(ANS – Rome) – In this Advent season, the missionary reflection for the 11th of the month by the General Councillor for the Missions, Fr Alfred Maravilla, addresses a complex, but fundamental topic:"salvation".
(ANS– Rome) – The new website of the Salesian Historical Institute (ISS) and the Salesian History association (ACSSA) has been online since Thursday 30 November. The project to create the new site took several months and required much research to ensure that all the information was presented in an objective, intuitive and easily accessible way.
(ANS – RMG) – During the winter session of the General Council on 6 December, Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco, with the consent of the members of his Council, appointed Fr Peter Končanas Superior of the Salesian Province of Slovenia (SLO) for the six-year period 2024-2030.
(ANS – Rome) – The cycle of events in the series "What kind of Salesians for the youth of today?" continues, on the Action Programme for the Salesian Congregation after the 28th General Chapter. On Saturday, 9 December 2023, Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians, will speak directly, offering ideas and insights on the topic of “The challenge of Formation in the Congregation today”.
(ANS - Rome) - The Sector for Social Communication of the Salesian Congregation is launching this year the new project of the "Don Bosco Digital Forum": a new platform and channel for listening, dialogue and participation with the Delegates for Social Communication and especially with the young people directly involved in the Communication of Salesian Provinces and Vice provinces all over the world. The ultimate goal of this initiative, as the title well summarizes, is to "Share our journey of life and faith in the digital world".
(ANS – Rome) – The calendar for Advent and Christmas 2023-24 was produced by the Youth Pastoral Sector in collaboration with the Laudato si' circle “nelle Selve” of Rome, has the Laudate Deum as its theme and can be downloaded in different languages at this link.
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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.
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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.
SPECIAL REPORTS
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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."