(ANS - Rome) - "Father Ángel, we are waiting for you!": thus the joyful cry of the Salesian Youth Movement of the Triveneto, which awaits Rector Major Fr Ángel Fernández Artime next Sunday, March 17, for the traditional "Festa Ragazzi" in Jesolo. The X Successor of Don Bosco will participate in the large festival, which annually gathers thousands of participants from all the centers of the area's Salesian Family. He will also visit other Salesian houses and realities of the Salesian Province of North-East Italy.
Walkerville, South Africa - March 2019 - The visit of the Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, to the Southern Africa Vice-Province (AFM) continues. He is accompanied by Fr Américo Chaquisse, Councilor for the Africa-Madagascar Region, and Fr Horacio López, Secretary of the Rector Major. On the morning of March 12, the Rector Major returned to South Africa from Lesotho, and went to Walkerville, where he also presided over Mass and shared a fraternal agape. In the afternoon, he met with the AFM Provincial Council.
Maputsoe, Lesotho - March 2019 - Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major, arrived in Maputsoe in Lesotho on Monday 11 March. He met the Salesian Family, the parish communities of Maputsoe and Maseru and the young people of the Salesian Youth Movement (SYM).
(ANS - Johannesburg) - Last Friday, March 8, landing in Cape Town, South Africa, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime reached the 86th country he has visited as Rector Major. "My wish is that the Salesians will help you to be good boys," he said shortly after his arrival, meeting the young students of the "Learn to Live School" path.
Cape Town, South Africa - March 8, 2019 - This morning, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco, landed at the airport of Cape Town for his animation visit to the Africa South Vice Province (AFM), accompanied by the his secretary Fr Horacio López. To welcome him, Fr Américo Chaquisse, Councilor for the Africa-Madagascar Region, Fr Joy Sebastian, Superior of the AFM Vice Province, the directors of the Lansdowne communities and "Salesian Institute" and other local Salesians.
(ANS - Rome) - From 8 to 12 March, Rector Major Fr Ángel Fernández Artime shall be on African soil. Accompanied by the Councilor for the Africa-Madagascar region, Fr Américo Chaquisse, and by Fr Horacio López, Secretary of the Rector Major, he will animate Salesians and the Salesian Family present in the "Blessed Michael Rua" Vice Province of Southern Africa - which includes South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho.
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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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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
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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.