by SrDeniseSickinger | Mar 3, 2023 | Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Salesian Family
Brazil – 1 March 2023 (ANS – Lavrinhas) – Members of the General Assembly of the Canção Nova Community – International Private Association of the Faithful, 25th group of the Salesian Family – gathered for their 12th General Assembly, in Lavrinhas, Brazil, elected Father Wagner Ferreira da Silva as their new President. Subsequently, in the vote for Vice President of the Community, Father Donizete Heleno Ferreira was elected. Father Wagner Ferreira da Silva, 51, was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He has been a member of Canção Nova, in the Core commitment mode, for 31 years. He was ordained a priest on December 27, 1999, and received his doctorate in Moral Theology from the Accademia Alfonsiana in Rome, Italy. From 2009 to 2015 he was a member of the General Council as General Formator. Since 2018 he held the position of Vice President. On March 16, 2022, he was elected Deliberative President of the John Paul II Foundation, a position previously held by the Founder and first President of Canção Nova, the late Msgr. Jonas Abib, whose passing on December 12, 2022, necessitated this election. Father Ferreira da Silva is also Deputy Coordinator of “Charis,” the Brazilian Service of Communion...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Feb 5, 2023 | a current event, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, FMA, Laudato Si, Salesian Brothers, Salesian Cooperators, Salesian Family, Salesian Sisters, Salesian Spirituality, Salesian Youth Movement, Salesians of Don Bosco, Young Adults, Youth Ministry
LAST 3 DAYS TO REGISTER!!! JUST A GENTLE REMINDER: Integral Ecology Salesian-Style DO NOT FEAR TO SIGN UP – IT IS IN ENGLISH! Presenter: Sr. Alessandra Smerilli, FMA Secretary of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development Program: Talk 1: A journey of conversion to integral ecology Group sharing Talk 2: Integral ecology in the spirit of the Preventive System Q & A DAY: Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023 TIME: 10am (Eastern Time) 9am (Central Time) 7am (Pacific Time) 4pm (Rome Time) Join in this Salesian North American virtual encounter to be leaven in the world! Share the good news with: School Faculty, families, and students; Catechists; Leaders from Oratory-Youth Centers & Camps; VIDES & SLMs; the Salesian Family, Young Adult Ministries, other volunteers, friends, etc.) Cast your nets wide, the way Jesus did! Salesian Family Members & friends can participate from the comfort of their home. There is plenty of room now with a Zoom Account capacity of 300 “seats” Registration is open until Wednesday, Feb. 8: https://forms.gle/sKvZWTyHkFjkDqyE6 For those unable to participate on Feb. 11, a recording of the session will be made available the week of Feb. 12, 2023. Blessings to each one of you! Sr. Francine Guilmette,...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Nov 29, 2022 | Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Rector Major, Salesian Family, Salesian Family Gatherings
VIDEO OF HIS VISIT and HOLY MASS WITH THE FMA IN HALEDON, NJ See all links below the following article for a full recounting of his visit to the St. Philip the Apostle and St. Joseph Provinces 25 November 2022 (ANS – Ramsey) – Thursday, November 24, was the American national holiday of Thanksgiving, a tradition rooted in the nation’s 17th-century settlement by the English. For that occasion and for the visit of Fr. Ángel Fernandez Artime to the Eastern U.S. and Canada Province (SUE), the Salesian community of Don Bosco Preparatory High School in Ramsey, New Jersey, extended an invitation to the feast to all the SDBs who would be able to come. And come they did! All the local confreres of New York and New Jersey came, plus those from Boston and Maryland (each a four-hour drive away), and confreres also from the far corners of the U.S. part of the province—from Chicago, New Orleans, and Tampa. Most of the SDBs from those three presences had come east or north in order to take part in the Rector Major’s meeting with Salesians in formation on Friday the 25th at Orange, New Jersey. A total of 86 Salesians planned...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Sep 6, 2022 | Salesian Cooperators, Salesian Family
Panama 18 August 2022 (ANS – Panama) – The Salesian Cooperators of the Interamerica Region held their III Regional Congress from August 11-14 with the theme “Conceived for Living Synodality in the Church.” The meeting was held simultaneously in person and online, with the participation of 89 Salesian Cooperators and delegates. The Congress had three purposes: formative, elective, and presentation. Accompanying the event were the world delegates of the Salesian Cooperators, Fr. Dominic Nam Nguyen SDB, Sr. Lucrecia Uribe, FMA, and the Rector Major’s Delegate for the Salesian Family, Fr. Joan Lluis Playá, SDB. Members of the various provincial councils and their delegates attended and voted at the Congress, as well as Salesian Cooperators invited as guests. The new members of the Regional Executive Secretariat for the period 2022-2028 are: – World Councilor for the Interamerica Region: Martín Calderón – Costa Rica – Treasurer: José Francisco (Franklin) Ortega – Dominican Republic – Secretary: Pierre Larocque – Canada – Formation: Juanita Silva – Mexico – Communication: Victoria Mónico – El Salvador – Youth and Family Ministry – Karla Ramos – Honduras – Representative for the Northern Area – Kristie Garza – United States of America – Representative for the Southern...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Mar 17, 2022 | a current event, Accompaniment, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Salesian Family, Salesian News, Salesian Past Pupils, Salesian Saints
By Fr. Gabriel Cruz SDB Lahore, Pakistan, 15 March 2022 — The 7th anniversary of the death of the Servant of God Akash Bashir, a past pupil of Don Bosco. The Christian community of Pakistan gathered today in a historic event, the formal beginning of the Diocesan Inquiry for the Cause of Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God, Akash Bashir, a Past Pupil of Don Bosco. The first Pakistani citizen in the process of Beatification and Canonization. The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in the city of Lahore could not contain the crowd of faithful who gathered for the opening ceremony of the diocesan phase, as well as the solemn Eucharistic celebration. In an atmosphere of immense joy, devotion, and expectation, those present listened attentively to the memory of the death of the Servant of God Akash Bashir, which took place just 7 years ago. The three members of the Tribunal and the Vice-Postulator, Fr. Gabriel Cruz SDB, took the public oath required for this ceremony. The message sent by the World President of the Confederation of Alumni of Don Bosco, Mr. Bryan Magro, was also read. The Eucharistic celebration was presided over by the...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Feb 1, 2022 | Accompaniment, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Don Bosco, Pope Francis, Salesian Family
31 January 2022 Archive Photo (ANS – Turin) – Among the hundreds of thousands of faithful who yesterday morning, January 30, 2022, watched the Rai 1 live TV broadcast of the Mass presided over by the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, from Valdocco, there was also Pope Francis. He said it himself, overlooking St. Peter’s Square, immediately after the recitation of the Angelus: “On the eve of the feast day of St. John Bosco, I’d like to greet the Salesians, who do so much good in the Church. I followed the Mass celebrated in the shrine of Mary Help of Christians by the Rector Major, Ángel Fernández Artime; I prayed with him for everyone.” With this particular homage, the Holy Father wished to renew once again his closeness to the whole Salesian Family and his personal devotion to the Saint of Youth. He then added: “Let us think of this great Saint, Father and Teacher of youth. He did not shut himself up in the sacristy, he did not shut himself up in his things. He went out into the streets looking for young people with that creativity that was his hallmark. Best wishes to all Salesians, men and women!” The...
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