INTERVIEWS

(ANS – Pinerolo) – Leopoldo Pinto is one of the 19 novices currently welcomed at Pinerolo (Piedmont, Italy-ICP Province); he is 31 years old and he was born in East Timor, where he grew up surrounded by the loving kindness of his parents and the Salesians in the orphanage of Los Palos. However, he belongs to the Salesian Irish Province. Here is his story.

(ANS - Salvador de Bahia) - With the decree signed this past 4 February by Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major, the entrance of the Religious Institute of the Mediators of Peace (IRIMEP) into the Salesian Family was made official. "Grace and Peace! We have received this good news. For us, in fact, it is a great joy to be welcomed into the Salesian Family, because we already considered ourselves a part of it," said Sister Lucia Barbosa de Oliveira, the Institute's General Coordinator.

(ANS – Port Moresby) – The Salesian Lay Missioners of the New Rochelle Province (SUE) had sent missionaries in Papua New Guinea from way back in 1993 until 2005. Since last year the Provincial of the new PGS Vice-Province (PGS) has sought to revitalise the presence of lay missionaries. This year a lay volunteer from Ecuador and 2 from the USA are coming. Below is an interview with the 2 Salesian Lay Missioners (SLM) who have arrived and recently concluded their initial cultural introduction to their host country.

(ANS - City of Panama) – During the World Youth Day, the Basilica of Don Bosco in Panama permanently hosted 1,500 young people, welcomed the leaders of the Salesian Youth Movement in their Forum and was a pilgrimage destination for thousands of young people from around the world. Currently the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, is guiding the triduum in preparation for the Feast of Don Bosco. On Thursday 31, he will celebrate the solemn Mass. The Director, Fr Josè Francisco Romulo Gallegos, speaks to us about this center, symbolic across the continent.

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