Hello everyone, and welcome to the third edition of ANS news video 2023. We offer you a glimpse of the main events and initiatives of the Salesian world, from the various animation visits to our youth activities and that of our Salesian mission. Enjoy watching the news video.
(ANS - Rome) - In March, Italy and the whole world witnessed one of the most serious maritime tragedies, the Cutro shipwreck, which resulted in the death of many people including dozens of minors. The media, including the Catholic media, have taken up and commented on this sad episode, dwelling on the pain and suffering and wondering how to stimulate compassion, but also the adoption of concrete actions.
(ANS) - During past 20 years most of the Salesian Family pilgrims to the Holy Places of Don Bosco in Piedmont are helped by the 'Fr Giraudo - Fr Biancardi' publication 'Qui e' vissuto Don Bosco' (Don Bosco Lived Here), translated already to many languages, including also Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
(ANS – Rome) - We continue with the publication of articles in the series "Don Bosco and Digital and Virtual Reality," written by Fr. Gildasio Mendes, General Councilor for Social Communication. In this month's article, dreams are the protagonists.
(ANS - Rome) - In recent months, the Youth Ministry Sector has promoted an update of the Oratory-Youth Center sector of the Reference Framework for Youth Ministry. The objective is to guarantee the originality and educational and pastoral specificity of these 2,470 centers and, secondly, to focus on the crucial issues of the pastoral life of the Oratory-Youth Center and, in particular, the different challenges of the contexts.
(ANS – Rome) – A revised and updated English translation of the 2015 Third Edition of the Constitutions and Regulations of the Society of St Francis de Sales is now available in PDF on the Congregation’s websites, <<sdb.org>> and <<sdl.sdb.org>>. The text also contains the modifications introduced by GC28.
PHOTO GALLERY
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.
EDITORIAL
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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.
EVENTS
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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."