NEWS
(Vatican City) - On 18 February 2016, during the Special Meeting of the Theological Consultors, a positive opinion was given (9 votes out of 9) on the reputation of holiness and the exercise of heroic virtues of the Servant of God José Wech Vandor (1909-1979). He was a Salesian priest and a missionary in Cuba in difficult times for the Church and for the Congregation.
By Fr Pierluigi Cameroni, SDB
Postulator General of the Causes of Saints of the Salesian Family
(ANS - Mumbai) - Youth Ministry, Social Communication and Missionary Animation are three strategic sectors for the Salesian Congregation which need to work in synergy with each other. This belief is the reason behind the meeting that is taking place these days in Mumbai between the Councillors of these Departments and the Provincials of the Southern Asia region, in the presence also of the Regional Councillor, Fr Maria Kanaga Arokiam.
(ANS – Tokyo) – Former SDB Provincial of Japan, Bishop of Sendai and recently also Bishop of Takamatsu, Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe passed away to the house of the Father on the evening of 29 February 2016.
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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.
