NEWS
(ANS – Los Angeles) – April 12, 2025, it was not just another Saturday. The Salesian Family Youth Center became the heart of a movement as more than 100 young people from across Los Angeles came together, not to be talked to but to be heard. The theme was clear: “We Are the Now.” From the first moment, it was clear that this wasn't just a conference. It was a declaration.
(ANS – Rome) – Perhaps one of the lesser known features of GC29 for those of us outside the daily workings of this body has been the constant and very active presence of Fr Pascual Chávez, Rector Major Emeritus. Along with the now 232 Chapter members (following the addition of various newly-elected members who were not previously part of the Chapter), Fr Pascual has conducted himself as every other member, being a regular part of the daily Assemblies and also active in the regular commission meetings. But he has also played a special role in summing up each week’s activities in a feature which he has called, in Italian, ‘fare il punto’, which has been translated in English as ‘taking stock’.
(ANS – Lima) – On Sunday, April 13, the renowned Peruvian writer and 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, Mario Vargas Llosa, passed away in Lima. A former student of the Salesian School in Piura and an admirer of Don Bosco’s work in Chacas, Vargas Llosa never forgot his time at the Salesian school, as he later shared in his memoirs.
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INTERVIEWS
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Italy – GC29, Fr. Attard: “Listening to Young People Around the World, Don Bosco’s Method Is Still Relevant”(ANS – Turin) – "Avvenire" is a prominent Italian daily official newspaper of the Catholic Church in Italy which has featured an article on our New Rector Major Fr. Fabio Attard. We present you an extract from the article:
EDITORIAL
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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.
SPECIAL REPORTS
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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.
