The magazine Note di Pastorale Giovanile (NPG) has collected the Messages of the last three Rectors Major: Fr Juan E. Vecchi, Fr Pascual Chávez Villanueva and Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime.
Below are the titles of the Messages (NB. Most titles are by the NPG editorial team), while the full texts are available on the Note di Pastorale Giovanile website.
Fr Juan E. Vecchi
2000: Go Beyond
2001: Listen to the Word!
2002: (unwritten, due to the Rector Major's illness)
Fr Pascual Chávez Villanueva
2003: The Prophecy of Communion
2004: Dominic and Laura tell us: holiness is possible!
2005: Rejuvenate the face of the Church, the Mother of our faith;
2006: The family, cradle of life and love, the first place to become human;
2007: I had a dream too
2008: Take your life to heart and become fully people, in order to realize the project that God has for you
2009: Build a vast movement for the salvation of the young
2010: We want to see Jesus!
2011: I speak to you from the heart of our father Don Bosco
2012: Young dreamers, children of a father who was a dreamer
2013: Go and Witness the Joy of Faith
2014: Dream big and follow your dream with joy, enthusiasm and conviction
Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime
2015: "I write to you, young people, because you are strong and the Word of God abides in you" (1 Jn 2:14)
2016: Let yourself be conquered by Jesus!
2017: My dear young people, have you encountered the gaze of Jesus, the Lord?
2018: Don't give up on your dreams and ideals
2019: Jesus and Don Bosco need you (in video transcription)
2020: Youth and adults educate each other through the gift which we are bearers of
2021: “Rejoice always in the Lord” (Phil 4:4)
2022: I invite you to live all year round in great harmony with Don Bosco and Saint Francis de Sales
2023: Our young people as yeast in today's human family
