NEWS
(ANS - Addis Ababa) - Don Bosco TVET, the Salesian Centre for Technical and Professional Training at Mekanissa, near Addis Ababa, runs a training project in graphic and typographic arts. The project is called “Print your future” and is already showing two important results: an increase in the professionalism of the students and the spread of the name of Don Bosco and the Salesians as synonyms for education and development opportunities.
(ANS - Rome) – On 27 February 2017, Pope Francis authorized the decree of Venerable of the Servant of God Octavio Ortiz Arrieta Coya, (Lima, 19 April 1878 - Chachapoyas, 1 March 1958) bishop of Chachapoyas and first Peruvian Salesian. To mark the occasion the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, wrote a letter to all Salesians and Salesian Family members, to emphasize the pastoral and spiritual value of this recognition and enhancing this rich testimony on the great tree of Salesian holiness.
(ANS – Kimbe) – After the first missionary work in PNG (Araimiri Don Bosco, Kerema diocese in 1986) the Caritas Sisters opened the Caritas Secondary Technical Girls School in East Boroko, Port Moresby in 1996. Twenty years later the courageous missionary sisters have now opened another missionary frontier in the diocese of Kimbe, Eastern New Britain, PNG. After a few years of negotiations and busy preparations, the two founders, Sr. Sara Park and Sr. Florentina Cho, settled in Kimbe in early December 2016.
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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.