(ANS – Bled) – Fifty-six years ago, the “Colloqui Salesiani” was held for the first time in Lyon, France. During a meeting of those responsible for forming the young Salesians in France and Belgium a year earlier, the question arose whether such a gathering could not be held on a large scale, on a European level, reflecting openly and critically on the Salesian heritage. It should be a meeting where Salesians, later also the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, lay collaborators and Salesian cooperators, reflected on the pedagogical, historical and spiritual theological legacy of Don Bosco. Since the meeting in 1968, many contemporary themes of Salesian pedagogy and spirituality have been studied.

(ANS – Madrid) – In view of the end of the mandate of the Rector Major – scheduled for 16 August 2024, as indicated by the Holy Father Pope Francis – several personalities in the Salesian Family are sharing their personal testimonies on Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime. Below are the words of three Spanish Salesians who are well acquainted with the 10th Successor of Don Bosco, namely the Councillor for the Mediterranean Region, Fr Juan Carlos Pérez Godoy, the Superior of the Saint James the Greater Province in Spain (SSM), Fr Fernando García, and the Superior of the Mary Help of Christians Province, Spain (SMX), Fr Fernando Miranda.

(ANS – Barranquilla) – "Misiones Salesianas", the Salesian Mission Office based in Madrid, in collaboration with the Spanish television program TVE called "Pueblo de Dios", went to Colombia last November to take up the work of the Salesians and the Salesian Family in the country and make documentaries on what they are actually doing, such as in Bogotá, Agua de Dios, Barranquilla and Cali.

(ANS – Paris) – Sport, a place of self-improvement and encounter with others, has a central place (together with the artistic disciplines and music) in Salesian houses. Sports figures, sports sections, values and educational principles: in Salesian houses, sport is everywhere. The opening of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which will take place in a few days in France, is an opportunity to take stock of the situation.

(ANS – Subiaco) – On the weekend between Friday 19 and Monday 22 July, the Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco, Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, and the other members of the General Council went to the house of prayer at San Biagio, near Subiaco, for a weekend of silence and prayer.