NEWS
(ANS – Prato) – It is not easy to be able to give a new direction to your life when you are forced to run away from your country, taking with you the bare minimum, and having to take care of safeguarding two young children in the first place. Yet Mahdi and Tayeba, two Afghan refugees, are doing this. Thanks to their commitment and thanks to the "DON BOSCO NEl MONDO" Foundation and its "We are with you!" Project, which promotes an integrated and pilot system of reception, integration, formation and social inclusion for Afghan families who arrived in Italy thanks to the activation of humanitarian corridors. It can be found in Salesian settings today.
(ANS – Castelnuovo Don Bosco) – 11 Salesian museums are participating in the first ever meeting of museums at the Congregation level. They are mostly from Latin America and Italy, with one from India and one from Spain. 24 Salesians and lay people are involved in this five-day programme at Colle Don Bosco, from 18 to 22 January 2022.
(ANS – Rome) – The novena begins today, 22 January, in preparation for the feast of the Father and Teacher of Youth, St John Bosco. In this bicentenary year of the Dream at Nine years of Age, the Salesian iNfo Agency would like to accompany this journey of preparation following up on his countless “dreams”, to let us once again be guided by Don Bosco and his prophetic visions.
(ANS – Turin) – The Eucharistic celebration presided over by Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major, opened the 4th day of the Salesian Family meeting in Valdocco. “The presence here of many Salesians of Don Bosco from various continents, of the Salesian Family with the Major Superiors, Coordinators and World Presidents of the groups”, he stressed, “is a very strong symbol of Don Bosco's family, also present here to witness the commitment of fidelity for the Kingdom in the Church.”
(ANS - Turin) – On the 3rd day of the Salesian Spirituality Days, (Saturday, 20 January) the over 350 participants (to which other daily "visitors", members and friends of the Valdocco communities were added), reached the peak of the focus on the theme. In the morning, divided into groups they took turns to listen (in presence or via Web) to the testimonies of young people from all over the world. In the afternoon was time was dedicated to visiting the significant places related to the origins of Salesianity.
(ANS - Rome) - On Friday 19 January, the program of the Days of Spirituality of the Salesian Family 2024 was dedicated to a pressing discussion on the relevance of the Dream of Don Bosco at the age of Nine. After the generic framework offered by the Rector Major on the first day, the almost four hundred participants present at Valdocco (together with the 4,000 more participants connected online), listened to select testimonies to understand how best to translate the contents of the Strenna into actuality. This experience was made more tangible through the guided visits to places of the origins of Don Bosco’s work took place in the afternoon.