NEWS
(ANS – Dar es Salaam) – Don Bosco Tech Africa Annual Stakeholders assembly 2023 kicked off on 20th March in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This years’ meeting is guided by the theme ‘Transforming TVET for successful employment and quality of life for youth in Africa’.
(ANS - Pilar) - On Tuesday, March 21, at the retreat house "El Cenáculo-La Montonera," the Team Visit to the Salesian America Southern Cone Region began with the participation of the Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime; his Vicar, Fr. Stefano Martoglio; the Sector Councilors (for Formation, Youth Ministry, Social Communication, Missions, and Economy); the Regional Councilor, Fr. Gabriel Romero; and the Councils of the Provinces of Don Bosco Salesians in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
(ANS – Ashaiman) – Salesian missionaries are providing psychological support for youth at Don Bosco Child Protection Center in Ashaiman, Ghana. The counseling is supported by the Salesian-run International Voluntary Service (VIS) and ensures children and their families receive the help they need for family reintegration.
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INTERVIEWS
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RMG – Renewal of the document for Social Communication of Salesian Congregation: relaunch(ANS - Rome) - Following up on the indications issued by the Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, at the end of the 28th General Chapter, the Social Communication Department is currently engaged in the project of renewing the communication document of the Salesian System of Social Communication (SSSC). The objective of this new document is to renew and broaden the vision and management of communication on Social Communication. This document follows a line of in-depth study that enhances the Congregation's heritage and tradition, from Don Bosco to the present day, and gives continuity to the processes and practice of communication.
In a major and extensive work, between 2021 and 2022, about 150 people collaborated to prepare the Instrumentum Laboris, a text with all the suggestions provided by Communication Delegates, their teams, and several communication experts. As of February 2023, a team has been working on the document’s final draft.
"The new text aims to compile the assets, practice, and experience of the Salesian Congregation in the area of communication," explains Fr. Gildasio Mendes, General Councilor for Social Communication, in the interview given for the presentation of this document.
EDITORIAL
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Don Bosco and the wager on young peopleTo give a trade to those who do not have one or a meaning on how to spend one's existence improving the world. Affirming the right of every person and of the weakest to have a dignified life and transforming through these the society of adults. All this and more St. John Bosco can still give, provided we know how to bring him back not only in the words of a popular song still among his followers but in the method, virtues, and concrete planning of his dreams.
EVENTS
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Italy – Fr. Alberto Maria De Agostini 'returns' to headquarters of Italian Geographical Society(ANS - Rome) - In the splendid setting of the Palazzetto Mattei, inside the park of Villa Celimontana al Celio in Rome, on 3 March 2023 the Italian Geographical Society presented the volume of the Proceedings of the International Study Conference promoted by the Salesian Historical Institute (Rome, UPS, 25-27 April 2022): Don Alberto Maria De Agostini. L'ultimo esploratore della 'Fine del mondo' (1883-1960), edited by Fr. Francesco Motto, SDB.
SPECIAL REPORTS
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United States – World Water Day: ‘Clean Water Initiative’ brings fresh water to communities around the globe(ANS – New Rochelle) - Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in celebrating World Water Day. Led by U.N.-Water, the organization that coordinates the United Nations’ work on water and sanitation, the day has been honored on March 22 every year since 1993.
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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THAT DAY I UNDERSTOOD A LITTLE BETTER WHAT DON BOSCO MUST HAVE FELTTHE MESSAGE OF THE RECTOR MAJOR Don Ángel Fernández Artime, SDB
The day after the great solemnity of St. John Bosco was a very special morning. I had obtained the permits to enter the Ferranti Aporti Penitentiary Institute for Minors (IPM) in Turin, at one time called the Generala.