(ANS - Rome) - After the celebration of the First Seminar on promoting the causes of beatification and canonization of the Salesian Family, April 2016, with over 110 participants from all over the world, there were many requests to consolidate the path undertaken by organizing a new edition: it is, in fact, scheduled from Tuesday 10 April to Saturday 14 April, 2018, in Rome.

(ANS - Chieti) - Rector Major Fr Ángel Fernández Artime was the witness at the Youth Assembly of the Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto, a meeting that took place on Friday, 5 January, at the Pastoral Center of Fossacesia (Chieti). The circumstances that gave rise to the invitation to the Rector Major were born last November when the local archbishop, Msgr Bruno Forte - chosen by Pope Francis as Special Secretary of the two Synods of Bishops dedicated to the theme of family – was in Madrid to participate in the International Salesian Youth Ministry and Family Congress: SYMFAMILY17. 

(ANS - Rome) – In what was a festive environment, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians, officially presented 2018 Strenna on 27 December at the General House of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA); its title: "LET US CULTIVATE THE ART OF LISTENING AND ACCOMPANIMENT", with, additionally, a reflection on the biblical text, "Lord, give me this water" (John, 4:15). The event started with the presentation of the video, which is a summary of the Strenna.