Gossip: “The Devil’s Radio”

by | May 4, 2016 | Education, Pre-evangelization, Spiritual Life

I don’t know why, but there is a dark joy in gossiping.—Pope Francis At a conference, once, I found myself sharing an elevator with someone I knew by reputation and by the few tart exchanges … Source: Gossip: “The Devil’s Radio” – Top Stories – Aleteia.org – Worldwide Catholic Network Sharing Faith Resources for those seeking Truth –...

Refugees Feel at Home

by | Dec 6, 2015 | Catholic News, Evangelization, Family MInistry, Immigrants, Pre-evangelization, Salesian News, Teens and Young Adults, Youth Ministry

November 27, 2015 – Italy Sacred Heart, a “periphery” in the center of Rome, where the refugees feel at home In 2009, together with the Missionary Sisters of the Risen Christ, the Salesians began to consider how they could make Sacred Heart a reference point for many young people, especially the poorest. Among the various forms of youth poverty, they felt that the young refugees or asylum seekers who gathered around Termini station were the ones with the most pressing needs.(ANS – Rome) – For several years the Salesian house of Sacro Cuore (Sacred Heart) in Rome has been a center where people of every race and color meet, thanks to the Sacred Heart Missionary Project. It has been a place of new life for the youth of the world. There is a whole range of activities for young people, Italians and immigrants, who attend the center located across the street from the Termini station, a real crossroads for the cultures and problems of the capital. The project now caters for approximately 170-180 young refugees, people fleeing their countries because they are in grave danger or people who, for various reasons, are recognized by the Italian State as being in...

“What does the birth of Jesus mean?”

by | Dec 5, 2015 | Advent, Christmas, Pre-evangelization, Rector Major, Salesian News, World Peace

MESSAGE OF THE RECTOR MAJOR FR. ANGEL FERNANDEZ ARTIME, SDB CHILDREN DON’T KNOW THE WORD RACE translated by Fr. Mike Mendl, SDB “What does the birth of Jesus mean?” “I’ll stay with you; I won’t forget you!” (Annetta, age 7) “Thank you, O Lord, for preserving the contacts between the earth and Heaven.” (Ninnina, age 12) I saw a photograph of two infants, two or three years old, one with black skin and the other with white skin. The infant with black skin was caressing the white infant, instinctively and affectionately. The deep feeling conveyed by such a natural gesture suggested to me the message I should address to you with my best wishes for a Holy Christmas 2015. My beloved Salesian Family spread throughout the world, friends of don Bosco, of his educational system, and of his works, we are going through a period of time tragically interwoven with violence, fear, and senseless persecution, a time of hatred and discrimination, a time of armaments. Perhaps mankind has never experienced anything like it. Certainly I’m not forgetting the First and Second World Wars, which we can’t erase from our cultural memories lest anything so fearful ever be repeated. But...