Turin, Italy – February 2025 – On the afternoon of Sunday, February 16, at the Salesian Motherhouse in Turin-Valdocco, Fr. Alphonse Owoudou, the Chapter Moderator, officially proclaimed the opening of the 29th General Chapter (CG29). ANS shares with its readers some of the most significant images capturing these first days of CG29, marked by moments of reflection and the Spiritual Exercises led by the Rector Major Emeritus, Fr. Pascual Chávez. The spiritual preparation for the 29th General Chapter concluded yesterday with the participants' pilgrimage to Colle Don Bosco and Chieri.

Rome, Italy – January 2025 – On Friday, January 24, the Feast of St. Francis de Sales, patron of the Congregation, a simple inaugural function was held for the renovated Salesian Generalate. The Generalate, which houses the General Council and the Sacred Heart of Jesus community, including the central offices of the Salesian Congregation, was reopened after a three-year renovation of the complex.

Turin, Italy – January 2025 – The 43rd Salesian Family Spirituality Days were held with great success from 16 to 19 January. After weeks of preparation, over 360 people gathered in Valdocco, in the cradle of the Salesian charism, to share moments of reflection, formation and fraternity. The numerous participants gathered around the Vicar of the Rector Major, Fr Stefano Martoglio, to discern together the path to be taken in this Jubilee year, under the motto of Strenna 2025: "Anchored in hope, pilgrims with young people". This edition, in fact, was lived in the atmosphere of the Jubilee and in the memory and momentum of the 150th anniversary of the First Salesian Missionary Expedition.