NEWS
(ANS - Melbourne) – This year 2016 promises to be a great year for the Cagliero Project, the missionary volunteer programme of the Salesians of Australia. In recent weeks, several young people and adults have begun to collaborate in the Salesian centres of the East Asia-Oceania region, and among them also, for the first time, an entire family.
(ANS - Rome) - The key issues addressed by the Rector Major in the most recent video of the series "Dear Confreres" are: first of all, Syria, with an appeal not to forget the reality of a people who are suffering and the determiation of the Salesians to bring joy among the ruins of war; then the importance of communicating the good and communicating it responsibly; and finally good wishes to ANS for its new site.
(ANS - Calama) - The International Labour Organization has said that the formation and development of human resources illustrates the core values of a society: equality, justice, parity of treatment, non-discrimination, social responsibility and participation of all in the economic and social life. There is no doubt that Don Bosco shared this point of view when he started his work with young people. After more than a year of work, the Minister of Mining Activities, Aurora Williams, and the Provincial of the Salesians in Chile, Fr Alberto Lorenzelli, have officially inaugurated the Colegio Técnico Industrial of Calama.
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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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Italy – Artificial Intelligence, School, and Vocational Training: The Salesians of Italy at “Didacta” 2025(ANS – Florence) – The Salesian network for vocational training and education will participate in the “Didacta Fair” to discuss artificial intelligence, employment, business, and school education.
SPECIAL REPORTS
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United States – World Water Day: Salesian Missions highlights projects that ensure clean water for youth(ANS – New Rochelle) - Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in celebrating World Water Day. Led by U.N.-Water, the organization that coordinates the United Nations’ work on water and sanitation, the day has been honored on March 22 every year since 1993.
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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WE ARE DON BOSCO TODAYTHE MESSAGE OF THE VICAR OF THE RECTOR MAJOR, Fr Stefano Martoglio, SDB
Dear friends and readers, members of the Salesian Family, for this month's greeting in the Salesian Bulletin I will focus on a very important event that the Salesian Congregation is holding presently: General Chapter XXIX. This assembly, the most important one that the Congregation can experience, occurs every six years along the Salesian Congregation’s journey.
