Turin, Italy- May 2023 - The special course for new Salesian missionaries, which began on May 7 in Rome, concluded on May 27 in Valdocco. Led by Fr. Alfred Maravilla, General Councilor for Missions, and the Missions Sector team, the course helped the 18 new missionaries reflect on their experiences. They all regarded the guided tour and reflection on the places related to the birth and development of the Salesian charism as the most moving experience. The last days spent in Valdocco allowed them to witness and experience fervent devotion to Mary Help of Christians.
(ANS - Rome) - In the fifth testimony offered by the missionaries who have already arrived at their destination, and who are now attending a special orientation course, the speaker is young Emmanuel Jeremia Mganda, a 30-year-old Tanzanian who has been serving since last year in the Brazil-Manaus (BMA) Province in the missions among the indigenous Yanomami.
(ANS - Rome) - Due to the 125th anniversary of Salesian presence in the city of Livorno, Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, will visit the seaside city on the weekend of May 27-28, 2023. For the occasion, the Salesian parish, named after Don Bosco himself, has organized two days full of appointments and events, under the banner of Don Bosco's motto: "Happy in time and in eternity...."
(ANS - Rome) - From the heart of Africa to South America, from the Republic of Congo to Bolivia. This is the missionary journey that Salesian-in-training Rolphe Paterne Mouanga made back in 2021. Now that he is engaged in the special orientation course for missionaries who have already arrived in their destination lands, he tells ANS about the challenges and joys of his missionary experience.
(ANS – Rome) – On the second Sunday of October 1844, Don Bosco had a dream which was a kind of continuation of the one he had at the age of nine. In the dream, the Blessed Virgin told him to lead a large group of various kinds of animals.
(ANS - Rome) - Salesian coadjutor, 30 years old, Vietnamese, and already active and operational in one of the most troubled countries on the globe, South Sudan: Br. Joseph Thuan Thien Truc Tran is the third missionary to tell ANS about himself among those who are taking the special orientation course these days for missionaries who have already arrived in their destination lands.
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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."