NEWS
(ANS – Verona) - "Don Bosco went in search of souls; I go in search of ... e-mail to reach many people through the newsletter to help them to open their soul to salvation." So says Angelo Santi, half joking, half serious. He was a pupil of the Don Bosco Institute in Verona in the '60s. Angelo is an experienced and skilled graphic artist with the local newspaper "The Arena", with twenty years of professional experience in contact with journalists. When he retired he opened a Salesian pedagogy site. And in honour of Don Bosco could not call it anything other than... www.ilgrandeducatore.com
(ANS – Cologne) – On the 10th of April, Ernest Roig Campi and Jakob Steinkuhl will head towards what might just be the biggest adventures of their lives – a 15 month biking trip from Germany all the way to Vietnam. The starting point of their 15.000 km journey will be the monumental Cologne Cathedral. On their way to the other end of the world, the two qualified nurses aim to raise money for Don Bosco Straßenkinder and will visit several Don Bosco houses.
(ANS - Bogotá) - In many parts of the world technical professions see a decrease in the intake of students. The "skilled trades", such as electricians, locksmiths, plumbers, painters, seem to have lost appeal among young people. Yet these skilled trades are in demand all over the world. Don Bosco understood that to work with the poor and needy young people it was necessary to offer short courses in what today are called "skilled trades." And the Salesians in Colombia continue to provide a learning space for young people who have no other option.
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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.