(ANS – Turin) – St John Bosco's deep faith in Jesus Christ  was manifested, during his life, also through a discreet and constant but intense, devotion to the Shroud, silent witness of the Passion and Resurrection of the Saviour of the world. To deepen Don Bosco's connection with Sacred Linen, as part of its usual review of podcasts related to Shroud literature, the International Centre for Shroud Studies (CISS) dedicated an episode to the Father and Teacher of Young People.

(ANS - Rome) - The Salesian understanding of evangelisation is animated by an active concern for each young person, followed up by an educational concern for the integral growth of the whole person. This anthropological approach leads to a better understanding of how the Salesian educator's spheres of action are marked by an integral humanism and, therefore, by a concern for the health of each young person. In view of all this, the Salesian Congregation's Youth Pastoral Sector has scheduled a series of webinars on mental health, according to an approach aimed at promoting greater awareness on the subject, preventing mental problems and knowing how to recognise the premonitory signs of disorders.

(ANS – Turin) – From 29 August to 1 September 2024, Fatima will host the 9th International Congress of Mary Help of Christians promoted by the Association of Mary Help of Christians (ADMA) and aimed at all groups of the Salesian Family. It aims to make known, deepen and spread the devotion to the "Don Bosco's Madonna". In view of this significant appointment of the Salesian Family, the organising team of the congress has promoted a series of nine videos in which different personalities of the Salesian world invite everyone to participate; and the first invitation could only be that of Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco and Father and Centre of Unity of the Salesian Family.

(ANS – Vatican City) – The Vatican also joins the Salesian Family in celebrating the dream that St John Bosco had at nine years of age, which inspired all his work and his charism; and it does so through a stamp and a special stamp cancellation dedicated to this important anniversary.

(ANS - Rome) - The second session of the Course on Integral Ecology will begin tomorrow, 15th February 2024, chaired by the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, while admissions to the course remain open up to 31st March 2024. The first session witnessed a very good participation of more than 500 members from all over the world.