uzhunnalil, we must keep praying and hoping
(ANS – Roma) – After over five months since his kidnapping, on March 4th in Aden, Yemen, the situation of the Salesian missionary Fr. Thomas Uzhunnalil is still enwrapped in uncertainty. As stated by Msgr. Paul Hinder, Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia, “we have no certain news. We only know that something is moving, but we have no certitude”.
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INTERVIEWS
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Chile – Former Salesian student in the fight against Alzheimer's disease(ANS - Santiago) - Dr Nibaldo Inestrosa, graduate of the Salesian Institute in Valdivia and national prize of Natural Sciences winner, is a pioneer and expert in the study of Alzheimer's disease in the country. In this interview, he offers an insight into the current challenges, but not before reflecting on his formative experience at the Salesian Institute in Valdivia and how this influenced his interest in biology and science.
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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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."