NEWS
(ANS - Tenerife) - Don Bosco dedicated his life to the education and training of children and youth. The founder of the Salesians is still changing the lives of many children in the North of Tenerife: The Don Bosco Foundation Project. based at the San Isidro Salesian Institute in de La Orotava, has for many years been carrying out an intense work with children and young people, offering them a better present and a better future.
(ANS - Vatican City) - The Venerable Servant of God Titus Zeman, Salesian priest from Slovakia, killed in hatred of the faith at 54 years of age (born Vajnory, 4 January 1915, died Bratislava 8 January 1969), will be beatified on 30 September 2017 in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. Msgr. Angelo Becciu, Substitute for General Affairs of the Vatican Secretariat of State communicated the decision to Fr Pierluigi Cameroni, Postulator General for the Causes of Saints of the Salesian Family, on 21 March last.
(ANS – Port Moresby) – “When I came to know the Salesians the whole Congregation was full of missionary fervour not only because of Project Africa, but also because Fr. Viganò had asked every Province to take up a mission territory. Many Salesians of my Province had already gone as missionaries. My heart was restless because I also felt that inner call to leave behind familiar shores and set my heart upon the deep.” This is the testimony of the Filipino Salesian missionary Fr Alfred Maravilla, new Superior of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.
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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.