INTERVIEWS
(ANS - Palabek) - "In 2015, Pope Francis invited Congregations not only to work in refugee camps, but also to live there. So we Salesians accepted the challenge to be inside Palabek. Other organizations work there, but they don't live there. They leave every day, but we Salesians are the only ones authorized to live in places like Palabek or Kakuma, Kenya." These are the words of Br. Máximo Herrera, a Salesian coadjutor from Argentina, who is a missionary in Africa.
(ANS - Barcelona) - Fr. Alfred Roca, 89, is a Salesian missionary who has Ethiopia in his heart. He has spent nearly four decades sharing joys and sorrows with the people of Ethiopia, especially in the Tigray region. He recently spoke to the Salesian Bulletin of Spain about what has been happening in northern Ethiopia for the past two years.
(ANS - Rome) - Following up on the indications issued by the Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, at the end of the 28th General Chapter, the Social Communication Department is currently engaged in the project of renewing the communication document of the Salesian System of Social Communication (SSSC). The objective of this new document is to renew and broaden the vision and management of communication on Social Communication. This document follows a line of in-depth study that enhances the Congregation's heritage and tradition, from Don Bosco to the present day, and gives continuity to the processes and practice of communication.
In a major and extensive work, between 2021 and 2022, about 150 people collaborated to prepare the Instrumentum Laboris, a text with all the suggestions provided by Communication Delegates, their teams, and several communication experts. As of February 2023, a team has been working on the document’s final draft.
"The new text aims to compile the assets, practice, and experience of the Salesian Congregation in the area of communication," explains Fr. Gildasio Mendes, General Councilor for Social Communication, in the interview given for the presentation of this document.