NEWS
(ANS – Paris) – Every year, the Ministry of National Education publishes the ‘performance indicators’ for schools. The value-added indicators for secondary schools (IVAC or IVAL) make it possible to determine what schools have actually contributed to pupils throughout their school years. This year, two schools in the Salesian network stand out in particular.
(ANS - Bologna) - Bringing new professional skills from abroad into the company, offering a stable contract and accommodation at a reduced rent: this is the programme implemented by an Italian company, the Renner Co. from Bologna, thanks to the collaboration with the Centro Nazionale Opere Salesiane-Formazione e Aggiornamento Professionale (CNOS-FAP).
(ANS - Rome) - ‘Love, reverence, respect the Supreme Pontiff, Vicar of Jesus Christ on earth. He who is with the Pope is on God’s side,’ Don Bosco taught his boys. Devotion to the Holy Father is one of the three ‘special loves’ that he always passed on as part of his spirituality, and today it shines through clearly in the moving words full of gratitude that continue to arrive from all over the Salesian world on the death of Pope Francis.
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INTERVIEWS
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Spain – Cardinal Fernández Artime, SDB: ‘Francis has sought, by every means, to have a Church ever closer to the lowliest, the most afflicted of humanity’(ANS - Madrid) - In these days of anticipation at the funeral of the 266th Pontiff of the Catholic Church and of projections towards the forthcoming Conclave, Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, was approached by various media to recount his direct experience with Pope Francis and to receive indications from him on the profile of the new Pope.
EDITORIAL
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RMG – Don Bosco: “The Fascinating Saint”(ANS - Rome) - Don Bosco is perhaps the most amazing and fascinating saint, history has ever produced. The humble work which he began for the welfare of his poor and abandoned boys in Italy has produced astonishing results, and today there are nearly 14000 Salesians working in 138 countries, and there are more than 200,000 members belonging to the 32 groups of the worldwide Salesian Family sharing the charism of Don Bosco and reaching out to the needy young people.
EVENTS
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Argentina – ‘EDICIONES DON BOSCO’ ARGENTINA present at the Buenos Aires Book Fair(ANS – Buenos Aires) – The publishing house of the Salesian Province of Blessed Ceferino Namuncurá is once again participating in the International Book Fair, Buenos Aires, which will take place from 24 April to 12 May at the La Rural Exhibition Centre in Buenos Aires. As last year, the Ediciones Don Bosco stand will be number 431, located in the blue pavilion.
SPECIAL REPORTS
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Peru – Pope Francis’ Salesian roots(ANS – Lima) – Pope Francis’ death which occurred yesterday, Monday 21 April, in Rome, invites us to look back on the Salesian roots of the man who, for the last twelve years, was the 266th Pontiff of the Catholic Church. Much of this information was recounted by Jorge Mario Bergoglio himself in letters written between 1986 and 1990 to Salesian historian Fr Cayetano Bruno (1912-2003), found in the Salesian Historical Archives in Buenos Aires by fellow Salesian and historian Fr Alejandro León and published in the book Francisco y Don Bosco (2014).
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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With Don Bosco - AlwaysTHE MESSAGE OF THE VICAR OF THE RECTOR MAJOR, Fr Stefano Martoglio
To celebrate a General Chapter in one place or in some other place is not an indifferent matter. Certainly, being at Valdocco, in the "cradle of the charism", we have the opportunity to rediscover the beginnings of our history and rediscover the originality that constitutes the heart of our identity as consecrated persons and apostles to the young.
