NEWS
(ANS - Turin) - Forty couples participated in a climate of joy and happiness, in the first course of "First Steps in the family", organized by ADMA and the Youth Ministry of the Salesian Circumscription of Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta. It is intended for young couples in the early years of marriage or engaged couples who have already set the date. The proposal is one of the initiatives of the Salesian Family in response to the Apostolic Exhortation "Amoris Laetitia" and the Strenna of the Rector Major to promote the accompaniment of families especially in the first years of the life of the family.
(ANS - Valencia) -On 7 April, hundreds of people attended the first performance of the musical "AMAL, Esta vez amar se escribe con L” (Amar, spelt this time with an L) promoted and performed by the Salesian community "San Juan Bosco" in Valencia. The event was a triumph of solidarity and the spirit of fraternity of the Salesian Family. Over 240 people were involved in the representation - a musical project, sung and played live. They included students, past pupils, parents, teachers and administrative and service staff, all united in an authentic experience of community, sharing and solidarity.
(ANS – Lima) – Once Msgr. José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, after reaching fifty years of priesthood, in the presence of a large audience of bishops, priests and faithful, said: “When we grow old, we somehow go back to childhood, and I am already slightly beginning to realize this. Now I feel more like a child, I feel smaller; and because of this, in response to the love you expressed to me, I have nothing else to say but what I used to say as a child: ‘Eskerrik Asko!’ – i.e., in Basque language – ‘A thousand thanks to each one of you’”. After a long illness, yesterday, April 11th, Msgr. Gurruchaga Ezama went to the House of the Father.
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INTERVIEWS
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RMG - Preparation, objectives, challenges and perspectives of GC29: in dialogue with the Moderator, Fr Alphonse Owoudou(ANS - RMG) - Just a few days before the beginning of the 29th General Chapter (GC29) of the Salesian Congregation, Fr Alphonse Owoudou, Councillor for the Africa-Madagascar Region and Moderator of GC29, recounts in detail, through an articulate interview, the work preceding and underlying this responsibility, indicating the spirit that will animate it and the attitudes and conditions to make it truly a Cenacle in which the Holy Spirit can act, for the benefit of the Congregation, the Salesian mission and the youth of the world.
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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Argentina – UNISAL Participates in the International Forum “Territories of the Future: South Atlantic and Antarctica”(ANS – Río Grande) – From February 19 to 21, the cities of Río Grande, Tolhuin, and Ushuaia hosted the International Forum “Territories of the Future: South Atlantic and Antarctica”, organized by the University Network for the Care of the Common Home (RUC) and the Municipality of Río Grande, with support from the National University of Tierra del Fuego (UNTDF). The event brought together universities from Argentina, Latin America, and the Caribbean to discuss sustainability and conservation in these regions, with the Salesian University of Argentina (UNISAL) playing an important role.
SPECIAL REPORTS
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United States – International Women's Day: Salesian Missions highlights educational programs that empower women and girls(ANS – New Rochelle) – Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in celebrating International Women’s Day on March 8. The day honors the economic, political and social achievements of women while focusing the world’s attention on areas requiring further action.
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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WE ARE DON BOSCO TODAYTHE MESSAGE OF THE VICAR OF THE RECTOR MAJOR, Fr Stefano Martoglio, SDB
Dear friends and readers, members of the Salesian Family, for this month's greeting in the Salesian Bulletin I will focus on a very important event that the Salesian Congregation is holding presently: General Chapter XXIX. This assembly, the most important one that the Congregation can experience, occurs every six years along the Salesian Congregation’s journey.