NEWS
(ANS – Pamplona) – On November 6, 2024, the 10th anniversary of the "Functional Print Cluster" was celebrated, of which the Salesian centre in Pamplona is a founding member. It is an institution that does research and collaborates in innovation in the graphic arts sector.
(ANS – Campo Grande) – On 6 and 7 November 2024, Fr Gabriel Romero, Regional Councillor for America South Cone, went to Barra do Garças, in the State of Mato Grosso, to continue his Extraordinary Visitation to the St Alphonsus Liguori Province of Campo Grande, Brazil. He then continued his journey with a new stage at the Nova Xavanatina mission.
(ANS – Padivayal) – The Mount Don Bosco community was honoured to welcome Rev. Fr. Gildasio Mendes dos Santos SDB, General Councillor for Social Communication, for the Extraordinary Visitation from November 6th to 10th.
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INTERVIEWS
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RMG – The missionaries of the 155th Salesian Missionary Expedition: Guy Roger Mutombo Mutshi, from the Vice-Province of Africa Congo Congo (ACC) to the Province of Southern Italy (IME)
(ANS – Rome) – The final word from the new Salesian missionaries comes from Congolese Guy Roger, a missionary in the Province of Southern Italy. "My plans and dreams for my missionary life are to live in communion of spirit and action with my Salesian brothers in IME for the salvation of poor and abandoned young people, according to the heart of Don Bosco and to the greater glory of God".
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 - The reform of Technical and Vocational Education at the heart of the debate: a comparison on the development of the vocational chain and the 4+2 model
(ANS - Rome) - Over 2.1 billion euro will be invested in 2023 for training and labour policies, of which 70%, 1.4 billion, will be earmarked for vocational training and 30%, 640 million, for active labour policies. These are the figures that will be presented next Thursday, 14 November 2024, at the ‘Sala Zuccari’ at Palazzo Giustiniani in Rome, during the annual seminar organised by the Centro Nazionale Opere Salesiane-Formazione e Aggiornamento Professionale (CNOS-FAP) and the PTSCLAS consultancy firm ‘on vocational training and employment policies.
SPECIAL REPORTS
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Ukraine – Youth Ministry in time of war: "the gift of our young people"
(ANS – Donetsk) – Even in the darkest night, a Salesian heart will always be able to find a light of hope in closeness to young people. It was to them that Don Bosco dedicated his entire life, "until his last breath"; and more than one Rector Major has reiterated that it is they who "save" the Salesians: from false security, from a mediocre life... That is why, even in a siutation of great suffering such as the current one in Ukraine, for the Greek-Catholic Exarchate of Donetsk, of which Salesian Bishop Maksym Ryabukha is Auxiliary Bishop, he points out that among the gifts for youth ministry in wartime is ‘our young people’, they who are the fundamental asset of Ukraine today and tomorrow. Below is his reflection.
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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OUR ANNUAL GIFT
THE MESSAGE OF THE VICAR OF THE RECTOR MAJOR,
Fr Stefano Martoglio, SDBTraditionally as a Salesian Family, we receive the Strenna every year - a gift at the beginning of the year. I hold it dear to look inside this gift with these few lines so as to welcome it as it deserves, without losing anything of the freshness of the gift.