(ANS - Vatican City) - For Fr Rossano Sala, SDB, Special Secretary of the Synod, the Church is indebted regarding the listening to young people because she speaks little with God. For this reason he hailed with great favor the initiative of the Holy Father to foresee frequent minutes of silence, for discernment, during the synodal works.
(ANS - Rome) – "Let us humanize, evangelize, educate and be courageous in challenges and proposals because the Church invites us today to be forward-looking on young people." With these words, transmitted through a video message, the Rector Major, Fr Àngel Fernández Artime, indicated the high road to participants of the International Congress "Youth and Life Choices: Educational Perspectives", which ended yesterday, Sunday 23 September, at the Salesian Pontifical University of Rome.
Hawassa, Ethiopia - 11 August 2018 - After almost a year of Salesian presence in the Vicariate of Hawassa, the Salesian chapel dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus was opened to the public. The opening ceremony took place in the presence of many religious, priests and hundreds of lay people. During the homily, Msgr. Roberto Bergamaschi, SDB, expressed his great satisfaction in having a Salesian community in the vicariate and he expressed the hope that it could be a stimulus to the pastoral activities of the region.
(ANS - San Pedro and San Pablo Ayutla) - Yesterday, Thursday, 2 August, the celebration of the episcopal ordination of Fr Salvador Cleofás Murguía Villalobos, Salesian of Don Bosco, took place. It was last June 13th when L'Osservatore Romano published the news that Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Msgr. Héctor Guerrero Córdova, SDB, as bishop of the Prelature of Mixes, due to his having reached 75 years of age, and communicated, at the same time, the name of the new bishop: Fr Salvador.
(ANS - Kuching) - In his few days of his animation visit to the small Salesian missionary outpost in Malaysia, in Kuching, Fr Václav Klement, Regional Councilor for East Asia-Oceania, focused mainly on gaining direct knowledge of the context of the mission , more than on the animation of the community. And he could see promising signs for the future.
(ANS - Santa Cruz) - On 10 July, the V American Missionary Congress (CAMV) opened in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and was inaugurated with the presentation of Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Delegate of Pope Francis, who encouraged over three thousand participants to be "credible through testimony." The Salesians of Latin America, and of the world, participate in this great event. One of them, in the name of the Rector Major, is Fr Martín Lasarte, of the Missions Dicastery.
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Italy – A Salesian on the front line of the war in Ukraine: "Being close counts, words come later"(ANS - Rome) - As he tells with a gentleness that does not seem to come from horror, he is "resting a little bit" in Rome these days. Fr Oleh Ladnyuk is a Ukrainian Salesian priest who is a military chaplain at the front, among the soldiers who fight in defence of their country and among the civilians who for over two years have seen their lives wiped out. He brings humanitarian aid where the missiles fall and from those places he helps with the evacuation of young people and adults - so far at least 500 people, but there are probably many more. These days the Salesian – who carries out his ministry in Dnipro and teaches History in a state school in the city – is in Rome to take part with two other priests and a dozen lay people from his country in the "Accompanying when Trauma Hits" course hosted by the Pontifical Salesian University in collaboration with the Faculty of Educational Sciences, with the DON BOSCO NEL MONDO Foundation and the Don Bosco Network. A project that aims to provide theoretical and methodological tools to deal with the traumas caused by war.
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Myanmar – Tragedy of Innocent Children in the midst of Armed Conflicts(ANS – Naypyidaw) - Myanmar finds itself immersed in profound grief and anguish as innocent lives, particularly those of children, continue to be mercilessly lost in the enduring armed conflicts. Families are left devastated by the tragic loss of their loved ones while the relentless violence shows no signs of abating. This week, a heartfelt plea from Myanmar reached our community, shedding light on the heart-wrenching death of a young girl Juliet in a military airstrike, prompting a unified call for prayers and action.
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Italy – "Education and culture of safeguarding in sport. Towards the establishment of protection and prevention models": PGS conference with UPS(ANS – Rome) – The synergy between the Salesian Youth Sports Centres (PGS) and the Pontifical Salesian University (UPS) in Rome gave rise to the conference on "Education and culture of safeguarding in sport. Towards the establishment of models of protection and prevention", which will take place on 13 April, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., at the UPS facilities in Rome.
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United States – INT’L DAY FOR STREET CHILDREN: Salesian Missions highlights programs that provide shelter and support(ANS – New Rochelle) – Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian and international organizations around the globe in highlighting the plight of homeless children on the International Day for Street Children. The day provides organizations and the millions of street children in countries worldwide with an opportunity to have their voices heard while ensuring that their rights are not ignored.
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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I’M A SALESIAN AND I’M A BOROROTHE MESSAGE OF THE RECTOR MAJOR, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, SDB
Diary of a Happy and Blessed Missionary Day
Dear friends , I’m writing to you from Meruri in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. I write this greeting almost as if it were a journalistic report, because it has been only 24 hours since I arrived in the middle of this Brazilian state.