NEWS
(ANS – Lubumbashi) – Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, 10th Successor of Don Bosco and Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco, landed at Luano-Lubumbashi airport on Saturday 11 May 2024, at 15:10 (UTC+2), from Goma. Since his arrival he has been warmly received by numerous members of the Salesian Family.
(ANS – Rome) – Assisted by Studio Montanelli, in the presence of Notary Tuccari, the CNOS-FAP Federation, hitherto an unrecognised association, is transformed into a Foundation called CNOS-FAP – Centro Nazionale Opere Salesiane Formazione Aggiornamento Professionale – Ente di Terzo Sector, Impresa Sociale or, in short: CNOS-FAP ETS Foundation – Social Enterprise, based in Rome, via Appia Antica 78.
(ANS – Turin) – The international photographic competition called "Don Bosco's Dream Today" launched in January 2024 to celebrate the bicentenary of Don Bosco's Dream at Nine Year of Age, promoted by the Casa Don Bosco Museum and organised by the curator of the next temporary exhibition, Dr Ana Martín García, ended on 25 March 2024. Participation, in terms of numbers and quality was very significant: a total of 65 proposals from different countries were submitted to the competition, with the participation of dozens of artists from all over the Salesian world.
(ANS – Guadalajara) – The "Residencias Juveniles Namuncurá" ("Nuamuncurá" Youth Residences) project is being developed in the Salesian communities in Tijuana, in the Mexican state of Baja California, and San Luis Potosí, in the Mexican state of the same name, in order to provide full support to young people in situations of human mobility – that is, involved in migration processes.
(ANS – Rome) – Anticipation is growing for the 2024 edition of the Worldwide Novena to Mary Help of Christians. As devotees around the world prepare for the spiritual journey to be undertaken as a community, those responsible for the initiative have completed and made available the translated versions of the booklets that accompany the videos.