(ANS – Rome) – The Course for the new Salesian Family Delegates is taking place in Italy in these days (20-26 April), between Rome and Turin: an annual event that is a useful formation opportunity for this position of responsibility, as well as an opportunity to share Salesian spirituality.
(ANS – Rome) – A series of pathways are presented to gain a deeper appreciation of the educational criteria proposed in the text "A youth ministry that educates to love” and strengthen some social and personal skills. The authors are General Councillor Fr Miguel Ángel García Morcuende, Antonella Sinagoga, psychotherapist and Monica Ronchi, psychologist.
(ANS – Roma) – The Salesian Rector Major, Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, will commence his visit to Valencia on 26 April 2024. This is an institutional program, part of the 125th anniversary celebrations of the Salesian Saint Anthony Abbot presence in Valencia, which will allow the 10th Successor of Don Bosco to get to know the work of the Salesians in the city up close.
(ANS – Manikandam) – Salesian institutions in India installed solar panels thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Fourteen solar panels were added to the Don Bosco Media Academy, located in Manikandam, and Don Bosco Pre-Novitiate in the Dindigal District. Each solar panel is 540 watts.
(ANS – Lima) – The "El Sagrario" parish of the Cathedral in Lima has opened its doors to the Salesian Family to celebrate two extraordinary sons of Don Bosco who have made their way to holiness in Peru: the Venerable Octavio Ortiz Arrieta (Lima, 1878 - Chachapoyas, 1958) and the Servant of God Luis (Luigi) Bolla (Schio, 1932 - Lima, 2013).
(ANS - Rome) - The Thanksgiving Eucharistic celebration by the two newly consecrated Salesian Archbishops took place in the Sacred Heart Basilica, Rome at 11.30 a.m., on Sunday, April 21, 2024. Several Salesian Cardinals, Bishops, General Council members, Salesians, Members of the Salesian Family and Special invitees joined the celebration in this great Church built by Don Bosco himself. The Holy Eucharist was presided by his Eminence Cardinal Ángel Artime Fernández, while Archbishop Giordano Piccinotti preached the homily.
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Spain – Easter 2025, the Witness of Salesian Brotherhoods: “It Is the Lord Who Shows Us the Way”(ANS – Valencia) – During Holy Week, countless sacred events take place across the world, especially in countries with deep Christian roots. These events, shaped by diverse traditions, aim to bring the faithful closer to the mystery of Christ’s Passion, Death, and Resurrection. In Spain, many brotherhoods (confraternities) keep this popular form of spirituality alive. On this Holy Thursday, we hear from Inmaculada Pérez Pizarro, a Salesian Cooperator from Algeciras and, for about a year now, the coordinator of Salesian confraternities in the Salesian Province of Spain–Mary Help of Christians (SMX).
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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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Malta – Face to Face with the Man of Sorrows: Teatru Salesjan, Malta(ANS – Sliema) – From April 13 to 18, Teatru Salesjan opens its doors to an encounter that transcends time, inviting the public to come Face to Face: Encountering the Man of the Shroud. This extraordinary Holy Week event offers a rare opportunity to contemplate a life-sized replica of the Holy Shroud of Turin—a silent yet deeply moving image that has stirred faith, awe, and mystery for centuries.
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Peru – Kuyuntsa, the Village Loved by Fr. Bolla(ANS – Kuyuntsa) – As the diocesan phase of the beatification and canonization process of the Servant of God Fr. Luis (Luigi) Bolla, SDB, nears its conclusion, attention turns to the village he loved so dearly: Kuyuntsa.
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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With Don Bosco - AlwaysTHE MESSAGE OF THE VICAR OF THE RECTOR MAJOR, Fr Stefano Martoglio
To celebrate a General Chapter in one place or in some other place is not an indifferent matter. Certainly, being at Valdocco, in the "cradle of the charism", we have the opportunity to rediscover the beginnings of our history and rediscover the originality that constitutes the heart of our identity as consecrated persons and apostles to the young.
