MESSAGE OF THE RECTOR MAJOR Fr Ángel Fernández Artime

Today, there is a great need to listen, to dialogue freely and candidly, to have personal encounters which are free of judgment and condemnation, as well as a great need for silence and presence in God.

The Rector Major’s message to young people of the Salesian Youth Movement

Today, 31 January, feast of St John Bosco, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, the tenth successor of Don Bosco, with a significant message exhorts young people to renew their social commitment to live as true leaven in the human family. He proposes four areas of intervention: service to human life, promotion of family values, defence of human rights and children's rights, respect and care for creation. He invites young people to be in today's human family - leaven, salt and light. He urges young people to embrace the commitment to build a more just and fraternal world, and to use their best strengths and positive energies to realise the dream that God has for each one.

MESSAGE OF THE RECTOR MAJOR Fr Ángel Fernández Artime

I think it has been many years since I have heard that expression from any young person, in such a casual context, and in the presence of his classmates (since some others had approached as we were speaking).