(ANS - Vatican City) - The Holy See Press Office announced yesterday, Monday, Oct. 24, that Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai, a Salesian of Don Bosco, titular archbishop of Sila, and currently Apostolic Nuncio to Greece, has been appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Malta.
(ANS - Guwahati) - On Tuesday morning, October 25, at the Salesian Provincial House in Guwahati, the Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, met with the bishops, and veteran missionaries - religious and diocesan - from the Northeast of India.
(ANS – Zagreb) – The Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, celebrated 100 years of Salesian presence in Zagreb and the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Croatian Salesian Province of St. John Bosco with the Salesians, the Salesian Family, and the Salesian youth.
(ANS - Kyiv) - After nearly 8 months of war, with millions of Ukrainians now refugees or internally displaced and tens of thousands of casualties, for "martyred Ukraine," as Pope Francis called it last Sunday, new difficult months lie ahead, not least in view of the arrival of winter and the conditions under which so many people will have to face it. That is why, with a pastor's heart, Salesian Bishop Vitaliy Krivitskiy, Bishop of Kyiv-Žytomyr, has shared, through the Salesian Coordination for the Ukrainian Emergency Response, a video-message, in which he thanks the many benefactors for what they have done so far, illustrates the present difficulties and pleads for further help to all men and women of goodwill.
(ANS - Minsk) - The Salesian Family of Belarus concluded the 100th anniversary celebrations of Salesian presence and activities in the Country’s territory. The concluding solemn events were held over the weekend of September 24 and 25.
(ANS - Viedma) - In the presence of the mayor of Viedma, Pedro Pesatti, the local bishop, Monsignor Esteban Laxague, SDB, and Fr. Pedro Narambuena, SDB, pastor of the local Salesian community, the Deliberative Council of the city of Viedma named Artemide Zatti Patron of the city, capital of the Province of Rio Negro.
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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.