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Vatican – The Cause of Servant of God Ignatius Stuchlý advances
Thursday, 07 November 2019 00:00(ANS - Vatican City) - On 5 November 2019, during the special Congress of Theological Consultors at the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, a positive opinion was given unanimously as regards the reputation of sanctity and the exercise of heroic virtues of the Servant of God Ignazio Stuchlý, Professed Priest of the Society of St. Francis de Sales (1869-1953).
Spain - Volunteering, a movement that changes the world
Thursday, 29 August 2019 00:00(ANS - Madrid) - Volunteering is a generous way to share your time with the people who need it most. One of the objectives of volunteering is the promotion, formation and monitoring of all those who choose this style of service. Most of them participate in projects of education, training and socio-cultural animation of vulnerable children and young people and their families.
Slovakia - First professions
Tuesday, 27 August 2019 00:00Poprad, Slovakia - August 2019 – As per tradition in Poprad-Veľká, Slovakia, on the day of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, two new Salesians of Don Bosco from the Province of Slovakia (SLK) made their first profession. Fr Tadeusz Rozmus, Councilor for Central and Northern Europe, presided over the celebration in the presence of various Salesians from the SLK Province and the Province of the Czech Republic, including Provincial Fr Petr Vaculík (CEP), relatives and young people of the local Salesian center.
Czech Republic - 17 lay volunteers off to 7 countries
Friday, 14 June 2019 00:00Ostrava, Czech Republic - June 2019 - 17 lay volunteers from the Czech Republic received their missionary mandate during a solemn liturgy on Sunday 9 June in the church of St. Joseph in Ostrava. The celebration was presided by Fr Petr Vaculík, Superior of the Salesian Province of the Czech Republic (CEP), before various priests. The young volunteers, who will leave during the summer holidays, shall serve in Angola, Bulgaria, Ecuador, India, Kenya, Tanzania and Papua New Guinea.
Slovakia - A commemorative plaque for Fr Boleslaw Rozmus, SDB
Wednesday, 05 June 2019 00:00Slovakia - June 2019 - On June 1 in the Tatra Mountains there was the ceremony of installation and blessing of a memorial plaque for a young Salesian, Fr Boleslaw Rozmus, who died in 1996 while leading a group of students to this area. In addition to several representatives from Slovakia and Poland, there were also representatives of the formation houses of the novitiate of Slovakia and of the Krakow theologate, with the director of the novitiate, Fr Peter Timko, and the Provincial of Krakow (PLS), Fr Adam Parszywka. The Eucharist was presided over by the Councilor for Central and Northern Europe Region, Fr Tadeusz Rozmus, older brother of Fr Boleslaw. For 23 years Fr Boleslaw's past pupils have been meeting regularly every year on the first Sunday of October in the Tatra Mountains and celebrate a Mass in his memory in the Chocholowska Valley. In the memorial cemetery of Strbske Pleso there are currently two Salesian tombstones: Fr Boleslaw's and a novice from the Czech Republic, who also died in the mountains in 2007.
Italy - Salesian contemplation in ordinary life: Contemplative Fraternity of Mary of Nazareth
Thursday, 23 May 2019 00:00(ANS - Turin) - At the World Council aka Consulta of the Salesian Family, which ends today in Turin, the Contemplative Fraternity of Mary of Nazareth (FCMN) is being presented, the 31st and most recent group of the great charismatic tree born from St. John Bosco, and the first of the contemplatives. In the interview below with Myriam P., it is possible to learn more about the group's spirituality, born in Uruguay in 1983, on the initiative of Msgr. Nicolas Cotugno, SDB, also widespread in Italy, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Which Salesian houses were opened in 2018?
Wednesday, 13 February 2019 00:00PALABEK (Uganda) - AGL
KUNKUJANG (Gambia) - AFO
NONGLAKHIAT (India) - INS
KABWE - Makululu (Zambia) - ZMB
LESZNO (Poland) - PLO
CHALABON - DAKHINKHAN (Bangladesh) - INC
KROMERIZ (Czech Republic) - CEP
Belgium – Fr. Rozmus visit: an opportunity strengthening existing contacts at European Institutions
Thursday, 07 February 2019 00:00(ANS – Bruxelles) – On Don Bosco’s feast 2019, Don Bosco International (DBI) arranged an institutional tour for Fr Tadeusz Rozmus, Regional Councillor for Europe Centre-North, as done previously in 2017 and 2018, with Fr Fabio Attard and Fr Stefano Martoglio.
Belgium - Missionary synodality of SYM Europe
Tuesday, 27 November 2018 00:00(ANS - Brussels) - From 23 to 25 November 2018, the XV General Assembly of the Salesian Youth Movement (SYM) Europe was held in Brussels, Belgium. Over 70 participants, including young people, Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) and Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA), from 19 European countries, were welcomed by the FMA community of the "Internat Don Bosco" in Ganshoren, Brussels, and by young people of SYM France - South Belgium, for this appointment that has been held regularly for fifteen years at the end of November, every time in a different European country. The themes of the Synod on "Youth, Faith and Vocational Discernment" and of European integration, between challenges and opportunities, have been the focus of this year's Assembly.
Italy - XXII Permanent Formation Course of Missionary Pastoral: enthusiastic opinions from students
Tuesday, 13 November 2018 00:00(ANS - Rome) - The 22nd Permanent Formation Course for Missionary Pastoral Care, launched last September at the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome (UPS), is still underway. A significant novelty of this edition is that for the first time the lessons are offered in English.