Day: July 22, 2025

Salesian World News, Salesian Youth Movement

Youth Disconnect to Reconnect: Connect 2.5 Unites Faith and Nature

(ANS – Sulcorna) – Over 100 young people from Goa, Maharashtra, and Karnataka gathered at Don Bosco Agro-Ed Farm, Sulcorna, Goa, on July 20, 2025, for the much-anticipated Connect 2.5 retreat. Jointly organized by the Salesian Youth Movement and Don Bosco Youth Services, the event invited participants to disconnect from their digital screens and reconnect with nature, spirituality, and community. Despite heavy morning rains, the participants embraced the monsoon-kissed landscape of Goa … Continue reading Youth Disconnect to Reconnect: Connect 2.5 Unites Faith and Nature

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Salesian Holiness, Salesian World News

In Sucúa, Mission Land of Sister Maria Troncatti, the Canonical Recognition of Her Relics is Completed

(ANS – Sucúa) – On the morning of Tuesday, July 15, 2025, the first session of the Tribunal responsible for the canonical recognition and preservation of the relics of Blessed Maria Troncatti (1883–1969) took place at the Vicariate Pastoral Center of Rio Blanco in Macas. Sr. Troncatti, a Daughter of Mary Help of Christians and missionary in Ecuador, is set to be canonized on October 19, 2025. The ceremony was attended … Continue reading In Sucúa, Mission Land of Sister Maria Troncatti, the Canonical Recognition of Her Relics is Completed

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Rector Major, Salesian World News

20th IUS Board Meeting Begins at Salesian Headquarters in Rome

(ANS – Rome) – The two-day annual board meeting of the Salesian Higher Education Institutions (IUS) kicked off on 21st July 2025 at the Salesian Headquarters in Via Marsala, Rome. Representatives from five global regions have gathered to evaluate ongoing projects, strategize for the future, and prepare for the IUS General Assembly in 2026, a pivotal event shaping the future of Salesian higher education. The meeting … Continue reading 20th IUS Board Meeting Begins at Salesian Headquarters in Rome

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Rector Major, Salesian World News

The FMA General Council Visits the Don Bosco House Museum in Rome

(ANS – Rome) – A very fraternal meeting marked by spiritual communion and a rediscovery of Salesian roots took place on Saturday, July 19, 2025, in Rome. Mother Chiara Cazzuola, Superior General of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA), along with her fellow members of the FMA General Council, visited the newly renovated Salesian Central Headquarters to explore the recently inaugurated Don Bosco House … Continue reading The FMA General Council Visits the Don Bosco House Museum in Rome

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Salesian World News, Social Communications

The VIS Brings Melkam’s Story of Redemption and Social Inclusion to the Giffoni Film Festival

(ANS – Giffoni Valle Piana) – Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, world champion Paralympic water skier Daniele Cassioli and Michela Vallarino, President of the Salesian NGO Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo (VIS – International Volunteering for Development), will present the animated short film “Melkam – Beyond the Boundaries of Disability” at the Giffoni Film Festival. The film tells the true story of Melkam, a young Ethiopian woman blind from birth who overcame extreme socio-economic vulnerability, … Continue reading The VIS Brings Melkam’s Story of Redemption and Social Inclusion to the Giffoni Film Festival

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Salesian Missions, Salesian World News

Young People of the Manchari River Basin Gather for the Achuar Youth Meeting

(ANS – Kuyuntsa) – From July 10 to 13, 2025, the community of Kuyuntsa hosted the first-ever gathering of Achuar indigenous youth, a pastoral initiative organized by the local parish. The aim was to strengthen cultural identity, faith, and youth leadership among the native communities of the Manchari River basin. Twelve years have passed since the death of the Servant of God, Fr. Luis (Luigi) Bolla, … Continue reading Young People of the Manchari River Basin Gather for the Achuar Youth Meeting

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