(ANS - Rome) - On the occasion of the 24th of the month, ANS readers are offered the third of the articles written by the General Councilor for Social Communication, Fr. Gildasio Medes, on the theme "St. Francis de Sales Communicator. Inner pilgrimage, wisdom in the art of communicating".
(ANS - Rome) - The Youth Ministry Sector of the Salesians of Don Bosco promotes, as a partner, the next formation course for "Laudato Sì Animators", entitled "Shema' Israel – Listen Israel, Listening with the ear of the heart", launched again this year by the Laudato Sì Movement (LSM).
(ANS – Rome) – The General Councillors of Missions, Fr. Alfred Maravilla, Youth Ministry, Fr. Miguel Angel García Morcuende, and Social Communication, Fr. Gildasio Mendes, answer some questions about "Communicating Christ Today".
(ANS - Rome) - The process of revising the Ratio Fundamentalis continues in the ordinary work of many people. Even outside the scheduled meetings and gatherings, very important steps are being taken within this process, through the involvement of a large number of participants from many different countries.
(ANS - Rome) – “The children are afraid. As soon as the air-raid sirens start to sound, they run for shelter in the basements. We keep trying to help them in every possible manner. Currently there are many people who have arrived from the eastern regions here. This is life now... And we are also afraid.” So says Łesia, one of the people currently residing in the Salesian presence in Bibrka, not far from Lviv, in western Ukraine.
(ANS - Rome) - The Salesian Coordination for the emergency response to the war in Ukraine continues its activities without pause: it facilitates the meeting between the requests of the Provinces on the front line in welcoming refugees and the options and possibilities put in place worldwide by countless Salesian realities. It also keeps the profile of communication high, so that benefactors, volunteers, and all interested parties are always kept informed about the final outcome of solidarity efforts.
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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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GOOD, FAITHFUL, AND COURAGEOUS SERVANTSTHE MESSAGE OF THE VICAR OF THE RECTOR MAJOR, Fr Stefano Martoglio, SDB
During this Jubilee year, in this difficult world, we are invited to rise up, set out again, and, in newness of life, make our journey as human beings and believers.