by SrDeniseSickinger | Dec 6, 2021 | a current event, Accompaniment, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Ecclesial News, Ecumenical Dialogue, Hope, Peace, Pope Francis
Pope Francis thanks Greece for warm welcome POPE GREECE ORTHODOX CHURCH POPE FRANCIS APOSTOLIC JOURNEY ECUMENISM Pope Francis expresses his appreciation for the warm welcome he has received in Greece, and recalls that “thanksgiving” is at the heart of our Christian faith and life. By Devin Watkins As the Pope wrapped up Mass in Athens on Sunday, he thanked the people of Greece for welcoming him in their midst. Using the Greek word for “thank you” (Ευχαριστώ), Pope Francis noted that the Greek language gave the entire Church a term to sum up the gift of Christ: Eucaristia, or Eucharist, “thanksgiving”. “For us Christians, thanksgiving is at the heart of our faith and life,” said the Pope. And he prayed that the Holy Spirit might “make of everything we are and everything we do a ‘Eucharist’, a thanksgiving to God and a gift of love to our brothers and sisters.” 05/12/2021 Pope at Mass in Greece: Conversion helps us move beyond existential deserts Carrying Greece with him as he departs With this grateful attitude in mind, the Pope expressed his appreciation to the Greek civil authorities and the nation’s Catholic bishops for their invitation and help in preparing his Apostolic...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Nov 18, 2021 | a current event, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Awards, Celebration!, Events / Calendar, Films, Hope, Salesian News, Salesian Youth Movement, Teens and Young Adults, Youth Ministry
18 November 2021 (ANS – Rome) – As for the New Year’s Eve, so too for the “Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival”, the party advances to the rhythm of the sun and covers the planet’s various time zones to join young people from all over the world in a single voice of hope. In Oceania and in countries where the 18 November was the first to begin, screenings and events are already underway to celebrate and reward the creativity and commitment of the youth to this global Salesian film initiative. Over 270 locations are registered in 50 different countries across all continents, where the “Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival” will be celebrated. These are schools, oratories, parishes and educational centers of various kinds, where giant screens or digital links have been set up to finally allow viewers to watch and admire the festival’s finalists. The size of the events are different – depending on the contexts in which the Salesians work and the different anti-contagion health security measures adopted by the national authorities. The common element will be the ingredients that will accompany the celebration, which are also typical of Salesian youth gatherings: cheerfulness, dances, songs, moments of fraternity...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Oct 8, 2021 | a current event, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Children, Hope, Salesian Spirituality, Teens and Young Adults
08 October 2021 (ANS – Turin) – Fr Domenico Ricca, a Salesian, is chaplain of the “Ferrante Aporti” Penal Institute for minors in Turin. He has held numerous national and regional positions in favor of the most vulnerable children. He is President of the “Amici di Don Bosco” (Friends of Don Bosco) association and Ecclesiastical Councilor of the ACLI of the Province of Turin. Below is an excerpt from his interview with “La Voce e il Tempo”. The pandemic has revealed new frailties even among the most “fortunate” young people and it is widely claimed that the new generations will pay a high price. Do you share this analysis? If there is one category of people about which one should never generalize, it is young people. Today they show the bandage on their arm proudly: they are young people and adolescents who do not think only of being free, on a holiday. They choose to be vaccinated to return to normality, return to classes, to overcome the nightmare of online learning, resume sports activities, and also to return to university or work safely. What must the adult world do to help children look beyond Covid-19 and plan for the future?...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Jun 9, 2021 | Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Catechesis, Education, Hope, Publications, Salesian Spirituality, Technology, Teens and Young Adults
Spreading hope through audio and video by Jessica Oata & Abigail Seta Port Moresby: Media students from eight catholic agency schools in Port Moresby were part of the 3rd Media Education Seminar (MES) that aimed at spreading hope through audio and video productions. LINK TO RESOURCE MANUAL It was held at the Emmaus Conference Centre from 4th- 6th June under the theme ‘Hope amidst Covid-19’ with animation of the program by the Social Communications Commission (SOCOM) of the Catholic Bishops Conference. The program commenced on the evening of Friday, 4th June with the first session on creating school news bulletin boards. This was followed by a time of reflection and discussion of issues faced by young people today. The second day of the program focused on producing jingles to promote their schools and attract prospective students. Radio interviews was the second session of the day that had the students interviewing their teachers. Each of the productions were recorded and edited by Radio Maria. Following these, the third session gave the students the opportunity to speak on camera for 20 seconds on issues in PNG. Storyboard and film shooting were the final sessions on the third day of the program...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Apr 20, 2021 | Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Evangelization, FREE Catholic resources, Hope
The Way of the Cross has already spread around the Catholic Church throughout the world for centuries and become ‘a must’ even for any small out-station, mission station in the bush. But there is also the 33-year-old ‘Way of Light’ – one of the finest visible fruits of the Salesian Charism. It originated in one of the lay groups of the Salesian Family – ‘The Witnesses of the Risen Lord’ (TR) – in 1988, on the occasion of Don Bosco’s 100th anniversary of his death and the first art-pieces of the 14 stations can be found in the Catacombs of St Callixtus (Rome) or at Colle Don Bosco (Becchi, Italy). The Via Lucis (Way of Light) has already spread around the Salesian Family in all continents, but we don’t find many ‘life size’ presentations of its stations that help us to pray this wonderful ‘devotion’. Former provincial of Southern Africa (AFM – South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini), Fr Francois Dufour) is among the enthusiastic advocates of ‘Via Lucis’. After he published the ‘African version’ in 1998 (Johannesburg), they found their way to other African provinces even beyond the Salesian family. And now you may it find...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Jan 8, 2021 | Hope, Sanctity
Source: RMG – Le Bienheureux Titus Zeman, témoin...
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