The Salesian priests and brothers are guided by Don Bosco and the constitutions of the Congregation to make an annual retreat. In the coming weeks, our province priests and brothers will participate in one of two retreats: July 28 – August 2 – St. Francis Retreat, San Juan Bautista, CA August 4-9 – St. Anthony Retreat, Three Rivers, CA. We may find them absent from … Continue reading Salesian Annual Retreats
Get a glance of activities around the province including Northern California, Texas, and Southern California. St. Francis High School Salesian College Preparatory, Watsonville, CA – On Thursday, July 25, 2024, St . Francis High School’s Facebook page offered a video recap of their youth leaders’ experience at the Salesian Youth Leadership Conference “Last month, our Salesian Youth Leadership Conference students and adult leaders gathered at … Continue reading Province Photo News
(ANS – Rome) – At the end of the General Council’s summer plenary session, the Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco, Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, announced the theme of the Strenna for 2025, which will be entitled: “Anchored in hope, pilgrims with young people.” The theme was chosen in collaboration between the Rector Major of the Congregation, Card. Á.F. Artime, and his Vicar, Fr Stefano Martoglio, who will take … Continue reading Strenna 2025 Theme Presented: “Anchored in Hope, Pilgrims with Young People”
(ANS – New Rochelle) – Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in recognizing World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. In 2013, United Nations member states adopted a resolution that designated July 30 as the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. The day aims to raise awareness about the victims of human trafficking and promote and protect their … Continue reading “World Day Against Trafficking in Persons”: Salesian Programs Combat Trafficking Through Education
(ANS – Rome) – The 2024 Communication Conference, entitled “Shaping Tomorrow,” will take place from August 1-7, 2024, at the facilities of the Pontifical Salesian University (UPS) in Rome. It is an initiative of the Communication Sector of the Salesian Congregation and the Faculty of Social Communication Sciences at the UPS. The Communicative and Institutional ContextDigital and artificial intelligence is present in all media, on the … Continue reading World Conference on Social Communication “Shaping Tomorrow”: Meaning and Objectives
by Judy Alvarez, Salesian Cooperator Los Angeles, CA – The Inter-America Region of the World Association of Salesian Cooperators has worked intentionally for many years to offer formative sessions via Zoom for all the Cooperators in the region. This project has required overcoming the obstacles of different time zones and offering translation for two or three languages to gain participants from both North and Central … Continue reading Salesian Cooperator Formation – August 4th
By P. Wirth MORAND from the Salesian Bulletin Online In September 1594, Francis de Sales, provost of the cathedral, arrived, accompanied by his cousin, at Thonon in the Chablais, a province located south of Lake Geneva and close to Geneva, to explore the territory with the aim of possibly reconquering that province, which had been Protestant for sixty years, to Catholicism. Thus began an acute phase of … Continue reading Correcting “Rebellious Children” with St. Francis de Sales
Rosemead, CA – In the past week the “Bosco Tech” Facebook page has featured stories on Tech students engaged in various industries’ student intern opportunities. These summer opportunities allow students to apply their technical knowledge in real world settings, develop confidence in their knowledge and skills, and reinforce their dreams of future careers. In the following posts, the reader will recognize the great value of … Continue reading Don Bosco Technical Institute: Summer Internship Check-In
(ANS – Bogotá) – The Salesian Social America Network (RASS), together with the San Pedro Claver Province of Bogotá, joined the Latin American and Caribbean Clamor Network and the Clamor Networks of Venezuela, Colombia, and Panama to journey together and learn about the reality faced by thousands of migrants and refugees each year, identify their needs, their dreams, their challenges, and their stories. A “Living Workshop … Continue reading Dreaming of a Network for a Church that Welcomes, Protects, Promotes, and Integrates Migrants and Refugees
(ANS – Rome) – With less than a week to go before the 2024 Communication Conference “SHAPING TOMORROW” – which will take place from August, 1-7, 2024 at the facilities of the Pontifical Salesian University (UPS) in Rome – the Social Communication Sector is relaunching advice that is very current and certainly necessary to prepare for the conference with the right attitude: “Do not be afraid … Continue reading “Shaping Tomorrow”: Do Not Be Afraid of New Technologies!
By Fr. Ed Liptak, SDB There is power beyond human power. The scriptures on this 17th Sunday B insist on one thing: Believe in the power of God! But faith is a gift of God beyond human strength to achieve. It can come only from God. Our task then is to be open to that gift, to allow the gift of faith to enter and become strong. So, … Continue reading Divine Power at Work
Por P. Ed Liptak, SDB Hay poder más allá del poder humano. Las Escrituras de este 17º Domingo B insisten en una cosa: ¡Creer! En el poder de Dios. Pero la fe es un don de Dios que va más allá de las fuerzas humanas para alcanzarla. Solo puede venir de Dios. Nuestra tarea, entonces, es estar abiertos a ese don, permitir que el don de … Continue reading El Poder Divino en Acción
By Father Stefano Martoglio, SDB While continuing my service as Vicar in the coming months, quietly, very simply, and completely in continuity, I’ll replace the Rector Major in leading the Congregation to the General Chapter, the 29th, in February 2025. Dear Readers of the Salesian Bulletin, I’m about to write these lines with trepidation because, having been a reader of the Salesian Bulletin since I … Continue reading The Message of the Vicar: On Wings of Hope
(ANS – Rome) – The Salesian annual retreat is something precious and during this time of the year many Salesians are doing their annual retreat. It is also good to go back to our origins and reclaim its value and what was lost along the way. From 1842 to 1872 (32 years), Don Bosco would walk for 7 hours from Turin to Saint Ignatius at Lanzo to do his annual spiritual exercises. This was a practice he learned at the Convitto with Fr. Cafasso. … Continue reading The Annual Retreat in the Life of Don Bosco and the Beginnings of the Salesian Society
By JC Montenegro, Ph.D (ANS – Los Angeles, California) – This summer, Salesian Camps are significantly impacting Los Angeles by serving over 900 children and youth through two vibrant programs run by the Salesian Family Youth Center and St. Dominic Savio Church. These programs share a standard structure, empowering around 300 young volunteers—mostly teenagers—to serve approximately 600 children. Transformative Success Stories At the counselor level, young people … Continue reading Salesian Camps Serve Over 900 Children and Youth in Los Angeles This Summer
Here is a glimpse of some of the Salesian summer oratories in which young people around the province are having a fun and growth-filled summer. St Luke’s Church, Stockton, CA – We have a lot of HAPPY CAMPERS! We are more than halfway through our second week of camp! https://www.instagram.com/stlukechurch/ Salesian Family Youth Center, Los Angeles – Camp Salesian: Discover the Power of Empathy Build … Continue reading Salesian Summer Camp Posts
(ANS – Heverlee) – “Don Bosco Youth-Net ivzw,” the European network of Salesian youth organizations, in partnership with Bosco Base, the Salesian Youth organization in Flanders (BEN) is launching “Animakit,” their new app for Games and Tools for animators. After more than two years of brainstorming and hard work, Animakit is now available on both the AppStore (iOS) and the PlayStore (Android). Thought as a toolkit for Salesian animators, … Continue reading Don Bosco Youth Net Launches New App for Animators and Educators
By Redaktor Strony / June 14, 2024 / Salesian Bulletin Online – (Continued from previous article) The Market for Young Workers The historical time in which Don Bosco lived was not one of the happiest. In the neighborhoods of Turin, the saintly educator discovered a real “market for young workers”: the city was becoming more and more full of inhumanly exploited minors. Don Bosco himself remembers that the first boys he was … Continue reading Don Bosco’s Educational Journey (4/4)
By Sheila Kun, Salesian Cooperator This morning, it is 50 degrees at the beautiful Salesian campsite in Aptos, California, 15 minutes from our Watsonville Mary Help of Christian Parish. Most of you would think of a summer camp as a hot and humid place. Not so at Camp St. Francis. The temperature could range from 50 to 78 degrees, all in one day. Just like … Continue reading A Week at Camp St.Francis – How Cool Is It?
By Dianne Lumsdaine and Julia Tafoya, Salesian Cooperators Salesian Cooperators had a very rewarding experience feeding Camp Savio on Monday, July 15, at St. Dominic Savio Church. Ten Cooperators, two aspirants from the Savio English Speaking Center, and a few parish volunteers gathered to serve lunch for over 570 young people, including campers and counselors, ranging in age from Pre-K through young adults. The meal … Continue reading A Taste of Camp Savio
Vatican City, Vatican – July 2024 – Yesterday morning, July 18, Pope Francis visited the “Estate Ragazzi in the Vatican” summer center, accompanied by Fr Franco Fontana, SDB, responsible for organizing the center’s physical, educational, and spiritual activity weeks. After a brief greeting and a thank you to the benefactors at Casa Santa Marta, the Pope moved to the area of the small sports center, … Continue reading Pope Francis Visits the “Estate Ragazzi in the Vatican” summer center at the San Giuseppe (St Joseph) Sports Centre and Meets the Benefactors
Don Bosco’s Education Journey (Continued) – By Redaktor Strony / June 14, 2024 / Salesian Bulletin Online – (Continued from previous article) Even today, in a different cultural and social context, Don Bosco’s grasp of things is not all all outdated, but still works. Especially surprising, in the dynamics of rehabilitating children and young people who have entered the penal circuit, is the inventive spirit in creating concrete job opportunities for … Continue reading Onward and in Shirt Sleeves (3/4)
(ANS – Rome) – About 300 young people from all over the Salesian world will gather in Valdocco and Colle Don Bosco from August 11 to 16 for a synodal experience of shared life, fun, dialogue and spiritual enrichment. The entire experience has been called “Salesian Youth Synod” and will be held on the occasion of the bicentennial of Don Bosco’s dream at Nine Years of … Continue reading Program for Synod of Young People
By Fr. Ed Liptak, SDB What are the qualities of a good shepherd? Psalm 23 displays them beautifully: He leads me to the green and restful pastures of heaven; there I will be refreshed and my thirst for God satisfied; He guides me on safe paths; my journey may be clouded by darkness of evil, but He is at my side; the power in His staff gives … Continue reading Defend Me, O Lord
Por P. Ed Liptak, SDB ¿Cuáles son las cualidades de un buen pastor? El Salmo 23 los muestra bellamente: Él me conduce a los verdes y tranquilos pastos del cielo; allí seré refrescado y mi sed de Dios satisfecha; Él me guía por caminos seguros; Mi camino puede estar nublado por las tinieblas del mal, pero Él está a mi lado. el poder de Su … Continue reading Defiéndeme, oh Señor
Forty years ago (1984), a vision for youth leadership training took shape in the Salesian Province of USA West. At that time, Fr. Joe Boenzi, SDB, served as the province’s Vocation Director and became aware of young camp counselors needing preparation for summer camp leadership. They were frustrated and did not know how to work with children or collaborate with their peers in a Salesian … Continue reading Fr. Joe Boenzi, Founder of SYLC, Reflects on Its Beginnings and Impact on Youth Today
By Andrea Navas, Camp Director (San Francisco, CA) – We started planning for Camp Don Bosco at Corpus Christi Church months before it started; each Friday meeting was filled with nerves, excitement, and new faces. We recognized how we were all there for a purpose, but not many of the youth knew what an oratory was. Sharing with them the dream of Don Bosco, we … Continue reading Camp Don Bosco: A Dream Fulfilled at Corpus Christi Church
By JC Montenegro, PhD Based on my experience managing summer programs and working closely with young people, I have realized that summer camps effectively combat panic attacks. This year, I have encountered an unprecedented number of panic attacks among our campers and teenage counselors. These episodes are characterized by an overwhelming surge of fear and anxiety that takes over the body and mind. Symptoms include … Continue reading Building Resilience: How Summer Camps Help Young People To Deal With Frustration
Don Bosco’s Education Journey (Continued) – By Redaktor Strony / June 14, 2024 / Salesian Bulletin Online – (continued from previous article) Sedentary by profession or by choice, computerized in thought and action, we risk losing the originality of “being”, of sharing, of growing “together.” Don Bosco did not live in the era of test-tube preparations: he left humanity the pedagogy of ‘companionship’, the spiritual and physical … Continue reading Go, Look Around! (2/4)
(ANS – Rome) Talking about a new era sometimes frightens Church people, while other times it fascinates them. A new phase of history means a change in thinking, acting, planning and evangelizing. Each new era introduces distinct processes and innovative tools linked to the modernization of communication and the transformation of the entire culture. Some communication structures are relaxing, others are crystallizing, even in the Church, … Continue reading “Shaping Tomorrow”: The Church’s Media Communication in a Change of Era
Written by Redaktor Strony / June 14, 2024 / Salesian Bulletin Online Following the Paths of the Heart Don Bosco wept at the sight of the boys who ended up in prison. Yesterday, as is the case today, evil’s timetable is relentless: fortunately, so is the schedule for good. And even more so. I feel that yesterday’s roots are the same as today’s. Like yesterday, others today … Continue reading Don Bosco’s Educational Journey (1/4)
(ANS – Salvador) – Young Brazilian swimmer Guilherme Caribé, a former student of the Don Bosco Salesian Institute in Salvador (BA), shows great promise for the Brazilian team that will participate in the upcoming Olympics to take place in Paris from Friday, July 26, to Sunday, August 11, 2024. The young Guilherme will arrive at the Games on the strength of the new record he beat in … Continue reading 2024 Paris Olympics: Salesian Alumnus Guilherme Caribé Invites Young People to Dedicate Themselves to Sport
Bethlehem, Palestine – July 2024 – Despite the situation in Palestine, on July 7th, the Don Bosco Salesian Work in Bethlehem will host summer activities. Hundreds of young people take part in the various activities, which will last three weeks, on the theme “Bosco World.” Continue reading Don Bosco Summer Activities Begin in Bethlehem
Dear Friend of the Salesian Missions, We are happy to send you the Cagliero Life video of July linked to the monthly Salesian intention, to be used as a tool for animation, discussion and sharingwithin the various youth groups. This month the topic is INFIRMITY.How can I meet God in my infirmity? Enjoy! Please let us know what do you think about it and follow … Continue reading Cagliero Life- July Video: Infirmity
By Fr. Ed Liptak, SDB The effort to live closer to God on earth and thus attain eternal salvation with Him in heaven begins with our decision to keep whatever is displeasing to God out of our lives. Hence, when Jesus began preaching, He did so by proclaiming, “Repent, for the Kingdom of God is near.” The desire to be holy, to live consistently in ways pleasing … Continue reading They Preached Repentance
Por P. Ed Liptak, SDB El esfuerzo por vivir más cerca de Dios en la tierra y así alcanzar la salvación eterna con Él en el cielo comienza con nuestra decisión de mantener lo que le desagrada a Dios, fuera de nuestras vidas. Por lo tanto, cuando Jesús comenzó a predicar, lo hizo proclamando: “Arrepentíos, porque el Reino de Dios está cerca”. El deseo de … Continue reading Predicaban el Arrepentimiento
(ANS – Damascus) – “Don Bosco World” has taken the place of “Don Bosco Space” as the theme of the summer camps that the Salesian houses in Aleppo, Damascus and Kafroun are offering this year to almost 3,000 youngsters for about a month and a half. In the midst of the difficult economic and social situation of the country, which has been at war for … Continue reading A Carefree Summer for Syrian Children – Thanks to the Don Bosco World Salesian Camp
Dear Friends, Greetings from Camp St. Francis, Aptos! I am sure all are in summer and vacation Mode. Please find attached our Summer newsletter with News and Dates of Masses at the camp, for the next couple of months. Please mark your calendar. A big thank you to Katie Kelly for all the help with formatting and computer work, and to Laurie and Kim for suggestions and … Continue reading Summer Update from Camp St. Francis
“I think the picture of Mt. Fuji really stood out among the others. It’s symbolic of how beautiful the country is.” – Brady Spak ‘26 (Bosco student photographer) Scroll right and experience the remarkable, immersive cultural journey that 93 of St John Bosco High School students, teachers and community members took together to Japan last month, all through the perspective of Bosco student photographer, Brady … Continue reading St John Bosco High School’s Cultural Adventure in Japan
Featuring: Don Bosco Technical Institute, Bishop Mora Salesian High School and Salesian Youth Movement, Boyle Heights – Don Bosco Technical Institute: Upcoming Events Techmen, come back home, on Sat., Aug. 3, for the Alumni Football Game, followed by the Black & Gold Game, when the 2024 Tiger varsity players take on their teammates! Whether you want to get in on the action or to cheer … Continue reading Province Photo News
(ANS – Paris) – In their speeches, some politicians associate the issue of Unaccompanied Minors – that is, foreign adolescents who arrive in Europe without an adult by their side – with the problem of juvenile delinquency, insinuating that they should be distrusted and that the State should protect its citizens from their possible actions. Fr. Jean-Marie Petitclerc, Salesian of Don Bosco and Coordinator of the Don Bosco … Continue reading “No, unaccompanied minors do not endanger our society with their delinquency.” – Fr. Jean-Marie Petitclerc, SDB
THE MESSAGE OF THE RECTOR MAJOR – By Angel Card. Fernández Artime I cordially greet all Don Bosco’s friends who come to the Salesian Bulletin with interest. This is the instrument of communication that Don Bosco loved so much and that he himself founded so he could make known what was happening in the Salesian houses around the world and the good that was being … Continue reading Between Admiration and Pain
Saludo muy cordialmente a todos los amigos y amigas de Don Bosco que con interés se acercan al Boletín Salesiano, este instrumento de comunicación que tanto amaba Don Bosco y que el mismo fundó para dar a conocer la realidad de las casas salesianas en el mundo y el bien que se hacía. Hoy les estoy saludando por última vez desde esta página del Boletín … Continue reading Entre la Admiración y el Dolor
(ANS – Rome) – The entire Salesian Youth Ministry is oriented, by its very nature, to vocational discernment, since its ultimate goal is to help young people discover their own concrete path to realize the life plan to which God calls them. As 2024 well reminds us, the Dream at Nine Years of age was evoked by Don Bosco in the Memoirs of the Oratory, one … Continue reading A New “Flash” Aid to Think about Vocational Pedagogy: “Accompanying the First Vocational Dreams”
(ANS – Vatican City) – Experts gather in the Vatican to discuss the ethical and anthropological implications of Artificial Intelligence, emphasising the need for regulation and responsible use of data. After Pope Francis’ message was released for World Communications Day last month, a conference entitled “The algorithm at the service of humankind. Communicating in the age of artificial intelligence” took place in the Vatican on Thursday, … Continue reading The Algorithm at the Service of Humankind: Communicating in the Age of AI
Dear friend of the Salesian missions, we are sending you the July Cagliero 11 bulletin. Please print for the community Notice Board /oratory /school… and / or forward it to the confreres and to the people interested in it. IN THIS ISSUE – Greetings from Br. Raymond Callo SDB, member of Formation Sector; – “The Servant of God Costantino Vendrame, apostolic missionary” by Fr. Pierluigi Cameroni SDB, General Postulator; – The interview with … Continue reading Cagliero 11
During his tenure, Pope Paul VI traveled to Africa where he urged missionaries working there to take native Africans into their Societies. The Church was in a period of growth and needed help to spread the Gospel. Paul VI, probably at that time, said to the missionaries and the Christian community, “I am bound to proclaim that Jesus is Christ, the Son of the living God. Because of Him we … Continue reading Son of Man, Son of God
Por P. Ed Liptak, SDB Durante su mandato, el Papa Pablo VI viajó a África, donde instó a los misioneros que trabajaban allí a acoger a los nativos africanos en sus Sociedades. La Iglesia estaba en un período de crecimiento y necesitaba ayuda para difundir el Evangelio. Pablo VI, probablemente en ese momento, dijo a los misioneros y a la comunidad cristiana: “Estoy obligado a … Continue reading Hijo del Hombre, Hijo de Dios
Abstracted by Sheila Kun RN, BA, BSN, MS Source: Cleveland Clinic How to recognize signs of a cataract and when to get help.What are the symptoms of cataracts?Cataract symptoms include: Are cataracts painful?Cataracts don’t usually hurt. But they can cause discomfort by making your eyes more sensitive to light.What causes cataracts?The main cause of cataracts is the gradual breakdown of proteins in your lens.However, certain … Continue reading Symptoms and Causes of Cataracts
