(ANS - Al Fidar) - Yesterday, Wednesday, April 4, the Animation Visit of the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, to the Salesian presences in Lebanon continued with his visit to Al Fidar where a Vocational Training Center and a reception house offering informal educational courses is located. The Rector Major spent the whole day talking with the Syrian and Iraqi students and the refugees from the center.
(ANS - Beirut) - At the end of the Intermediate Plenary Council and the celebrations of Easter rites, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major, accompanied by his Secretary, Fr Horacio López, left for an animated visit to the Salesian presences in Lebanon. The Rector Major departed from Rome Fiumicino airport on the evening of Monday 2 April and landed in the night in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.
Rome, Italy - March 2018 - On the afternoon of March 24, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major, accompanied by his secretary, Fr Horacio López, visited the "Blessed Artemide Zatti" center, a rest home for the elderly and sick Salesians in the Salesian District of Central Italy (ICC). Fr Francesco Pampinella, Director of the house, guided the Rector Major during his visit, during which he met all the Salesians present in the community and the assistance team.
(ANS - Bombo) - The Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, arrived at the Salesian Headquarters yesterday, Sunday 18 March, after 5 intense days spent in his Animation Visit to the Africa-Great Lakes Vice Province (AGL) and a long journey started on Saturday 17.
(ANS - Kigali) – Yesterday, March 15, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, the Rector Major, spend the second and last day of his visit to Rwanda almost entirely in Kigali. After the dialogue and mass for young people who came from all over the country, the 10th Successor of Don Bosco spent his time getting to know and encouraging the local Salesian Family.
(ANS - Kabgayi) - "You have chosen a very beautiful Congregation, the same one dreamed of by Don Bosco ... Which tries to take care of young people as he did ... A congregation that needs Salesians who are authentic and available." With these words, yesterday, March 14, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, adressed the Salesian novices of the house "San Luigi Versiglia" of Rango, in Rwanda, where he is for his Animation Visit to the Africa-Great Lakes Region (AGL).
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INTERVIEWS
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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.
EDITORIAL
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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.
EVENTS
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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.
SPECIAL REPORTS
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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 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.