(ANS – Jaboatão dos Guararapes) – On Wednesday, 31 January 2024, the Salesian Institute in Jaboatão dos Guararapes received an illustrious and exciting visit. Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco, made an unscheduled visit to the Educative and Pastoral Community demonstrating his warm and attentive presence for them all.
Recife, Brazil – January/February 2024 – “The Salesian Family of Northeast Brazil is celebrating! Don Bosco is among us!" In this spirit, the Salesians of Recife welcomed the visit of Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco, to the St Aloysius Gonzaga Province of Brazil-Recife (BRE). After landing in the afternoon of Tuesday, 30 January at Recife International Airport, the 10th Successor of Don Bosco will be in Brazil until 4 February, taking part in numerous events over these days, such as the Feast of Don Bosco with the local community, the dedication of the Church of Bom Jesus in Juazeiro do Norte, giving the Servant of God Father Cícero Romão Batista the posthumous qualification of Salesian Cooperator, the Provincial Feast day and a meeting with young people.
(ANS - Rome) – To commemorate the feast of Don Bosco, Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians, gave an interview to the journalist Fabio Marchese Ragona from the MediaSet group, in front of the Basilica of St. Peter at Vatican. Topics such as young people, the Congregation, Don Bosco, the Church, the role of the laity, life of witness, his own personal vocational story as a Salesian... etc., featured during the conversation. The interview was broadcast on Sunday, 28 January 2024 on the Italian TV channel TGCOM24, as part of the "Stanze Vaticane" (From the Rooms of Vatican) column.
(ANS – Recife) – “The Salesian Family of North-east Brazil is celebrating! Don Bosco is among us!" In this spirit, the Salesians of Recife announce the beginning of the visit of Cardinal Ángel Fernandez Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco, to the St Aloysius Gonzaga Province of Brazil-Recife (BRE).
(ANS - Rome) - On Sunday 28th January 2024, the Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco, blessed and inaugurated the new Chapel of the Word of God at the Salesian Headquarters - which has undergone extensive renovation work in recent months. It was a very simple and at the same time a meaningful rite, during which the community of the Salesian Headquarters could rejoice in the dedication of this space for prayer, and a space for fraternal communion at the table of the Divine Word.
RMG – "Don Bosco among us": the Province of Recife is preparing to welcome Cardinal Fernández Artime
(ANS – Rome) – Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime will spend the last feast of Don Bosco in his term as Rector Major in Recife. The 10th Successor of Don Bosco is preparing to reach the St Aloysius Gonzaga Province of Northeastern Brazil to carry out an animation visit to the Salesians and the local Salesian Family from 29 January to 4 February. "Don Bosco among us" is the significant motto chosen for this visit.
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Italy – A Salesian on the front line of the war in Ukraine: "Being close counts, words come later"(ANS - Rome) - As he tells with a gentleness that does not seem to come from horror, he is "resting a little bit" in Rome these days. Fr Oleh Ladnyuk is a Ukrainian Salesian priest who is a military chaplain at the front, among the soldiers who fight in defence of their country and among the civilians who for over two years have seen their lives wiped out. He brings humanitarian aid where the missiles fall and from those places he helps with the evacuation of young people and adults - so far at least 500 people, but there are probably many more. These days the Salesian – who carries out his ministry in Dnipro and teaches History in a state school in the city – is in Rome to take part with two other priests and a dozen lay people from his country in the "Accompanying when Trauma Hits" course hosted by the Pontifical Salesian University in collaboration with the Faculty of Educational Sciences, with the DON BOSCO NEL MONDO Foundation and the Don Bosco Network. A project that aims to provide theoretical and methodological tools to deal with the traumas caused by war.
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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.
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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.
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Latin America – Strengthening Vocational and Educational Commitment Today: 30 Years of the Salesian School in Latin America(ANS) – Since the first meeting in Cumbayá (Ecuador), 30 years ago, educational processes on the continent have found a collaborative epicentre which has given rise to the Salesian School in (Latin) America – ESA, in Spanish – as a forum for reflection and a common path. Many Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) and other groups of the Salesian Family (SF) have enriched this synodal journey, focusing on young people and their integral development. What are today's demands of us in the educational field? How are we building the Salesian School of the future? Can we further strengthen this great Salesian educational network in America? Some FMAs and Salesians who were at the first meeting in 1994, share their experience and their vision of how this journey has allowed a growth in the understanding of the youth reality, in the strategic decisions within the Provinces themselves and in the challenges that emerge for Salesian education.
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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I’M A SALESIAN AND I’M A BOROROTHE 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.