(ANS – Buenos Aires) – Saturday, A documentary short film "Somos todos. El sueño salesiano llega a América" (This is us. The Salesian dream reaches America) was screened on 14 December 2024, as part of the opening of the celebrations and commemorations for the 150th anniversary of the Salesians in America. The screening took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is an original production by the Salesian Bulletin Argentina, accessible free of charge to all through the Web.
(ANS – Rome) – The booklet, poster and prayer for SMD 2025 are ready “Give Thanks, Rethink, Relaunch”, remembering the 1875, the year of the first missionary expedition.
(ANS – Rome) – Looking ahead to 2025, the Jubilee Holy Year and the 150th anniversary of the First Salesian Missionary Expedition, Fr Stefano Martoglio, Vicar of the Rector Major, currently in charge of the Congregation worldwide ( Art. 143 of the Constitutions), addresses a missionary appeal to all Salesians on the anniversary of the foundation of the Salesian Congregation, today, 18 December. "I am addressing this letter to you, renewing the spirit of our origins, the missionary spirit that has made the Congregation what it is from the beginning," Fr Martoglio writes.
Argentina – Celebrations begin for the 150th anniversary of the First Salesian Missionary Expedition
(ANS - Buenos Aires) - The Mater Misericordiae church in the Congreso district of Buenos Aires hosted the celebration marking the opening of the 150th anniversary celebrations on Saturday 14 December 2024, on the 149th anniversary of the arrival in Argentina of the first Salesian missionaries sent by Don Bosco himself and who arrived in Buenos Aires on 14 December 1875. The place was significant, as it is the first location where the missionary pioneers led by Fr John Cagliero, the future cardinal, settled.
(ANS – Buenos Aires) – In tune with the great ecclesial event of the Jubilee 2025, the Salesian Congregation will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the First Missionary Expedition, sent by Don Bosco himself to Argentina, which arrived in Buenos Aires on 14 December 1875.
(ANS – Rome) – As part of the 150th anniversary of the first Salesian missionary expedition to be held in 2025, the small group of the Preparatory Team - composed of Fr Pavel Ženíšek, SDB, and Marco Fulgaro, from the Missions Sector, Fr Francesco De Ruvo, SDB, from the Sacred Heart Circumscription of Central Italy, and Fr Marco Cazzato, SDB, from the Piedmont and Valle d 'Aosta Special Circumscription (ICP) - met at the Sacred Heart Headquarters, together with the General Councillor for the Missions, Fr Alfred Maravilla.
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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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United States – INT’L MIGRANTS DAY: Salesian Missions highlights educational programs that empower migrants(ANS – New Rochelle) – Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in honoring International Migrants Day. The day is held each year on Dec. 18 to recognize the efforts, contributions and rights of migrants worldwide.
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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A BIG HEART LIKE THE SHORES OF THE SEATHE 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.