(ANS - Rome) - The Integral Ecology Sector of the Youth Ministry (YM) offers an aid to live Lent according to the spirit of Laudato Si' to all the Delegates of the Youth Ministry, the animators and all those interested. It is a proposal to live and experience Lent starting from the Gospel of the next five Sundays, making a concrete commitment to as many issues. The theme is: “TAKE THE PLANET BY HAND, TAKE YOUR NEIGHBOR BY THE HAND”.
(ANS - Rome) - The "International Congress of Salesian Works and Social Services" that will take place in Turin-Valdocco from 28 September to 2 October 2022 is one of the major events on the calendar this year for the Youth Ministry Sector. The congress, which is expected to draw more than 300 participants from across the Salesian world, opened for registration last Tuesday, March 1.
(ANS – Rome) – On March 4th 2022 from 12:00 PM - 04:00 PM, Fr. Gildasio Mendes, General Councillor for Social Communication, conducted the first meeting of 2022 with the presence of the two members of the Sector of Communication in Rome, Fr. Harris Pakkam (Director of ANS) and Fr. Ricardo Campoli, and Referents of the Delegates of Communication from the Regions:
(ANS - Rome) - In the current circumstances, a message from the Father and Center of Unity of the Salesian Family, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, SDB, regarding the conflict situation in Ukraine, could not but be forthcoming. "We too, as the Salesian Family of Don Bosco, and I personally, on behalf of all the groups, feel the duty to cry 'No to war!', while begging for this conflict to end and asking (and praying) for peace to come soon," the Rector Major says.
(ANS - Rome) - There are indeed many Salesian realities that are working to give relief to the Ukrainian population, victims of the war. Among them, there are also two important professional organizations of solidarity, such as the Italian NGO "Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo" (VIS) and "Don Bosco Mission Bonn", the Salesian Mission Office active in Germany.
(ANS - Rome) - Throughout the Salesian world, there is no counting the number of activities undertaken in support of the Ukrainian population, victims of the war. Initiatives of prayer and of sensitization to peace, as well as demonstrations of solidarity, have sprung up and spread almost spontaneously in all the realities of the Salesian Family. At the same time, specific campaigns have been launched, especially by those organizations best prepared to face emergencies, to offer material aid according to need.
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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.