by SrDeniseSickinger | Dec 17, 2021 | Ad maiorem Dei gloriam!, Christmas, Christmas Joy!, Christmas Season Music, Pope Francis, Salesians of Don Bosco, SDB
15 December 2021 Photo ©: Vatican Media (ANS – Vatican City) – This morning, Wednesday, December 15, Pope Francis received the promoters, organizers and artists of the Christmas Concert at the Vatican in audience, a concert sponsored by the Congregation for Catholic Education, and whose proceeds will be donated to the Pontifical Foundation “Scholas Occurrentes” and the Salesian Mission Office “Missioni Don Bosco” in Turin. Participating for the Salesians were: the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, and Fr Daniel Antúnez, President of “Missioni Don Bosco”, together with Fr Simon Zakerian, Rector of the work of Al Fidar, in Lebanon, and Fr Danijel Vidović, in charge of reception at the Mother House of the Salesians in Turin. “Christmas invites us to fix our gaze on the event that brought God’s tenderness to the world – a word that I emphasize, tenderness, we miss so much – and so it aroused and continues to arouse joy and hope. Tenderness, joy, hope: sentiments and attitudes that you artists also know how to revive and spread with your talents. Thank you,” began the Pontiff, immediately creating an atmosphere of great openness with the audience. Then, after recalling the expressions of tenderness present in daily life (the...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Dec 8, 2021 | a current event, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Christmas, Christmas Joy!
The ‘100 Presepi’ in St Peter’s Square (Robin Gomes) VATICAN VATICAN CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION The ‘100 Presepi ‘ exhibition will be inaugurated on December 5 by Mgr Rino Fisichella President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization By Vatican News staff writer For the fourth year running, the Vatican is hosting the ‘100 Nativity Scenes’ International Exhibition (Mostra dei 100 Presepi), bringing together over 100 cribs from across the world depicting the Nativity of the Lord. The exhibition, which has become a traditional feature in the Christmas calendar of events in Rome, is being held under the colonnade of St Peter’s Square, from 5 December 2021 until 9 January 2022. As in the 2020 edition, the popular exhibition has been moved outdoors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The inauguration on 5 December It will be inaugurated on Sunday afternoon at 4:00 p.m., by Archbishop Rino Fisichella, President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization, in the presence of some members of the Dicastery and of the Ambassador of the Republic of China to the Holy See Mr. Matthew Shieh-Ming Lee with his staff. During the inauguration, artists of the Yang Yu Lin Dance...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Nov 29, 2021 | a current event, Accompaniment, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, ADMA, Alumni, Children, Christmas Joy!, College Grads, Da mihi animas cetera tolle TODAY!, Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, Evangelization, Events / Calendar, Family MInistry, FMA, Mary Help of Christians Academy, Salesian Brothers, Salesian Cooperators, Salesian Family Gatherings, Salesian News, Salesian Past Pupils, Salesian Sisters, Salesian Youth Movement, Salesians of Don Bosco, SDB, Serving Others, Social Commitment, Teens and Young Adults, Young Adults, Youth Ministry
RSVP TO ATTEND VIRTUALLY OR IN-PERSON: contact@donboscosalesianportal.org Mary Help of Christians Academy 659 Belmont Avenue North Haledon, NJ 07508 In brief, Di BOSCo began as a job-training project created by Mr. Phaisan, a Salesian Past Pupil in Thailand, as a way to give back for all he had received from the Salesians. When Mr. Peter Kovac, Slovakian Salesian Past Pupil and secretary of the SDB Past Pupil World Council, came to know of this project, he organized an alliance with Mr. Phaisan to grow Di BOSCo into a world-wide network of Past Pupil fair trade coffee and cocoa growers, processors, exporters, and café owners in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America. Now Di BOSCo is ready to come to Canada and the US with the help of our Salesian Family members and friends. Peter will explain how this network came to be and how we can make it a reality for North America at this gathering. For whom is the gathering? Salesian Past Pupils of the SDB and FMAAll Salesian Family members and friendsIndividuals, Communities, Centers, ChaptersFamiliesThose who are curiousThose who love great-tasting coffee and chocolate and want to try it and maybe buy itThose who wish to support...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Oct 12, 2021 | Christmas, Christmas Joy!, Christmas Season Music, On Sale, Sacred Music
For connoisseurs of beautiful Christmas music, this is a must-have for the collection. Sancta Nox: Christmas Matins from Bavaria by the Seminarians of Saint Peter Wigratzbad brings you a taste of heaven for your most deeply felt Christmas moments-presented by a group hailing from the majestic Alps in Germany's Bavaria region. Source: Sancta Nox: Christmas Matins from...
by SrMaryTerzo | Dec 30, 2019 | Christmas Joy!
FRIENDS and SERVANTS of the WORD Monday December 30, 2019 Sixth Day of the CHRISTMAS OCTAVE WORD of the DAY There was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived seven years with her husband after her marriage, and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day with fasting and prayer. And coming forward at that very time, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were awaiting the redemption of Jerusalem. (Luke 2: 36-38) How shall I live this Word? The prophetess Anna makes us touch the consequences of waiting lived with fidelity and hope. This woman has remained capable for many years, in the midst of suffering and effort, to wait, to turn her gaze forward without bending with nostalgia and resentment towards the past. And it was this ability to wait, to stay in the temple, keeping an authentic desire alive, which allowed her to recognize that Child among the many children and to point Him out to all those who “awaited the redemption of Jerusalem” (Lk 2: 38...
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