(ANS – Roma) – We have reached the fifth and last video in the series fostered by the Sector for Formation of the Salesian Congregation and realised by the Centre for Youth Pastoral Care and Social Communication of the ICP province in Piedmont, for the ongoing formation on St Francis de Sales' spiritual and pastoral heritage, on the occasion of the fourth centenary of his death: Francis de Sales MISSIONARY. It is a form of accompaniment we receive from our saint, most appropriate for this month of October, which will have for us yet another day of grace in November, where on the 11th we will commemorate the 127th anniversary of the first expedition of Salesian missionaries to Patagonia.
(ANS - Rome) - Continuing the publication of the new 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," the third contribution is presented today, which aims to explore the important challenges emerging in this new digital landscape.
(ANS - Rome) - For World Mission Day 2022, which is celebrated next Sunday, Oct. 23, General Counselor for Missions Fr. Alfred Maravilla offers a rereading of the message released by Pope Francis for this occasion.
(ANS - Rome) - Continuing the series of ten articles by Fr. Gildasio Mendes, General Councilor for Social Communication, on the theme “Don Bosco and Digital & Virtual Reality,” the ninth contribution is offered today. In this new article, the focus is on “Don Bosco and his great vision of the environment as the new Habitat of Communication.”
(ANS - Rome) - By reason of the canonization ceremony of Artemide Zatti, Pope Francis and the Rector Major were honored with an icon of the new saint, handcrafted by Lara Sacco, a professional iconographer. Pope Francis received it from the Rector Major on the sidelines of the audience granted on Saturday, Oct. 8, while it was given to Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime on Sunday, Oct. 9, as a tribute from the Salesian Congregation. Here, in detail, are the multiple meanings of the icon.
(ANS - Rome) - The canonization of the first non-martyr Salesian, in the person of Artemide Zatti, is an event that will draw thousands of Salesians, members of the Salesian Family, and Don Bosco sympathizers from all over the world to Rome next weekend. The Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, has invited all Salesian coadjutors who wish to be present in St. Peter's Square, all the Superiors of the Congregation's 91 Provinces and Vice-Provinces, and also Salesian bishops, archbishops and cardinals. And always the Rector Major also invited all those who will not be able to be physically present to participate online in this great event. Here is how it will be possible to do so.
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INTERVIEWS
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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.
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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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."