(ANS - Rome) - Almost certainly a great number of readers have been receiving the monthly Salesian Bulletin (SB) for many years. One often happens to hear that their parents, grandparents and perhaps even great-grandparents read the SB. But perhaps not everyone knows how it came into being and why 146 years ago Don Bosco conceived, produced and popularized it.
(ANS – Rome) - Don Bosco was a priest and educator attentive to the signs of the times. Intuitively, he realised that he could have done much more for the poor and abandoned youth in the city of Turin — and then in the whole world — if he had also dedicated a lifetime to “spreading good books among the people with all the means suggested by ardent charity.” In an 1885 letter he wrote: “This is one of the most important apostolates that Divine Providence has entrusted to me; and you know that I have worked tirelessly, even though engaged in a thousand other occupations.”
(ANS - Rome) - With the upcoming International meeting of the Editors and Directors of Salesian Bulletin (Turin, April 21-26, 2023), a series of publications are planned on ANS that will delve on the origins, charism, mission, meaning and relevance of Salesian Bulletin. The first article published today on ANS is that of Fr Bruno Ferrero, Director of the Italian Salesian Bulletin.
The April issue of the Missionary Bulletin Cagliero11 featured a forum on nonviolence, a topic to which Pope Francis' monthly prayer intention entrusted to the entire Catholic Church is also dedicated.
(ANS - Rome) - The Youth Ministry Sector of the Congregation invites you to participate and spread the new Laudato Si' Animators Course that the Laudato Si' Movement is proposing again this year. It is a simple and beautiful way to enter – accompanied by many Catholic communities - the worldwide network of people who, in the service of the Church, are committed to the care of the Common Home.
(ANS – Rome) – Mission ‘Ad Gentes’ is an often-quoted term. But what does it really mean? It is more than just missionary volunteering, missionary experiences or fundraising for missionary activities. The word “mission” from the Latin “mission”, means “the act of sending”. While “Ad Gentes” indicates a movement “towards the people” particularly those who do not know Jesus Christ or having once known Him, have now abandoned their Christian faith. Thus, mission ad gentes is “the task of preaching the Gospel and planting the Church among peoples or groups who do not yet believe in Christ” (Ad Gentes 6).
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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."