(ANS - Rome) - The two posters selected by the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime to illustrate the message of his Strenna for 2023: "AS THE YEAST IN TODAY’S HUMAN FAMILY. The lay dimension in the family of Don Bosco" were released today, 24 November 2022. The option of animating the Salesian Family with two different images is therefore renewed once again this year, because both are able to represent the proposed theme well, each enhancing different accents, styles and suggestions. The first of the two posters is the work of the Office of Social Communication of the "St. Anthony" Province of Portugal, and it clearly expresses the industriousness and liveliness of the Salesian Family at the service of young people all over the world, both yesterday and today.
(ANS - Rome) - The publication of the series of articles by Fr. Gildasio Mendes, General Councilor for Social Communication - on the theme "Educating and Evangelizing Today in the Digital Habitat. Together with young people, toward the future" - continues. Today the fourth article is being presented, which aims to open a window on our view of the digital in the context of vast technological transformations.
The ninth issue of “ANS News Video” the monthly video bulletin that reviews the most important events of the Congregation and the Salesian Family. This new video features the appointment for September.
(ANS - Rome) - Today, Tuesday, Nov. 15, begins the trip the Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, is making to the two Provinces of the United States on account of the 125th anniversary of Salesian presence in the country. At 4 p.m. local time (UTC-8), the 10th Successor of Don Bosco lands in Los Angeles, where he begins with a visit to the "St. Andrew" Province of the Western United States (SUO) that lasts until Monday, Nov. 21; afterward, until the following Friday, Nov. 25, the Rector Major will visit the Salesian houses of the "St. Philip" Province of the Eastern United States and Canada (SUE) and will also add luster with his presence to another significant anniversary: the 75 years of "Salesian Missions," the Salesian Mission Office of New Rochelle.
(ANS – Rome) – This November 11 the General Councillor for Missions, Fr. Alfred Maravilla, comments on the theme for this year’s Salesian Mission Day Celebration.
(ANS - Rome) – Issue Number 78, covering the January-June 2022 semester, of "Ricerche Storiche Salesiane" (RSS), the bimonthly journal of Religious and Civil History published by the Salesian Historical Institute (ISS), has been published. Studies on Fr. Paul Albera, II Successor of Don Bosco, and on the Salesian reality of Mogliano Veneto find space in this issue. There is also no shortage of other in-depth studies and contributions in the various other sectors of the volume.
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RMG - Preparation, objectives, challenges and perspectives of GC29: in dialogue with the Moderator, Fr Alphonse Owoudou(ANS - RMG) - Just a few days before the beginning of the 29th General Chapter (GC29) of the Salesian Congregation, Fr Alphonse Owoudou, Councillor for the Africa-Madagascar Region and Moderator of GC29, recounts in detail, through an articulate interview, the work preceding and underlying this responsibility, indicating the spirit that will animate it and the attitudes and conditions to make it truly a Cenacle in which the Holy Spirit can act, for the benefit of the Congregation, the Salesian mission and the youth of the world.
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.
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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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United States – CATHOLIC WORLD DAY OF THE SICK: Salesian Missions highlights medical programs for people in need around the globe(ANS – New Rochelle) – Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins Catholic organizations around the globe in honoring the Catholic World Day of the Sick. Every year on Feb. 11, the Pope marks the day with a special message calling for spiritual and physical closeness to all those who are ill. Saint John Paul II instituted the day “to encourage the people of God, Catholic health institutions and civil society to be increasingly attentive to the sick and to those who care for them.”
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."