NEWS
(ANS – Turin) – The Don Bosco House Museum is joining the first-ever International House Museum Days (April 5-6), an event dedicated to "Houses of Memory and Great Historical Figures."
(ANS – Rome) – The history of the “Saint Francis de Sales” Province of France and Southern Belgium (FRB) began exactly 150 years ago, in 1875, during Don Bosco’s lifetime, when the Salesian Congregation had no provinces, and everything was directly managed by the General Chapter. Don Bosco responded to an appeal from the Saint Vincent de Paul Conference in Nice, establishing the first Salesian work in France—an oratory with an assistance program and a vocational school—sending the first three Salesians, including the Rector, Fr. Giovanni Giuseppe Ronchail, a 25-year-old Italian who had just professed for three years. This marked the foundation of the first Salesian community in France.
(ANS - Rome) – The "Mary Help of Christians" Byzantine Rite Vice-Province in Ukraine (UKR) is a remarkable example of the inculturation of the Salesian Charism within the rich cultural and spiritual heritage of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. This Church is one of the largest Eastern Catholic Churches sui iuris, deeply rooted in the liturgical and theological traditions of the Byzantine Rite. The Vice-Province includes Ukrainian Salesians of the Byzantine Rite, also known as Greek Catholic Salesians.
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INTERVIEWS
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RMG - Preparation, objectives, challenges and perspectives of GC29: in dialogue with the Moderator, Fr Alphonse Owoudou(ANS - RMG) - Just a few days before the beginning of the 29th General Chapter (GC29) of the Salesian Congregation, Fr Alphonse Owoudou, Councillor for the Africa-Madagascar Region and Moderator of GC29, recounts in detail, through an articulate interview, the work preceding and underlying this responsibility, indicating the spirit that will animate it and the attitudes and conditions to make it truly a Cenacle in which the Holy Spirit can act, for the benefit of the Congregation, the Salesian mission and the youth of the world.
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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Italy – Don Bosco’s Letters Return back to Valdocco, Turin!(ANS – Turin) – On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, the city of Turin, particularly Valdocco, will commemorate the publication of “The Letters of Don Bosco” (edited by Francesco Motto, Rome, LAS 1992-2024). Two distinct events will be held: one in the morning, open to the general public, and another in the evening, exclusively for Salesian family members and well wishers. These events will serve as a platform to highlight the significance of Don Bosco’s letters.
SPECIAL REPORTS
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United States – World Water Day: Salesian Missions highlights projects that ensure clean water for youth(ANS – New Rochelle) - Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in celebrating World Water Day. Led by U.N.-Water, the organization that coordinates the United Nations’ work on water and sanitation, the day has been honored on March 22 every year since 1993.
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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WE ARE DON BOSCO TODAYTHE MESSAGE OF THE VICAR OF THE RECTOR MAJOR, Fr Stefano Martoglio, SDB
Dear friends and readers, members of the Salesian Family, for this month's greeting in the Salesian Bulletin I will focus on a very important event that the Salesian Congregation is holding presently: General Chapter XXIX. This assembly, the most important one that the Congregation can experience, occurs every six years along the Salesian Congregation’s journey.
