(ANS - Madrid) - At the beginning of the new year, and with the feast day of Don Bosco already in sight, an educational-pastoral proposal arrives in Spain’s Salesian presences to continue promoting and consolidating an authentic vocational culture. It is a vocational campaign summarized by the motto "Atrévete a seguir tu camino" (Dare to follow your path) that features a wide range of resources, accessible at https://salesianos.info/abrimoscaminos/vocacional.

(ANS - Vatican City) - On 6 January 2023, Solemnity of the Epiphany, the Press Office of the Holy See communicated that Holy Father Francis has appointed the Salesian Fr. Giordano Piccinotti as Under-Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA). He belongs to the "San Carlo Borromeo" Province of Lombardy-Emilian Italy (ILE).

(ANS - Paris) - With 24 affiliated associations, which manage about a hundred structures and services throughout the country, the "Don Bosco Action Sociale" (DBAS) network is one of the main Christian-inspired networks operating in the social sector in France. Coordinated by Fr. Jean-Marie Petitclerc, SDB, a well-known educator and former Director General of the "Le Valdocco" Association, the DBAS network, launched in 2018, will hold its third assembly in Caen on 25 and 26 May 2023.

(ANS - Madrid) - The Feast of the Epiphany is deeply felt throughout Spain, also due to the popular tradition which sees the Three Kings bring gifts not only to the Child Jesus, but also to all the children of every town and city in the nation. For years now, Salesian houses have also been participating in the various activities promoted on 6 January throughout the country with historical re-enactments, festive initiatives and above all many charitable initiatives to bring some gifts and a moment of joy even to the children most at risk.

(ANS - Rome) - "The Magi who came from the East are only the first of a long procession of men and women who in their lives have constantly sought with their eyes the star of God, who have sought that God who to us, human beings, is near and shows us the way. It is the great host of saints - known or unknown - through whom the Lord, throughout history, has opened before us the Gospel and turned its pages; this, He is still doing. In their lives, as in a great picture book, the richness of the Gospel is revealed. They are the luminous wake of God that He Himself throughout history has traced and still traces." These words of Benedict XVI, spoken in Cologne on August 20, 2005, on the occasion of the 20th World Youth Day, remind us that saints are those who are so captivated by the beauty of God and His perfect truth that they are progressively transformed by it.