The answer in the letter “Sharing wisdom and hope in digital culture” from the General Councillor for Social Communication
(ANS – Rome) – In view of the current digital reality, and due to the presence, especially in some regions of the Salesian world, of a large number of elderly Salesians, the General Councillor for Social Communication, Fr Gildasio Mendes, has decided to dedicate a special letter to them, entitled: "Sharing wisdom and hope in digital culture". Here is how he explains to ANS readers today the origins, significance and perspectives of this document.
(ANS – Rome) – A Salesian heart, great experience as an immigrant, vision as a Bishop: these few traits summarise the figure of Bishop Mario Yamanouchi, Son of Don Bosco and since 2018 at the head of the Diocese of Saitama. In recent days he came to Italy for the Ad Limina Apostolorum Visit by the Bishops of Japan and gave an interview to ANS in which he touched on many different topics: Church, inculturation, Salesians, vocations, young people, migrants, Salesian Family...
(ANS – Buenos Aires) – The Federation of Religious Educational Associations of Argentina (FAERA), at its Ordinary General Assembly on Tuesday, 9 April 2024, elected Fr Horacio López, SDB, as President for the three-year period 2024-2026. It is the first time in the history of FAERA that a Salesian has been elected President.
(ANS – Cuautitlán) – On 28 April 2024 at 9:00 local time, in the Cathedral of San Bonaventura at Cuautitlán, Mexico, after the Mass presided over by the diocesan bishop, Bishop Efraín Mendoza Cruz, the Closing Session was held to solemnise the conclusion of the diocesan Inquiry into the life, virtues, fame of holiness and signs of the Cause of Beatification and Canonisation of the Servant of God Antonieta Böhm, professed Sister in the Congregation of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA). The following members of the tribunal took their oath: the Bishop; Fr Omar Nemesio Montoya García, Episcopal Delegate; Fr Adolfo Martínez Melo, Promoter of Justice; María de Lourdes Jasso Arredondo, Notary; Fr Pierluigi Cameroni, SDB, Postulator General for the Causes of the Saints of the Salesian Family, and the Vice-Postulator, Sister María Guadpe Cháaluvez Rodríguez, FMA.
(ANS – Valencia) – The Rector Major of the Salesians, Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, led an entire weekend of celebration in Valencia (26-28 April 2024), on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the St Anthony Abbot work there. The anniversary allowed the Superior General of the Congregation, now also Titular Archbishop of Ursona, to learn about the Salesian presence in Valencia.
(ANS – Antigua Guatemala) – The Salesian Cooperators (ASC) in the Interamerica Region held a 2nd Regional Meeting of Young Leaders from 11-14 April 2024, in Posada Belén, Antigua Guatemala. Present was Antonio Boccia, World Coordinator of the Association, accompanied by his wife Francesca.
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INTERVIEWS
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RMG – The missionaries of the 155th Salesian Missionary Expedition: Guy Roger Mutombo Mutshi, from the Vice-Province of Africa Congo Congo (ACC) to the Province of Southern Italy (IME)
(ANS – Rome) – The final word from the new Salesian missionaries comes from Congolese Guy Roger, a missionary in the Province of Southern Italy. "My plans and dreams for my missionary life are to live in communion of spirit and action with my Salesian brothers in IME for the salvation of poor and abandoned young people, according to the heart of Don Bosco and to the greater glory of God".
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 – Presentation of the volume "Giovanni Bosco, Predicazione"
(ANS – Rome) – Last Friday, 22 November 2024, at the UPS, the Salesian Historical Institute (ISS), in collaboration with the Don Bosco Study Centre (CSDB) at the Pontifical Salesian University (UPS) in Rome, presented the volume Giovanni Bosco, Predicazione. Introduzione, testi critici e note a cura di Aldo Giraudo e Massimo Schwarzel. (= ISS – Fonti, Prima Series, 18). Rome, 2024. The symposium involved numerous scholars who were able to illustrate the originality and specific value of this new text on St John Bosco.
SPECIAL REPORTS
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RMG – Called from every nation, to go forth to all nations!
(ANS – Rome) – We are approaching the eve of the Holy Year. Today, the 11th of the month, the General Councillor for Missions, Fr. Alfred Maravilla, shares his reflection on the mystery of the Church, its relationship to the Kingdom, its mission in today’s world and Don Bosco's love for the Church.
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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A BIG HEART LIKE THE SHORES OF THE SEA
THE MESSAGE OF THE VICAR OF THE RECTOR MAJOR, Fr Stefano Martoglio, SDB
A new time is given to us: from the Heart of God to the heart of humanity, mirrored in the great heart of Don Bosco.
Dear friends and readers, in this December issue I address you with my best wishes for a new year! We find ourselves in a new time that is given to us to live with intensity and with "newness of life," which I make my own, as a propitious and opportune wish. I am speaking of the gift that the Holy Father has given us in recent days: his Encyclical letter Dilexit Nos on the human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ.