NEWS
(ANS - Turin) – On Friday 10 and Saturday 11 May 2024, the annual National Assembly of the National Salesian Works Centre (CNOS) – School sector was held in Turin, at the Salesian Mother House in Valdocco, based on the guiding motto: "The business of the school. Growth of leadership in the educative and pastoral community".
(ANS – Rome) – On the occasion of the bicentenary of Don Bosco's dream at 9 years of age, a book of dreams has been created. "We wanted to challenge the young people around the world with a very simple, but very existential question: ‘What is your life's dream?’" the General Councillor for Youth Ministry, Fr Miguel Angel García Morcuende, explained. "And we have received young peoples' dreams from the houses of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians and the Salesians of Don Bosco from all continents" he said. "They are young people from 94 countries who tell how they want to achieve their dream and how they intend to overcome the most difficult conditions."
(ANS – Araçatuba) – Moved by solidarity with the population affected by the recent devastating floods in southern Brazil, the Centro Universitario Cattolico Salesiano Auxilium (UniSALESIANO), with offices in Araçatuba and Lins, belonging to the Mary Help of Christians Province of Sao Paolo Brazil (BSP), will send 37 volunteers to work in the emergency health services in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, the Brazilian state affected by the natural disaster. The group will be housed in the Salesian house located at the Faculdade Don Bosco in Porto Alegre.
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INTERVIEWS
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RMG – “Do Elderly Salesians have a role in the Digital Culture?”
The answer in the letter “Sharing wisdom and hope in digital culture” from the General Councillor for Social Communication
(ANS – Rome) – In view of the current digital reality, and due to the presence, especially in some regions of the Salesian world, of a large number of elderly Salesians, the General Councillor for Social Communication, Fr Gildasio Mendes, has decided to dedicate a special letter to them, entitled: "Sharing wisdom and hope in digital culture". Here is how he explains to ANS readers today the origins, significance and perspectives of this document.
EDITORIAL
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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.
EVENTS
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Italy – Artificial Intelligence and "The Oratory". Two events for reflection and debate at UPS
(ANS – Rome) – The Faculty of Social Communication Sciences (FSC) of the Pontifical Salesian University (UPS), based in Rome, is promoting two events in May, the month in which the World Day of Social Communications is celebrated (this year, Sunday 12th) as well as the anniversary of the charismatic Letter from Rome by Don Bosco (10 May). They will explore the dimension of communication in its current and future panorama and the continuing relevance of the Salesian presence among young people at risk. These issues will be addressed through the presentation of a book on "Artificial Intelligence. In search of humanity", Thursday 16 May 2024, and the screening of the film "The Oratory", Friday 17th.
SPECIAL REPORTS
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RMG – Communication 60 years after "Inter Mirifica"
(ANS – Rome) – On 14 December 1963, the Council's Inter Mirifica Decree on the instruments of social communication was promulgated. The title already looked with admiration at the field of communication, encouraging the Church to support the media. Which is seen to be beautiful and fair.
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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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.