(ANS - Rome) - St. Luigi Orione was born in Pontecurone, in the province of Alessandria, Italy, on June 23, 1872. For three years, from October 1886 to August 1889, he was a student at the Valdocco Oratory in Turin. Don Bosco, who soon noticed his human qualities, counted him among his favorites, assuring him, "We will always be friends." During his time in Turin, he also became acquainted with the charitable works of St. Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo, close to the Salesian oratory, until he later started his "Little Work of Divine Providence." On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of "don Orione," as he is universally known, we post an interview with Father Tarcisio Vieira, who has just been confirmed by the General Chapter of the Oriones as the Congregation's Director-General.
(ANS – Rome) – In the year that the Salesian Province of St. Joseph Vaz is celebrating 75 years of Salesian presence in Goa, the province is blessed with a new provincial designate in Fr. Clive Telles. He was nominated on 21 June 2022 by Rev. Fr. Angel Fernandez Artime, the Rector Major of the Salesian Congregation and 10th Successor of Don Bosco. Fr. Clive Telles will be succeeding Fr. Felix Fernandes who has been ably leading the province as its provincial superior since 2016. The province has 105 confreres and 18 houses in the Indian States of Goa, Karnataka, and Maharashtra.
The fifth 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 May.
(ANS - Rome) - Today sees the release of the fifth edition, covering the month of May 2022, of ANS News Video, the feature column that the Salesian iNfo Agency started last January to present, with the help and power of moving images, the most important events carried out within the Congregation and the Salesian Family. For the occasion, we interviewed ANS Director and creator of ANS News Video, Fr. Harris Pakkam, for an initial review on this initiative.
(ANS - Rome) - “Whoever. Wherever. Whenever. Everyone has the right to seek safety” is the motto chosen for World Refugee Day 2022, which is celebrated today, June 20. According to the annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), at the end of 2021, there were 89.3 million people fleeing war, violence, persecution, and human rights violations - a figure more than double that calculated 10 years earlier, and one that still does not take into account the approximately 12 million Ukrainians forced to flee because of war. That is why today it can be said that in the world people forced to leave their homes has reached the incredible figure of more than 100 million.
(ANS – Roma) – The missionary spirit is the heart of pastoral charity summed up in Da mihi Animas, Caetera Tolle. It is an ‘essential feature’ of Don Bosco’s charism’ (Fr. Viganò), which all Salesians are called to live.
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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.
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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."