NEWS
(ANS - Santa Clara) - The requirements for the "glory of the altars" were presented by the reform of the Code of Canon Law introduced in 1983. Three stages must pass for a candidate to be proclaimed a saint: the confirmation of the "heroic virtues", then beatification and canonization. This complex process is necessary also for Fr José Vandor SDB. On 8 August his body was exhumed. According to a specialist: "As a preliminary to beatification, the candidate's body is exhumed to be identified by the local bishop. The examination is performed only for identification purposes."
(ANS - Lokhikul) - Bangladesh is a place full of contrasts and paradoxes. In summer the temperature can reach 45 ° C, in winter it drops to 5 ° C. It is a very poor country, but with stark contrasts in wealth. The rich enjoy their privileges, while the rest of the population live in houses made of mud, in villages without electricity. The Salesians have been present in the country for six years. They have two missionary works: at Utrail and at Lokhikul, and also a centre at Joypurhat. There are five missionaries in the two works, four from India and one from Poland.
(ANS - Santiago) - In the book "Don Bosco today," written by journalist Ángel Expósito, Fr Ángel Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians, says without any doubt: "Don Bosco would use the social networks and he would be very creative. He would be right up there in the forefront today, just as he was in the nineteenth century." This is an unvarnished truth, and a project that the Salesians around the world have to advance. Faced with this reality, the Salesians in Chile have opened a new presence among the boys and girls of the virtual world: boosco.org
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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.