(ANS - Rome) - Since its origins, the Salesian Congregation has been known and appreciated worldwide for its Vocational Training Centers (VTC), which offer young people integral development and quality preparation for the world of work, enabling them to face the future with confidence and responsibility. Salesian Vocational Training Centers offer vocational guidance, education, and training services following the educational methodology of St. John Bosco.
(ANS - Rome) - Continuing the series of the ten articles by Fr. Gildasio Mendes, General Councilor for Social Communication, on the theme "Don Bosco and Digital and Virtual Reality," today we delve into another facet of the communicative skills of the Founder of the Salesian Congregation. This time, the specific focus is on "Don Bosco, the power of the word and the gift of relationship."
(ANS – Rome) - On 31st May 2022, fr. Alfred Maravilla SDB, General Councilor for Missions, addressed the members of the General Chapter of the Missionaries of Africa who are gathered in their Generalate in Rome starting May 16, 2022. He was invited by the Superior General, fr. Stanislas Lubungo M.Afr., to speak to the 40 Capitulars on the Relevance and Urgency of Initial Proclamation.
(ANS - Rome) - The fourth video of the Salesian iNfo Agency's new feature "ANS News Video" has already been online for a few days on the ANS YouTube channel. This edition, dedicated to the most important activities and events carried out within the Congregation and the Salesian Family last April, is full of various important and interesting news.
"ANS News Video": the monthly video news bulletin that reviews the most important events of the Congregation and the Salesian Family. This new video features the appointments for April.
(ANS - Rome) - "Auxilium Christianorum," "Help of Christians," is a title proper to the Litany of Loreto of the Holy Rosary and is a patrimony of the universal Church. At the same time, this title has a very special value for the Salesian Family, given the great devotion that Don Bosco manifested toward Mary invoked under this very title.
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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."