by SrDeniseSickinger | Jul 10, 2023 | a current event, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Ecclesial News, Rector Major, Salesians of Don Bosco, SDB
Vatican – 09 July 2023 (ANS – Vatican City) – Today, 9 July, after the Angelus and reflection on the Gospel, Pope Francis announced the convocation of the Consistory for 30 September next for the appointment of 21 new Cardinals. Among the names of the new Cardinals was Rev. Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, the Rector Major of the Salesians. The appointment of Fr Ángel Fernández Artime is a sign of the trust and hope that the Holy Father Pope Francis places in Fr Ángel and the Salesians of Don Bosco. The inclusion of the new Cardinals in the diocese of Rome also manifests the inseparable bond between the See of Peter and the particular Churches spread throughout the world. Their provenance expresses the universality of the Church that continues to proclaim God’s merciful love to all people on earth. The Holy Father concluded the audience by inviting everyone to pray for the new Cardinals: “Let us pray for the new Cardinals, that by confirming their adherence to Christ, the merciful and faithful High Priest (cf. Heb 2:17), they may help me in my ministry as Bishop of Rome for the good of all God’s faithful people”. Fr Ángel was born...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Jul 10, 2023 | a current event, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Salesians of Don Bosco, Sanctity, SDB
22 June 2023 (ANS – Vatican City) – On 22 June 2023, the Holy Father, Pope Francis, received in audience Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, and during the Audience the Supreme Pontiff authorised the same Dicastery to promulgate the Decree concerning the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, of the Salesian Society of St John Bosco, Archbishop of Fortaleza; born on 11 February 1886 in São João del Rei (Brazil) and died on 14 August 1974 in Carpina (Brazil). Antônio de Almeida Lustosa was born in the city of São João del Rei, in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, on 11 February 1886, on the anniversary of the first apparition of the Immaculate Conception in Lourdes, a circumstance that profoundly marked him, offering him a filial devotion to Our Lady, so much so that he was described, when he was a priest, as the poet of the Virgin Mary. He received a good Christian and human upbringing from his parents . At the age of 16 he entered the Salesian school at Cachoeira do Campo, Minas Gerais, and three years later he was in Lorraine as a...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Jun 19, 2023 | a current event, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Salesians of Don Bosco, SDB
15 June 2023 WELCOME, FR. DOMINIC! YOU HAVE OUR PRAYERFUL SUPPORT! (ANS – Turin) – As part of the work of the summer plenary session of the General Council, the Rector Major of the Salesians, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, with the consent of the other members of the General Council, has appointed, on 13 June 2023, Fr Dominic Tran Danh Cong as the next Superior of the St Philip the Apostle Province of the Eastern United States and Canada. Dominic Tran Danh Cong was born on 14 1969 in Dalat, Vietnam. After migrating to the United States with his family, he made his first profession in the Salesian Congregation on 15 August 1995 in Bellflower, California. He was ordained priest by the Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Bishop Raymond Emil Goedert, on 24 May 2003, at the Church of Our Lady of the Valley, in Orange, New Jersey. From 2005 to 2007 he was a Councillor at the High School New Rochelle. He then held the position of Vice-Director, from 2007 to 2011, and then Director, from 2013 to 2016, at the community in Orange. From 2016 to 2021 he was Provincial Delegate for Youth Ministry for the Eastern United States...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Dec 23, 2022 | a current event, Salesian News, Salesians of Don Bosco, SDB
Let us keep him and all in his Vice-Province in prayer. We owe him a huge debt of gratitude for constantly keeping us abreast of the publication in English of the Strenna, of the videos of the Spirituality Days, and of so much more. His dedication to growing and strengthening the Salesian Family of the East Asia and Oceania Region has borne much fruit and has helped so many of us in our efforts, as well! God bless him and all in AFM. By our own correspondent Valdocco, Turin, 23 December 2022 — On 22nd December, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, with the consent of the General Council, appointed Fr Václav KLEMENT as Superior of the Southern Africa: South Africa-Lesotho-Eswatini (AFM) ‘Blessed Michael Rua’ Vice-province for the period of 6 years 2023-2029. The consultation for the new Superior was guided by the Africa-Madagascar Regional Councilor, Fr Alphonse Owoudou. Fr. Václav was born on October 7, 1958 in Brno, Czechoslovakia and started his Salesian consecrated life during the former totalitarian regime, made his first profession in 1982, then left his home country for Italy, crossing the Alps mountains to pursue his second vocation as a missionary ad gentes for...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Feb 1, 2022 | a current event, Accompaniment, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, books, FMA, On Sale, SDB
31 January 2022 (ANS – Rome) – The presentation of the volume Volti di uno stesso carisma. Salesiani e Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice nel XX secolo, or Faces of the same charism. Salesians and Daughters of Mary Help of Christians in the twentieth century, edited by Fr Francesco Motto, SDB, and Sister Grazia Loparco, FMA, and published by LAS (Rome 2021) took place with extremely positive results on January 26 at the Salesian Pontifical University (UPS) in Rome. Promoted by the association of Salesian historians, Associazione Cultori di Storia Salesiana (ACSSA) in collaboration with the Faculty of Education and Social Communication of the aforementioned university, various scholars shared their presentations during the event. In his greeting, prof. Fr Antonio Dellagiulia, SDB, Dean of the Faculty of Education Sciences (ESF) of the UPS, underlined the spiritual value of the individual profiles and their inclusion in the Salesian tradition; in the individual characters presented, he also identified that path of clear personal identity, great intimacy, and social generativity, of which a classic author of developmental psychology, Erik Erikson, speaks. Professor Fr Motto, President of ACSSA, then illustrated the complex phases of international preparatory work for the volume, the objectives that were intended and achieved, and the innovative...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Jan 14, 2022 | a current event, Accompaniment, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Rector Major, Salesians of Don Bosco, SDB
10 January 2022 (ANS – Rome) – In the year dedicated to Father Paolo Albera for the centenary of his death, the Spanish Salesian Fr Jesús-Graciliano González, a member of the Association of Salesian History Scholars (ACSSA), has published the chronicles of Fr Albera’s visit to America from 1900 to 1903, taking up the texts of Fr Calogero Gusmano published in the Salesian Bulletin of the time; and the five trips that Fr Albera made to Spain between 1883 and 1913, again according to the chronicles in the Salesian Bulletin of that time. The Sector for Formation of the Salesian Congregation considers these books – published on Amazon and accessible from anywhere in the world both in paper and digital format – a wonderful contribution to get to know better the second Successor of Don Bosco at the head of the Salesian Congregation. From the pages of the era’s Salesian Bulletin, it is possible to perceive the enthusiasm that the figure of Don Bosco and his work signified during the expansion of the Congregation in America and Spain at the beginning of the 20th century. These two books are a beautiful tribute to Father Albera in the year dedicated to him for...
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