(ANS - Castelnuovo Don Bosco) - With only one day left before the sending-off ceremony of the 153rd Salesian Missionary Expedition, we let Salesian cleric Edwin Seminario Rivera, a 24-year-old Peruvian destined for the Salesian missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo, tell us about his missionary journey and future prospects in mission lands.
(ANS - Castelnuovo Don Bosco) - From the Congolese land, a land that has welcomed and now returns so many missionaries, also comes the young cleric Oscar Kimangou; 28 years old, belonging to the Africa Congo Vice-Province (ACC), in just two days he will participate in the celebration of the missionary sending off of the 153rd Salesian Missionary Expedition, after which he will be destined for his new adopted homeland, Slovenia. Below is his testimony.
(ANS - Castelnuovo Don Bosco) - Among the departing members of the 153rd Salesian Missionary Expedition, who next Sept. 25 will receive the Missionary Cross from the hands of the Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, is also Sansão Manuel Sebastião Gonçalo, originally from Angola and now destined for the mission in Cape Verde. Today he offers his reflections and considerations to ANS readers.
(ANS - Turin) - On Sunday, Sept. 25, the Missionary Cross will be handed over to the Salesians of the 153rd Salesian Missionary Expedition at the hands of the Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, and to the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians of the 145th Missionary Expedition, at the hands of Sister Ruth del Pilar Mora, FMA Missions Councilor.
(ANS - Castelnuovo Don Bosco) - From the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Albania, passing through an internship experience carried out in North Africa: this is the missionary journey that Sébastien Anasamba Levilo, a 28-year-old Salesian still in initial formation, is taking, and which will receive its seal next Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, on the occasion of the 153rd Salesian Missionary Expedition. Ahead of that moment, which will enshrine a before and after in his life, today he offers us his reflections, considerations, and emotions.
(ANS - Castelnuovo Don Bosco) – Today, in the second interview with the Salesians departing with the 153rd Salesian Missionary Expedition we meet Roger Mbayo Mukadi, a Salesian priest, Congolese, 35 years old, radically belonging to the "Mary Most Holy Assumption" Province of Central Africa (ACF). With previous missionary service experience behind him at Palabek, the refugee center operating in Uganda, he is now set to work with and for young people in Venezuela.
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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.