Italy - European Meeting of people responsible for pre-novitiates

Turin, Italy – April 2024 - A meeting of those responsible for pre-novitiates from numerous ...

Peru – Meeting of ADMA members: formation, prayer and shared existence

Lima, Peru – April 2024 - A meeting of the members of the Association of Mary Help of ...

Italy – A new edition of the course for the new Salesian Family Delegates

(ANS – Rome) – The Course for the new Salesian Family Delegates is taking place in ...

Guatemala – 2nd Regional Meeting of Young Leaders in the Salesian Cooperators

(ANS – Antigua Guatemala) – The Salesian Cooperators (ASC) in the ...

RMG – The Youth Ministry Sector publishes “EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS” for a Youth Ministry that educates ...

(ANS – Rome) – A series of pathways are presented to gain a deeper appreciation of ...

RMG – The Salesian Rector Major, Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, to visit Valencia

(ANS – Roma) – The Salesian Rector Major, Cardinal Ángel Fernández ...

Italy - Video clip of the bicentenary anthem of Don Bosco's childhood dream and official anthem for ...

Messina, Catania – April 2024 – The Salesian Province of Sicily (ISI), through the ...

RMG – First Thanksgiving Mass of the Newly Ordained Salesian Archbishops at Sacred Heart Basilica

(ANS - Rome) - The Thanksgiving Eucharistic celebration by the two newly consecrated Salesian ...

RMG – "Deroga" document: extension of Card. Ángel as Rector Major until 16 August

(ANS - Rome) - On the day of the Episcopal Ordination of Card. Ángel Fernández ...

Italy – Two New Salesian Shepherds for the Church – Card. Ángel Fernández Artime and Archbishop ...

(ANS – Rome) –The Episcopal Ordination of two eminent sons of Don Bosco, Cardinal ...

(ANS - Bogotá) – After spending a first day catching up with each other and in team building, on Wednesday 22 November 2023 participants in the meeting of Provincial Economers from the Interamerica and America South Cone Regions (21-25 November) officially began their work.

Bogotá, Colombia - November 2023 - A meeting of Provincial Economers from of the Interamerica and South Cone Regions began on the morning of 21 November. It will be led by Salesian Brother Jean Paul Muller, Economer General of the Salesian Congregation. Proceedings began with Mass celebrated by Fr John Jairo Gómez Rua, Superior of the Colombia-Bogotá Province (COB). In the afternoon, the group moved to Fusagasugá, to the retreat house, where today the meeting, involving 25 participants, will officially begin.

(ANS – Bruxelles) – From the 30th October until the 3rd November, Ms. Elma Mireya Ardila Duarte - Coordinator of the Institutional Relations Office and Employment Bureau (Salesian Province of Bogotà), and Br. Juan Carlos Echavarría Zúñiga - Coordinator of the Human Rights Committee (Salesian Province of Medellin) were welcomed in Brussels by Don Bosco International (DBI), the body that represents the Salesian Congregation within the institutions of the European Union (EU).

(ANS – Medellín) – Fr Gildasio Mendes, General Councillor for Social Communication, met  on 27 October with the St Louis Bertrand Province Communication Team, Medellín Colombia (COM), at the Provincial House.

Medellín, Colombia - October 2023 - The Festival of Talents, which takes place every year at the City of Don Bosco (Ciudad Don Bosco) Salesian house in Medellín, celebrated its 10th anniversary in the best possible way. The Festival began with a tribute to its founder, Fr. Fabio Díaz Vergara, who initiated the festival in 2013, when he was the Rector of the house. This year, there was also the participation of other groups and institutions that gave the festival a touch of energy and high levels of competition. The task of the jury, made up of artists and public figures, was therefore by no means easy, as the young artists gave the audience and the jury an excellent performance in three categories: singing, music and dance. The Festival of Talents was also an opportunity to highlight the Youth Communication Club at the Salesian house, which participated in the Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival (DBGYFF) 2023 and whose short film was selected among the 10 best in the world, winning the 3rd place.

(ANS - Cartagena de Indias) - The 2023 meeting of the Inspectors of the Salesian Region of Interamerica is taking place these days in the premises of the Salesian Institute "St Peter Claver" in the city of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. It aims to strengthen working together in synodality in the Inter-American Region, on the basis of the guidelines presented in the Programme of the Rector Major presented during the 28th General Chapter of the Salesian Congregation.

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INTERVIEWS

  • 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.

EDITORIAL

  • 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.

EVENTS

SPECIAL REPORTS

  • Latin America – Strengthening Vocational and Educational Commitment Today: 30 Years of the Salesian School in Latin America

    (ANS) – Since the first meeting in Cumbayá (Ecuador), 30 years ago, educational processes on the continent have found a collaborative epicentre which has given rise to the Salesian School in (Latin) America  – ESA, in Spanish – as a forum for reflection and a common path. Many Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) and other groups of the Salesian Family (SF) have enriched this synodal journey, focusing on young people and their integral development.  What are today's demands of us in the educational field? How are we building the Salesian School of the future? Can we further strengthen this great Salesian educational network in America? Some FMAs and Salesians who were at the first meeting in 1994, share their experience and their vision of how this journey has allowed a growth in the understanding of the youth reality, in the strategic decisions within the Provinces themselves and in the challenges that emerge for Salesian education.

MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR

  • I’M A SALESIAN AND I’M A BORORO

    THE 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.

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