(ANS – Rome) – The poster for the  second year of preparation for the bicentenary of the birth of Don Bosco is ready and available. The Rector Major has also made his contribution to its composition, following up the graphic design drawn up by the “Don Bosco Institute of Communication Arts” (DBICA) in Chennai.

A month from the changeover from the first to the second year,  the Social Communication Department is presenting the second poster. “The graphic design presented last year has been taken up by almost the whole Congregation,” says Fr  Filiberto González, Councillor for Social Communication. “This is a good sign as it provides a single image for the process we are following.”

With the colour green predominant indicating the year dedicated to Don Bosco’s pedagogy, the poster has three elements:

• the  face of  Don Bosco reproduced from the death mask made by Cellini after his death and from which a wax mask was made which today can be seen in the casket kept in the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians as well as in that travelling round the world;
• a detail from the work of  Mario Bogani “Don Bosco with the boys” which is in the Basilica at Colle Don Bosco. In the foreground are the young people to whom the work of Don Bosco is addressed (boys and girls) and behind them those who are continuing the work: religious and lay people. In the background the fruits of holiness that flourished around Don Bosco: Dominic Savio, Francis Besucco and Michael Magone.
• the three pillars on which the Preventive System rests: reason, religion and loving kindness.

The Social Communication Department repeats its invitation to continue to make use of the graphic design, this second green version  and the new poster for sites, Salesian Bulletins and the various events planned in the course of this second year, dedicated to Don Bosco’s pedagogy.

The poster, in the different languages is attached to the June issue of ANSphoto. On the sdb.org site the files of the three logos and the second poster are available. In the same section it is possible to request the original file for the adaptations in the various languages.

Published 13/07/2012