(ANS - Rome) – A meeting of the European Delegates for Social Communication started yesterday 12 May. About 20 delegates attended as well as Daughters of Mary Help of Christians and members of other Departments. The opening was celebrated by Fr Filiberto González, Councillor General for Social Communication. This was followed by the first sharing of good practices in each province.
(ANS - Rome) - "Remember that we have to work for young people and the service of man, so that justice may triumph in all areas". So said Bro. Jean Paul Muller, Economer General of the Salesian Congregation, to the Provincial Economers of 24 provinces of the Salesian world. A meeting to update and inform Salesians recently appointed as Provincial Economers has just ended.
(ANS - Rome) – Next autumn the Pope will visit Azerbaijan and Georgia, the second part of a trip to the Caucasus which will start in Armenia in June. We asked Monsignor Vladimir Fekete, SDB, for a comment. He is the Apostolic Prefect of Baku, the Azerbaijani capital,
(ANS - Rome) - A new twenty-four-hour truce was declared in Syria just a few hours ago. This follows several days of fighting that left nearly 300 dead, mostly civilians. In this context of extreme suffering, Fr Alejandro León, a Salesian missionary in the Middle East, has given his view of what is happening in Aleppo.
(ANS - Rome) - Meeting with Fr Ivo Coelho, Councillor General for Formation.
(ANS - Rome) - On the occasion of United Nations Earth Day (22 April) the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, supports and endorses the Interfaith Declaration on Climate Change, directed by religious and spiritual leaders to world leaders. With this gesture the Rector Major wants to remind us that care for creation is to be seen as a moral issue and he encourages the Salesians and Salesian Family members to work for the adoption of consistent behaviour and education for the protection of "our common home." (Laudato Si’, 1).
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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."