(ANS - Rome) - New logo, new interface, better integration between text, images and video, a renewed focus on the socialization of messages ... Since 15 March last the site of the Salesian Info Agency has changed radically. Alongside the innovations there are still a few proven instruments, such as the photographic archive "IMAGE BANK". The mission is the same: "to share the good things" that the Salesians are doing in the world and in this way to be a tool for the spread of the charism.
(ANS - Rome) - One of the forces leading the Salesian charism in the world is the Salesian Family. "Every time I go around the world, I see first-hand that the charism of Don Bosco is fully alive," says Fr Eusebio Muñoz, Secretary of the Salesian Family, the man who convened the World Consultative Body.
(ANS - Rome) - "Loving poverty is solidarity, sharing and charity and is expressed in moderation, in the quest for justice and in taking joy in the essential." So said Pope Francis in a message of 8 March 2014. The Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, took that as his starting point in the talk he gave yesterday at the 87th Bi-annual Assembly of the Union of Superiors General, which ends today, Friday 27 May, at the Salesianum in Rome.
(ANS – Roma) – The mission of the Salesian is that of being with the young: in the playground, in the school, in the oratory, in the Church, in the digital world … also in the Smartphone. The phenomenon of the Salesian-apps is constantly on the increase and represents an important channel for the transmission of the Salesian charism among the young. A study made by Mauricio Ponce from El Salvador, who helps with the graphics of the Salesian Bulletin in Central America, has discovered some very interesting facts.
Rome, Italy - May 2016 - On 19 May, at the headquarters of the Salesian Historical Institute at the Generalate in Rome, a meeting took place of the new Presidency of ACSSA which was elected during the Sixth Salesian History Conference held in Turin at the end October 2015. Among those present were the President, Fr Francesco Motto, the secretary-treasurer Fr Stanislaw Zimniak and members Fr Thomas Anchukandam (Director ISS) and Sr Grazia Loparco (Rome), Fr Joaquín Torres (Spain), Sr Maria Rohrer (Tunisia) and Ariel Fresia (Argentina). Fr Albert Kitungwa (Rep. of Congo) attended part of the meeting. Among the many items on the agenda were the publiction of the Acts of the aforementioned Convention, the revision of the Statutes of ACSSA, review and approval of some local ACSSA Statutes (Argentina and Brazil), other reports from local ACSSA groups (Italy, Spain, Poland), the admission of new members and the new site. The work focused on the choice of the subject of study for the next international conference, scheduled for October 2021, to be preceded by five continental seminars in the two-year period 2018-2019. After extensive debate the theme was chosen: "Significant Salesian figures in different countries during the twentieth century". For the preparatory seminars in different geographical areas they suggested the same theme, but with the subtitle "Questions of method and sources". The work ended with the fixing of the date of the next meeting for 6 May 2017.
(ANS – Rome) – In 1877 Don Bosco thought about printing a publication that was destined to last over time. "It has been decided to print a Bulletin which will be like a newspaper of the Congregation, because there are many things to be communicated. It will be a regular bulletin, a link between Cooperators and Salesians." Following in the footsteps of the founder, the directors of the Salesian Bulletin around the world participated in a special meeting which concluded in the presence of the Rector Major Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, and the Councillor for social communication, Fr Filiberto Gonzalez.
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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.
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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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RMG - St. Francis de Sales Communicator: All for Love(ANS – Rome) - The figure of St. Francis de Sales, chosen by Don Bosco as an example of a communicator, teaches that communication is a matter of the heart. In his expression, "Everything in the Church is love: everything lives in love, for love, and of love," we understand his revolution in the way of communicating, and how communication becomes fruitful when it allows communion and the exchange of one's experiences in a path of accompaniment and collaboration in God's project.
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."