(ANS - Rome) - The 24th Permanent Formation Course for Missionary Pastoral Care concluded on December 8, 2022. If at the beginning of the three months of study the participants had questions, doubts, and perplexities, at the end the rereading of everything they experienced led them to thank the Lord and all those who contributed to this course’s success.

(ANS - Turin) - "In almost nine years, much of it spent traveling around the world, visiting missions, I have been able to touch with my own hands the tremendous good that our confreres do, together with the whole Church and so many people of goodwill. I say this without triumphalism: I believe that today we are a serene congregation that can look to the future with hope." Thus Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians, describes, in a few but very clear lines, the present of the religious family that collects and continues Don Bosco's legacy.

(ANS - Turin) - A time of knowledge, in-depth study, but also of wonder and surprise: for the 30 journalists accredited at the Vatican Press Office and the Italian Foreign Press, the "press tour" on the steps of Don Bosco organized by Fr. Giuseppe Costa, Co-spokesperson of the Salesian Congregation, was an experience rich in discoveries and opportunities to admire up close the beauty, significance and perennial relevance of the Salesian charism, starting from the knowledge of its founder.

(ANS - Turin) - Today, 16 December 2022, in Turin-Valdocco, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, the Rector Major of the Salesians, met early in the afternoon, all the journalists who took part in the “Press Tour” organized by Fr Giuseppe Costa, the Co-spokesperson of the Salesian Congregation. It was a very enriching moment of dialogue and confrontation between the group of 30 journalists accredited to the Vatican Press Office and the Italian Foreign Press. The Rector Major during this occasion illustrated to them the current reality of the Salesian Congregation and answered all their questions with frankness and openness.

(ANS - Rome) - The Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, in the framework of the General Council meeting, and with the consent of the other members of the Council, has appointed Fr. Gianpaolo Roma as the new Superior of the "Don Michele Rua" Province of Southern Italy (IME), for the 2023-2029 term.

Italy - December 2022 - From its origins, St. John Bosco conceived the Association of Salesian Cooperators open to lay people as well as secular clergy. Even today, the Association of Salesian Cooperators counts, among its members, members of the diocesan clergy; presbyters and deacons who, in the exercise of their ministry, are inspired by Don Bosco's pastoral charity, bringing everywhere the commitment to educate and evangelize, with privileged attention to young people. Thus, last December 13, the ASSCC World Council promoted and organized a first online meeting of these members to cultivate and grow a sense of belonging and family spirit. The World Coordinator, Antonio Boccia, the SDB World Delegate, Mr. Duc Nam Nguyen, the FMA World Delegate, Sister Lucrecia Uribe, and some World Councilors attended. The meeting included a brief communication by the Coordinator, a quick passage introducing all those present, a beautiful moment of prayer led by the FMA World Delegate, and then concluded with the agreement for a new meeting set for next spring. A simple but meaningful meeting. "We can say that a seed was sown that, as it grows, will be able to better enhance the presence of this diocesan presbyter and deacon members in the Association," commented the Councilor for Italy, Middle East and Malta Region of the SSCC, Carlo Pellegrino.