NEWS
(ANS - Port Moresby) – The Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival (DBGYFF) took place on Saturday, October 19th, 2024, at the Paradise Cinema, Vision City, Port Moresby. It had as its theme: I have a dream: Youth and Climate change. Monsignor Maurizio Bravi, Chargé d’Affaires, ai, was the chief guest at the screening. He was joined by Fr Gregorio Bicomong SDB, PGS Provincial, religious, students, media personnel, invited guests, and friends who gathered to watch, and reflect on films that encourage young people to consider their role in addressing environmental challenges and invite policy change at the level of government.
(ANS – Cebu) – The Commission on Social Communications hosted the screening of best films from the Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival Season 3. The festival ran with the them of "I have a Dream: Youth and Climate Change". Four films from the Philippine South Province were shortlisted for awards.
(ANS – Vervio) – The traditional commemoration of the Venerable Fr Giuseppe Quadrio (1921-1963) took place on 19 and 20 October 2024, promoted by the Sant'Ilario parish of Vervio and the Amici di Don Quadrio Association. On the evening of Saturday 19th in Tirano, Polish Salesian Fr Łukasz Pawłowski spoke on "Fr Quadrio and young people", presenting some educational experiences of Fr Quadrio's life such as the one among the sciuscià, street children, during his years of study in Rome, and the one among the young prisoners at the ‘Generala’ in Turin, whom he visited with the young Salesian clerics from the Crocetta
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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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Ukraine – Youth Ministry in time of war: the gift of hope(ANS - Donetsk) - Today we conclude the journey of Bishop Maksym Ryabukha, Bishop of the Greek-Catholic Exarchate of Donetsk, in search of what the sad experience of war in Ukraine can teach Youth Ministry in other countries living in peaceful contexts. In this final contribution, the Salesian prelate delivers the last and final gift that remains and that is always worth bearing fruit: the gift of hope.
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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THE ROSE PATHTHE MESSAGE OF THE VICAR OF THE RECTOR MAJOR,
Fr Stefano Martoglio, SDB"How lucky Don Bosco is! His path is forever strewn with roses! He hasn't a worry in the world. No troubles at all!" But they couldn't see the thorns that were piercing my poor legs.” Nevertheless, I kept going. Every life is interwoven with thorns and roses as in Don Bosco's famous “Dream of the Roses and Thorns.” Hope is the force that keeps us going despite the thorns.