NEWS
(ANS - New Delhi) - Two young people from "Shelter Don Bosco Boys", a centre for street children in Mumbai, accompanied by Akhil Abraham, SDB, took part in a consultation of children in South Asia organized by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. The consultation, which took place from 4 to 6 April in New Delhi, served to highlight the problems of street children.
(ANS - Nairobi) – Leah is ten years old. She belongs to a Masai family, is the second of six children and lives with her parents - both unemployed - and siblings in a tin shed. She is in second class, is obtaining excellent academic results and dreams of becoming a good doctor. Stanley is eight. He is originally from a rural area of Kenya and moved with his parents to Nairobi in search of fortune. He lives in the slum area of Kuvinda which houses people from different tribes. He is also in second class and when he grows up he wants to be a pilot. Leah and Stanley are just two of the many youngsters assisted and cared for by the Salesian Centre called "Bosco Boys" in Nairobi.
(ANS - Lyon) - "The Muslim presence in our Catholic Schools" was the theme of the study day organized by the Department for Formation of "Maisons Don Bosco". About fifty people heard the reflection by Professor Sayadi, Professor of Comparative Studies of Religions and Civilizations at the University of La Manouba in Tunis and member of the Muslim-Christian Research Group.
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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 – The chapel of the relics at the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Turin celebrates 90 years and celebrates them with an exhibition on the Shroud(ANS – Turin) – Again this year, on 14 September, on the occasion of the liturgical feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and the day of the Opening of the Crypt, the Shrine of Mary Help of Christians in Turin hosted an evening dedicated to the Shroud, as part of the "Culture in the Basilica" exhibition, entitled "The Shroud: witness of great love".
SPECIAL REPORTS
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Ukraine – Youth Ministry in time of war: the gift of the "little things"(ANS – Donetsk) – A situation like a country invaded and at war necessarily leads to "reductions": in security, goods, possibilities, and sometimes it seems necessary that even dreams and expectations must necessarily be less... But not every lessening means impoverishment. Sometimes it is just a return to the simplicity of our origins, our roots. This is what Salesian Bishop Maksym Ryabukha, Auxiliary Bishop of the Greek-Catholic Exarchate of Donetsk, Ukraine, tells us today in the continuation of his reflection on what he can teach the universal Church, and in particular the Salesians scattered around the world, about the experience of Youth Ministry carried out in a time of war.
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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OUR ANNUAL GIFTTHE MESSAGE OF THE VICAR OF THE RECTOR MAJOR,
Fr Stefano Martoglio, SDBTraditionally as a Salesian Family, we receive the Strenna every year - a gift at the beginning of the year. I hold it dear to look inside this gift with these few lines so as to welcome it as it deserves, without losing anything of the freshness of the gift.