Rome – March 2022 - The meeting of ‘ALL DB TECHS’ was held on 12th March 2022 on ZOOM platform. The aim of the meeting was to share the contextualized charismatic reflections on the theme ‘WORK SPIRITUALITY AND WORK ETHIC’. The directors of various DB Techs, Fr George Mathew – DB Tech India; Fr T.J.George – DB Tech Africa; Fr Dindo Vitug– DB Tech ASEAN; Fr Claudio Cartes – DB Tech America, Mr Miguel Esquíroz Noble - Tech Don Bosco, Spain were present for the meeting. It was coordinated by Fr Patrick Anthonyraj of the Youth Ministry Department. Pablo Osorio helped in the simultaneous translation.
(ANS - Rome) - The war in Ukraine has given rise to an important flow of generosity. These days, initiatives to collect funds, basic necessities, and direct hospitality for the Ukrainian population fleeing the war are proliferating. Here are the latest updates.
(ANS - Rome) - There is great expectation among Salesians, young people, and the Salesian Family in Cameroon for the Animation Visit that the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, will lead to the Salesian presence in that country starting tomorrow, 15th March. It will be three days of much enthusiasm, family atmosphere, and Salesian joy.
(ANS – Rome) – “In these days, we have undoubtedly suffered the pain of thousands and thousands of people. So many images of suffering and death have swept the world”. The Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, entrusts a new letter, sharing it with the Mother General of the FMA, Mother Chiara Cazzuola, and the World Coordinator of Salesian Cooperators, Antonio Boccia, expressing the pain that all of us are experiencing in the face of the war that has been affecting Ukraine for weeks.
(ANS - RMG) - On Tuesday, March 15, at the Cathedral of Lahore (Pakistan), Archbishop Bishop Sebastian Francis Shaw, OFM, will officially open the Diocesan Inquiry into the martyrdom, fame of holiness, and signs of the Servant of God Akash Bashir (June 22, 1994 - March 15, 2015).
(ANS - Rome) - On the border between Ukraine and Poland, a long line of refugees is waiting for their turn to be able to say they have left the war behind. "It's cold, and it's hard here, for the mothers and children, who are the majority," says Fr Andrzej Król, Delegate of Youth Ministry of the Poland-Cracow Province (PLS), who crossed the border in the opposite direction to help and accompany the Ukrainian refugees in this delicate phase. "Most of them don't know where to go, they go towards the unknown and they only know that once they have crossed the Polish border there are schools where they can spend their first night... We try to entertain the children, make them smile and offer them small things. I think it's important at this time," the Salesian continues.
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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.
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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.
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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.