NEWS
(ANS – Rome) – The Province of St John Bosco in the Czech Republic also has a new Provincial: Fr Václav Jiráček, appointed on the morning of Friday, 5 December 2025, by the Rector Major, Fr Fabio Attard, with the consent of the members of the General Council. His mandate will cover the six‑year period 2026–2032.
(ANS – Rome) – The Rector Major of the Salesian Congregation, Fr Fabio Attard, XI Successor of Don Bosco, during the winter plenary session of the General Council, and with the consent of the other members of the Council, has appointed Fr Jorge Elías Ghazal Mora as Superior of the Province of ‘Saint Luke’ in Venezuela (VEN) for the six-year period 2026-2032.
(ANS – Rome) – On 26-28 November 2025, a Salesian delegation actively participated in the VI Assembly of the International Forum of Catholic-Inspired Organizations, held in Rome under the theme ‘Pilgrims of Hope for the Promotion of Human Dignity, the Common Good and Peace.’ The event gathered representatives of Catholic NGOs from around the world, alongside the Apostolic Nuncio before the UE and Permanent Observers of the Holy See to international organisations, fostering dialogue and collaboration for global advocacy.
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INTERVIEWS
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Italy – In conversation with a Salesian influencer: Fr Eustace Siame(ANS - Rome) - ‘“Go and mend the nets.” Jesus called his first apostles while they were mending their fishing nets (cf. Mt 4:21-22). He asks the same of us today. Indeed, he asks us to weave other nets: networks of relationships, of love, of gratuitous sharing where friendship is profound and authentic; networks where we can mend what has been broken, heal from loneliness, not focus on the number of followers, but experience the greatness of infinite Love in every encounter.’ This was the appeal Pope Leo XIV made to Catholic influencers and digital missionaries last July for the Jubilee dedicated to them. Salesian Fr Eustace Siame is certainly one of them, and today he presents his apostolate to us.
EDITORIAL
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RMG – Don Bosco: “The Fascinating Saint”(ANS - Rome) - Don Bosco is perhaps the most amazing and fascinating saint, history has ever produced. The humble work which he began for the welfare of his poor and abandoned boys in Italy has produced astonishing results, and today there are nearly 14000 Salesians working in 138 countries, and there are more than 200,000 members belonging to the 32 groups of the worldwide Salesian Family sharing the charism of Don Bosco and reaching out to the needy young people.
EVENTS
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South Korea – Catechist Formation, From Theory to Practice: Symposium Held on “The Wise Use of the Guidelines for Catechist Formation”(ANS – Seoul) – A symposium titled “The Wise Use of the Guidelines for Catechist Formation” was successfully held on Saturday, 8 November, at the Salesian Provincial House in Shingil-dong, Seoul, to diagnose the current state and seek the future of catechetical education in the Korean Catholic Church.
SPECIAL REPORTS
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Italy – 150 years since the first mission: the legacy continues(ANS - Turin) - An anniversary bearing the number 150 cannot go unnoticed. Even less so if it corresponds to an anniversary from which substantial changes in a large community and the world around it have come about. For this reason, the 150th anniversary of the first ‘missionary expedition’, which Don Bosco longed for following the ‘dream’ of a mysterious Patagonia, is an event in itself, due to the amount of reflections and appointments it brings.
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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From the Pharisee's Table to the Heart of Ministry. Humility and Charity in the Education and Evangelization of Young PeopleTHE MESSAGE OF THE RECTOR MAJOR, Fr Fabio Attard, SDB
In chapter 14 of St. Luke’s Gospel, we find the account in which Jesus accepts an invitation to dine at the home of an important Pharisee. Jesus enters a space thick with social calculations and feigned religious attitudes wherein the dinner becomes a theater of human ambition, with guests competing for places that reflect their perceived status and importance.