(ANS – Rome) – Nelson Alves Cabral, from Timor-Leste, has been chosen to be a new Don Bosco for young people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as part of the Our Lady of the Assumption Province of Central Africa (AFC). He says to young people today: "Listen to your heart, seek guidance, be open and trust in the journey!"
(ANS – Rome) – Rafael Gašpar is a new Croatian Salesian missionary sent to Brazil. Enthusiastic and charged with his mission, he also invites young people to discern their path: "The deepest dream that you carry in your heart is the same that God has for you. It is the dream that he dreamed from the moment he created us. So, dare to follow him and dare to be happy."
(ANS – Rome) – Fr Enrico Mercado, known commonly as "Rico", a new priest from the Philippines and belonging to the Province of the Philippines North (FIN), has been sent as a new missionary to the Southern Africa Vice-Province (AFM). Following the example of the famous Salesian Fr John Lee, he feels happy to be led by the Spirit in this life project and wants to give the best of himself to young people and to God, through his missionary service.
(ANS – Rome) – The 155th Salesian Missionary Expedition has assigned two Vietnamese Salesians to missionary work in Chile. Today we get to know the second of these missionaries, Fr Joseph Vu Tuan: "My biggest dream is to share the Gospel with everyone, especially with poor and abandoned teenagers", he declares.
(ANS – Rome) – The second missionary of the 155th Salesian Missionary Expedition from Timor-Leste is Elisio, sent as a missionary to Romania. Young as he is, he is already very clear about some things: "When we give more, we will receive more".
(ANS – Rome) – Congolese Salesian Henri is one of the new Salesian missionaries destined to serve the young people in the Province of Southern Italy (IME). "We are children of a great dreamer, Don Bosco, and it is not wrong to have dreams and projects" he says full of missionary enthusiasm. "My dream is to go and proclaim Christ in my mission land, without any claim to convert others."
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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 – 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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Ukraine – Youth Ministry in time of war: the gift of the "little things"(ANS – Donetsk) – A situation like a country invaded and at war necessarily leads to "reductions": in security, goods, possibilities, and sometimes it seems necessary that even dreams and expectations must necessarily be less... But not every lessening means impoverishment. Sometimes it is just a return to the simplicity of our origins, our roots. This is what Salesian Bishop Maksym Ryabukha, Auxiliary Bishop of the Greek-Catholic Exarchate of Donetsk, Ukraine, tells us today in the continuation of his reflection on what he can teach the universal Church, and in particular the Salesians scattered around the world, about the experience of Youth Ministry carried out in a time of war.
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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OUR ANNUAL GIFTTHE MESSAGE OF THE VICAR OF THE RECTOR MAJOR,
Fr Stefano Martoglio, SDBTraditionally as a Salesian Family, we receive the Strenna every year - a gift at the beginning of the year. I hold it dear to look inside this gift with these few lines so as to welcome it as it deserves, without losing anything of the freshness of the gift.