NEWS
(ANS – Port Moresby) – As part of the 201st birth anniversary celebrations of St. John Bosco, “Don Bosco Technical School”, Gabutu staged its first ever live musical entitled ‘Live the DREAM’, on August 15, 2016 at the school’s Kurongku Hall, to a packed audience of 1,800 guests. The musical presents key moments in the life of Don Bosco, his youth, his joyful vision of faith in what was in store for him, his cheerful and attractive sanctity. It is about St. John Bosco’s first extra-ordinary dream when he was nine years old, the dream that set the course for his entire life.
(ANS – Río Negro) – Many years ago, a priest who “spent 40 years among indigenous Yanomami of Amazonia narrated that his Bishop had asked him how many Yanomami he had baptized. Since he was anxious to know, the missionary answered, ‘None, with God’s grace’”. His answer was greatly criticized. Baptism requires an earlier catechetical journey and a change in the person who receives the sacrament. The Salesians continue their mission: evangelizing. It is in this context that a group of 28 young Yanomami, after an over six-months’ preparation period, received the sacrament of Baptism.
(ANS – Mumbai) – The leaders of communities and the confreres of the Salesian Province of Mumbai gathered at Don Bosco Provincial House, Matunga on August 11, 2016 at 6:00 pm. The occasion was the commencing of the Extraordinary Visitation by Father Maria Arokiam Kanaga SDB, the Regional Councillor for South Asia. The Extraordinary Visitation will continue till 9 November.
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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.