(ANS - Rome) - The "Saint Thomas of Canterbury" Province of Great Britain (GBR) held a seminar on Salesian personal pastoral accompaniment, held by the General Councilor for Youth Ministry, Fr Miguel Angel García Morcuende. For 4 days, from 25 to 28 October 2021, Salesians, Salesian Cooperators and lay people gathered to participate in the online sessions.
(ANS - Rome) - On Wednesday and Thursday, October 27-28, the Social Communication and Mission Animation teams of the Mediterranean Region - including the Salesian Provinces of Italy, Spain, Portugal and the Middle East - met digitally in the presence of the General Councillors of the two Sectors, respectively Fr Gildasio Mendes and Fr Alfred Maravilla.
(ANS - Rome) - World Mission Sunday will be celebrated next Sunday, 24 October 2021, on the theme "For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. (Acts 4:20)". Perfectly sync with this inspiration is also the message that the General Councilor for the Missions, Fr Alfred Maravilla, has announced for the missionary month of October. The theme of his reflection is: "Lay People and Salesians as Missionary Disciples". It is a heartfelt appeal so that every baptized person may feel and make their own the mission of evangelizing, and that every Salesian may fully live the Salesian missionary spirit among the young, summarized by Don Bosco in the motto “Da mihi animas”. As an in-depth study and a tool for animation in this missionary month, the Sector for Missions has also produced a new video from the “CaglieroLIFE” column, entitled: “DISCIPLESHIP - To be a disciple is to believe”.
(ANS - Rome) - The most important points for the accompaniment and animation of the Salesian Family in the world by the Salesians were the fulcrum of the first meeting between the Salesian members of the Secretariat for the Salesian Family (SF) and the Provincial Delegates for the SF active in all seven Regions of the Salesian world, celebrated from 6 to 15 October.
(ANS - Rome) - The Salesian Family Spirituality Days are an unmissable event for those who, despite the multiplicity of different charisms, recognize Don Bosco as a beacon and guide for their life and mission in the Church and in society. In fact, they have been going on for 40 years and were also held last year, albeit with the necessary changes and attention, at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic showed its toughest face. Currently, the Secretariat for the Salesian Family, led by the Central Delegate of the Rector Major, Fr Joan Lluís Playà, is working on the next edition, which will be held in mixed mode - in presence in Turin-Valdocco, and with digital platforms - from 13 to 16 January 2022.
(ANS - Rome) - On Monday 18 October the representatives of the Salesian radios of Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, Brazil and Bolivia gathered digitally for a moment of formation and meeting. Fr Gildasio Mendes, General Councilor for Social Communication of the Salesian Congregation, thanked everyone for their presence and underlined the importance of radio in the current communication context.
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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.
EDITORIAL
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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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Spain – 33rd Edition of the Edebé Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature: Here Are the Winners(ANS – Madrid) – The 33rd edition of the Edebé Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature has been awarded to Beatriz Giménez de Ory (Madrid, 1972) for her novel Tres niños tristes y medio unicornio (Three Sad Children and Half a Unicorn) and David Lozano (Zaragoza, 1974) for his novel La cacería (The Hunt).
SPECIAL REPORTS
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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.