Austria - Hundreds of people attend the Don Bosco Festival at the Salesianum in Vienna

Vienna, Austria - January 2025 - On 31 January, the liturgical feast of St John Bosco, the Don ...

Peru – Fr Bolla ‘Yankuam’: much more than a missionary

(ANS - Lima) - 12 years and one day ago, on 6 February 2013, the Servant of God Fr Luis (Luigi) ...

France – New ‘Fruits of the Salesian Missions’ painting presented in Nice

(ANS - Nice) - On the evening of 6 February 2025, Fr Alfred Maravilla, General Councillor for the ...

India - ‘Viva Don Bosco’: three new priests from the Shillong Province

Shillong, India - February 2025 - On 2nd February, the Shillong Province (INS) gathered in fervent ...

RMG – SDB Provinces: Mary Help of Christians Province, Philippines South (FIS)

(ANS – Rome) – The Salesian Province of Mary Help of Christians, Philippines South was ...

Peru - Meeting of the Salesian Family: ‘’Hope‘ is in fashion!’

Lima, Peru - Januar y 2025 - Around 300 people from the Salesian Family of Lima and Callao attended ...

Brazil - The Salesians of Amazonia welcome the perpetual religious profession of three young ...

Manaus, Brazil - January 2025 - In a solemn celebration held on 31 January, the Salesian Family of ...

Spain - Opening of the centenary of the arrival of the Salesians in the Province of Palencia

Astudillo, Spain - February 2025 - On 1 February, the celebrations for the centenary of the arrival ...

RMG – NEW SALESIAN DOCUMENT ON SOCIAL COMMUNICATION: A GUIDE TO NAVIGATING THE DIGITAL WORLD

(ANS – Rome) - The Salesian Congregation's Sector for Social Communication has ...

Democratic Republic of Congo – The city of Goma still unsafe

(ANS - Goma) - Several Salesian centres have been damaged in this week's violence in North Kivu ...

(ANS – Rome) – As part of the work of the General Council's 2023 summer plenary session, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, with the consent of the other members of his Council, has appointed Fr Peter Kim-Huy Hoang as the next Superior of the Australia-Pacific Province (AUL, for the 2023-2029 term.

(ANS – Rome) – As part of the work of the 2023 General Council summer plenary session, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, with the consent of the other members of his Council, has appointed Fr Philippe Bauzière, currently Vice-Provincial of the same Province as the next Superior of the Province of Manaus, Brazil.

(ANS – Rome) – On 27 June the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, with the consent of the General Council, appointed Fr Domenico Parternò Superior of the new Special North African Circumscription dedicated to Saint Augustine (CNA), which was canonically erected on 14 March 2023.

(ANS - Rome) - Today, 24 June, the feast of St John the Baptist and the monthly commemoration of Mary Help of Christians, in the early hours of the morning, Isabel Artime Garcia, the mother of the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, returned to the Father’s house after long months of silent suffering. Born on 15 March 1936 in Luanco (Asturias) in Spain, she passed away after 87 years of life. On this day when the Congregation celebrates the name feast of St John Bosco's name day and the feast of the Rector Major, she passed away gently in serenity and peace.

(ANS – Rome) – On 19 June 2023, the Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco with the consent of his Council, appointed Father Emilius Salema as Provincial of the Saint Artemides Zatti (TZA) Province for the 2023-2029 six year period.

(ANS – Rome) – On 19 June  2023, the Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco  with the consent of his Council, appointed Father George Tharaniyil as Provincial of the Saint John Bosco (AFE) Province for the 2023-2029 six year period.

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INTERVIEWS

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • WHAT A GIFT TIME IS!

    THE MESSAGE OF THE VICAR OF THE RECTOR MAJOR,
    Fr Stefano Martoglio, SDB

    The 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."

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