RMG – Farewell to Carlo Di Cicco, journalist, Deputy Director of L'Osservatore Romano and ANS ...

(ANS – Rome) – Journalist Carlo Di Cicco died yesterday in Rome, at the age of 79. ...

Mozambique – Continental Conference of Salesian Institutes of Higher Education (IUS) of Africa

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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 ...

Italy – The Pontifical Salesian University signs an agreement with the Hungarian Gál Ferenc ...

Rome, Italy – April 2024 - On Thursday, 11April the Pontifical Salesian University (UPS) ...

Peru – Day of Spirituality for the Salesian Family "The dream makes us return to our roots"

Lima, Peru – April 2024 - More than 300 people from the different groups of the Salesian ...

France – Polish Salesians on pilgrimage in the footsteps of Saint Francis de Sales

(ANS – Annecy) – From 6 to 13 April 2024, 37 Salesians from the four Polish ...

Italy - "Only one ting I want: that you be happy now and in eternity"

Palermo, Italy – April 2024 - Vocational animation ended on Saturday 13 April at the Don ...

Philippines – The Salesian Family in the Southern Philippines: an ecclesial reality and a living ...

Minglanilla, Philippines April 2024 - The Salesian Family in the Province of the Southern ...

Democratic Republic of the Congo – The General Councillor for Social Communication visits the ...

(ANS – Rome) – On Friday, 12 April 2024, the General Councillor for Social ...

Poland – Over two hundred participants in the youth meeting in the Province of Wrocław

Lubin, Poland – April 2024 – The city of Lubin, which has three Salesian communities, ...

Towards 150th anniversary of foundation of Association of Mary Help of Christians (ADMA)

12 April 2019

(Turin, April 12, 2019) - The Association of Mary Help of Christians (ADMA) will celebrate its 150th anniversary on 18 April. It was established in Turin on 18 April 1869 through the work of Saint Giovanni Bosco, the year after the consecration of the Church of Mary Help of Christians (June 9, 1868), as thanks for the benefits that people recognized to the Virgin and as a tool for the defense and growth of the faith of the Christian people.

The inspiration that moved Don Bosco was to offer a proposal for a simple Christian life that would sustain the ordinary life of the faithful, anchoring them firmly to the "two columns" of the Eucharist and of Mary, Immaculate and Help of Christians.

In the message sent on the occasion of this happy anniversary the President of the Primary ADMA of Turin-Valdocco, Renato Valera, said: “The coincidence with the liturgical date of Holy Thursday invites us to live this anniversary with a Eucharistic spirit. As we give thanks for these 150 years of life of the Association of Mary Help of Christians, let us commit, faithful to the charism of our holy founder Don Bosco, to letting ourselves be guided by the Holy Spirit for a renewed evangelizing and educational impulse."

"It is about living and bringing faith in Jesus Christ and love to Mary to many friends, family, colleagues, neighbors, acquaintances," continues Mr. Valera. "The essential part of this evangelizing impulse consists in renewing the Association with a privileged attention to the family and to the new generations, favoring and taking care of personal friendship, openness to all and the spirit of service, making the deeply evangelical attitudes of Mary our own: her availability to God, her faithfulness in the hour of trial and of the cross, her spirit of joy and thanksgiving for the marvels that the Lord works."

More specifically, the 800 groups of ADMA aggregated around the world are invited to plan, for Holy Thursday or at another time, a time of Eucharistic adoration in which to renew, with Mary, faith in Jesus Christ and the commitment to be joyful witnesses of the new life of the Gospel.

For more information, please visit: https://www.admadonbosco.org/  

L’ispirazione che mosse Don Bosco era quella di offrire una proposta di vita cristiana semplice, che sostenesse la vita ordinaria dei fedeli, ancorandoli saldamente alle “due colonne” dell’Eucaristia e di Maria, Immacolata e Aiuto dei Cristiani.

Nel messaggio inviato in occasione di questa felice ricorrenza il Presidente dell’ADMA Primaria di Torino-Valdocco, signor Renato Valera, sottolinea: “La coincidenza con la data liturgica del Giovedì Santo invita a vivere con spirito eucaristico questo anniversario. Mentre rendiamo grazie per questi 150 anni di vita dell’Associazione di Maria Ausiliatrice, impegniamoci, fedeli al carisma del nostro santo fondatore Don Bosco, a lasciarci guidare dallo Spirito Santo per un rinnovato impulso evangelizzatore ed educativo”.

“Si tratta di vivere e di portare la fede in Gesù Cristo e l’amore a Maria a molti amici, familiari, colleghi, vicini, conoscenti – prosegue il signor Valera –. L’essenziale di questo impulso evangelizzatore consiste nel rinnovare l’Associazione con un’attenzione privilegiata alla famiglia e alle nuove generazioni, favorendo e curando l’amicizia personale, l’apertura verso tutti e lo spirito di servizio, facendo nostri gli atteggiamenti profondamente evangelici di Maria: la sua disponibilità a Dio, la sua fedeltà nell’ora della prova e della croce, il suo spirito di gioia e di rendimento di grazie per le meraviglie che il Signore opera”.

In particolare, gli 800 gruppi dell’ADMA aggregati in tutto il mondo sono invitati a programmare, per il Giovedì Santo o in un altro momento, un tempo di adorazione eucaristica in cui rinnovare, con Maria, la fede in Gesù Cristo e l’impegno ad essere testimoni gioiosi della vita nuova del Vangelo.

Per ulteriori informazioni, visitare il sito: https://www.admadonbosco.org/ 

INTERVIEWS

  • Democratic Republic of Congo – Fr Owoudou on the situation in the eastern parts of the country: “No matter how dark the night may seem, dawn will inevitably come”

    (ANS - Goma) - During his latest phase of the Extraordinary Visit to the "Mary Most Holy Assumption" Province of Central Africa (AFC), Fr. Alphonse Owoudou, Councillor for the Africa Madagascar Region, conducted an interview with the magazine "JAMBO VIJANA," representing the youth engaged in the Salesian works of the Province's Eastern Delegation. Addressing the ongoing violence and conflicts in the region, Fr. Owoudou expressed hope, saying: "No matter the length of the night, dawn will inevitably come."

EDITORIAL

  • 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

  • Italy – "Education and culture of safeguarding in sport. Towards the establishment of protection and prevention models": PGS conference with UPS

    (ANS – Rome) – The synergy between the Salesian Youth Sports Centres (PGS) and the Pontifical Salesian University (UPS) in Rome gave rise to the conference on "Education and culture of safeguarding in sport. Towards the establishment of models of protection and prevention", which will take place on 13 April, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., at the UPS facilities in Rome.

SPECIAL REPORTS

  • United States – INT’L DAY FOR STREET CHILDREN: Salesian Missions highlights programs that provide shelter and support

    (ANS – New Rochelle) – Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian and international organizations around the globe in highlighting the plight of homeless children on the International Day for Street Children. The day provides organizations and the millions of street children in countries worldwide with an opportunity to have their voices heard while ensuring that their rights are not ignored.

MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR

  • 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.

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