(ANS – Rome) – The newly elected World Council of the Don Bosco Past Pupils held its first annual meeting last week (June 14-19) in the Salesianum, Rome. It aimed to put concrete strategies and steps for the 7 main priorities of their Six Year Plan.
(ANS – Rome) – From June 17th to 19th, there was the World Encounter of reflection on the “Salesian Rector’s Manual”, which took as a reference the Manual of 1986. The meeting was attended by 20 people; Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major, and Fr. Ivo Coelho, General Councillor for Formation, with the team of his Dicastery, were also present at the meeting.
Roma, Italy – May 16th, 2016 – On May 16th, at the Salesians’ General House, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major, received the visit of the Archbishop of Sucre, Jesús Juárez Párraga, SDB.
Vaticano City, Vatican – June 14th, 2016 – In the early afternoon of June 14th, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major, the members of the General Council and the new Provincials went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Door in the Vatican. They entered through Porta Sant’Anna, and went on their pilgrimage from the clothing room of the Sistine Chapel to the Holy Door. After the prayer for the indulgence at St. Peter’s, they visited and prayed in the Pauline Chapel and the Sala Regia (Regal Room) and then went to the Sistine Chapel for Vespers. In the evening they met the Salesian Community at the Vatican.
(ANS – Campello) – He is the personal secretary to the Rector Major. He was born in Mar del Plata, in Argentina, 51 years ago, and was Provincial of La Plata from 2005 to 2010: he is Fr. Horacio Adrián López and has already visited a third of the Salesian world, 41 countries, at the side of the Rector Major.
by Fr. Josep Lluís Burguera, SDB
Rome, Italy - June 2016 - A formation course for seven new Salesian provincials is taking place at the Salesian Generalate from 5 to 18 June. It is being led by Fr Francesco Cereda, Vicar of the Rector Major. The speakers at the meeting will include the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, members of the General Council, the teams of the Departments and the Salesians in charge of the various sectors.
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INTERVIEWS
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RMG – Fr Gildasio Mendes, General Councillor for Social Communication, talks about his two new books on Don Bosco(ANS – Rome) – At the end of the International “Shaping Tomorrow” Communication Conference (Rome, 1-7 August 2024), the General Councillor for Social Communication, Fr Gildasio Mendes, publicly presented his most recent two literary works, both dedicated to Don Bosco and motivated by the bicentenary of the latter’s famous Dream at Nine Years of Age. They are As seeing him who is invisible and Parallels 15 and 20. Today he shows us in detail the meaning and perspectives of the two books.
EDITORIAL
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Myanmar – Tragedy of Innocent Children in the midst of Armed Conflicts(ANS – Naypyidaw) - Myanmar finds itself immersed in profound grief and anguish as innocent lives, particularly those of children, continue to be mercilessly lost in the enduring armed conflicts. Families are left devastated by the tragic loss of their loved ones while the relentless violence shows no signs of abating. This week, a heartfelt plea from Myanmar reached our community, shedding light on the heart-wrenching death of a young girl Juliet in a military airstrike, prompting a unified call for prayers and action.
EVENTS
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Italy – The chapel of the relics at the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Turin celebrates 90 years and celebrates them with an exhibition on the Shroud(ANS – Turin) – Again this year, on 14 September, on the occasion of the liturgical feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and the day of the Opening of the Crypt, the Shrine of Mary Help of Christians in Turin hosted an evening dedicated to the Shroud, as part of the "Culture in the Basilica" exhibition, entitled "The Shroud: witness of great love".
SPECIAL REPORTS
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RMG – 100 years of Salesian holiness in the shadow of Mary: 8 September 2024 in Slovenia and Slovakia(ANS – Rome) – Don Bosco was a great lover of Our Lady and the "thread" of her strong and discreet presence as a mother, teacher and helper, never failed for each of her children. It is therefore not surprising that so much Salesian holiness is also interwoven with very deep bonds with Mary: every Servant of God, every Blessed and Saint of the Salesian Family has a special, sometimes all-encompassing bond with her, as it was for Fr Silvio Galli, SDB, or Sister Antonietta Böhm, FMA. This 2024 is also marked by two anniversaries directly connected to some figures of Salesian holiness: those of the Shrine of Mary Help of Christians in Raknovik, Ljubljana, consecrated on 8 September 1924, and that of the arrival in 1924 of the Salesians at the national Marian Shrine in Šaštín, Slovakia, dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows.
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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On WINGS of HOPETHE MESSAGE OF THE VICAR OF THE RECTOR MAJOR, Father Stefano Martoglio
While continuing my service as Vicar in the coming months, quietly, very simply, and completely in continuity, I’ll replace the Rector Major in leading the Congregation to the General Chapter, the 29th, in February 2025.