NEWS
(ANS - Bahía Blanca) - It's been 15 years since the social and educational project "Pibes de Don Bosco" (Don Bosco Boys) finally took shape. Since then this work has grown and has also managed to attract many people. It was with the 2001 crisis and the proliferation of homeless people and "cartoneros" (people who collect newspapers and cardboard from the rubbish dump) that the idea came of providing accommodation, support and food for people in need.
(ANS - Kaluli) - Andrés Randisi is a 74 year-old Salesian Brother who has lived for 29 years in Angola. He is originally from Parana in Argentina. As a young man he decided to become a Salesian missionary and devote his life to educating and providing the tools for a better future to thousands of young people, first in Argentina and then in Africa which was being ravaged by bloody wars and poverty. Now he's back in his beloved Parana to be close to his 95 year-old mother who recently suffered a fall.
(ANS - Bogotá) - "Groups are signs of vitality," says the Youth Ministry Handbook. This is an old truth. Don Bosco started groups where young people could share. He encouraged these young people to make the experience of the oratory an evangelizing, educational and vocational experience. Many Salesian vocations came from these groups. Faithful to Don Bosco, the Salesians in many parts of the world continue this important and necessary work. In August, in Colombia, there was a camp for the Salesian Altar Servers Movement.
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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 – CATHOLIC WORLD DAY OF THE SICK: Salesian Missions highlights medical programs for people in need around the globe(ANS – New Rochelle) – Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins Catholic organizations around the globe in honoring the Catholic World Day of the Sick. Every year on Feb. 11, the Pope marks the day with a special message calling for spiritual and physical closeness to all those who are ill. Saint John Paul II instituted the day “to encourage the people of God, Catholic health institutions and civil society to be increasingly attentive to the sick and to those who care for them.”
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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GOOD, FAITHFUL, AND COURAGEOUS SERVANTSTHE MESSAGE OF THE VICAR OF THE RECTOR MAJOR, Fr Stefano Martoglio, SDB
During this Jubilee year, in this difficult world, we are invited to rise up, set out again, and, in newness of life, make our journey as human beings and believers.