EVENTS
Children categories
(ANS – Bruxelles) – For the second time on the commemoration of the Feast of Don Bosco, Don Bosco International (DBI) has a series of events in the European Institutions. This initiative counted with the presence of Fr. Stefano Martoglio, Regional Councillor for Europe – Mediterranean Region.
(ANS – Bonn) – “The Don Bosco Forum as a family celebration of a special kind unites happiness and celebration on the one hand; on the other, the serious and emotional discussion of the problems of children and young people worldwide,” managing director of Don Bosco Mondo, Martin Wilde, thus sums up the intention of the annual meeting of committed people in the spirit of Don Bosco. Organized by Don Bosco Mission and Don Bosco Mondo, the Don Bosco Forum takes place every year at the end of January in Bonn.
(ANS - Rome) - On Sunday afternoon, January 28, Pope Francis visited the Basilica of Santa Sophia, center of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholics in Rome. He was the third Pontiff to visit the Basilica; Paul VI visited in 1969, John Paul II in 1984. In Pope Francis' address to the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic community, he recalled the history of the Catholic community in Ukraine and spoke of three great figures: cardinals Josyp Slipyj and Liubomyr Husar and Salesian bishop Stepan Czmil - whom he knew personally - buried in the basilica's crypt.
(ANS - Turin) - With the Sunday Eucharistic celebration in the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians and the subsequent summary meeting in the Teatro Grande of Valdocco, the 36th edition of the Spirituality Days of the Salesian Family has come to an end. They have been four days of sharing, of open and serious efforts towards growing yet more in the service to young people around the world.