(ANS - Rome) - "Digital health" conditions many aspects of life and relationships today: at school, in educational and leisure environments, and in the family; it involves the safe, responsible, and healthy use of technology. Recognizing, therefore, its extreme relevance, the Sector for Youth Ministry and the Sector for Social Communication have decided to promote a training course of three meetings deputed to address the issue of digital health of adolescents and young people.
(ANS - Rome) - On January 25, 2023, as part of the work of the General Council, the Rector Major of the Salesian Congregation, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, with the consent of the other Council members, decreed the canonical erection of the Salesian Province of Tanzania (TZA). The new Province shall be named after St. Artemide Zatti and will be based at the Dar Es Salaam-Oyster Bay institution.
(ANS - Rome) - Feb. 1 marks the centenary of the death of Blessed Luigi Variara, a Salesian of Don Bosco, in Cùcuta, Colombia, at 49 years of age, 31 as a Salesian and 24 as a priest.
(ANS - Rome) - The winter plenary session of the General Council's work ended last Friday, January 27, 2023. After almost two months of intense activity, Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, wanted to share what had been accomplished during this time with the community of Valdocco, which hosted the sessions, and he did so with the traditional "Salesian goodnight" message.
(ANS - Rome) - Today, 31 January, on the occasion of the Feast of St. Giovanni Bosco, the new official publication of the Salesian Congregation called "Salesian Bulletin OnLine" is being inaugurated and officially launched, accessible to anyone at the address www.donbosco.press.
(ANS - Rome) - Don Bosco is perhaps the most amazing and fascinating saint, history has ever produced. Every saint carries within him or her a particular charism and fascination, but in Don Bosco once can gauge a rich and perfect combination of human and divine qualities. It is amazing to note, how a simple, poor, semi-orphan peasant boy from Becchi, could rise up to the founding of a congregation, and sow the seed for the rise of a great movement, the Salesian family which has more 400,000 members all over the world. Today his followers, the Salesians of Don Bosco are more than 14,000 and present in 134 countries of the world reaching out to the young people most in need.
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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."