Rome, Italy – June 2024 – On Monday, June 24, the traditional Feast of Thanksgiving for Don Bosco and his Successors at the head of the Salesian Congregation was renewed for the 154th time. The Feast of Thanksgiving 2024 had its own evident special features that made it even more special than usual: first of all, it was once again celebrated in Rome, after the … Continue reading Thanksgiving for the Rector Major 2024
(ANS – Rome) – Work has begun in the summer plenary session of the General Council of the Salesian Congregation, the last “plenum” to be chaired by Card. Ángel Fernández Artime – Rector Major In the seven weeks of work, between now and 26 July, there will be numerous work sessions to accompany the ordinary leadership and government of the entire Congregation, as well as to … Continue reading Work Begins in the Last Plenary Session of the General Council Chaired by Card. Fernández Artime
THE MESSAGE OF THE RECTOR MAJOR: Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, SDB The art of being like Don Bosco: “Remember that education is a matter of the heart, of which God alone is the master, and that we can achieve nothing unless God teaches us the art and hands us the key” (The Biographical Memoirs of Saint John Bosco, XVI, 376). My dear friends, readers of … Continue reading When an Educator Touches the Hearts of Children: The Art of Being Like Don Bosco
(ANS – Rome) – Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime will spend his last Feast of Mary Help of Christians as Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco in the city that has been his home – apart from his many trips – in the last 10 years: Rome. The 10th Successor of Don Bosco will preside over the solemn festive Eucharist at 6 pm (UTC+2) at … Continue reading The Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Rome Celebrates its Patronal Feast Day with Cardinal Fernández Artime
THE MESSAGE OF THE RECTOR MAJOR Don Ángel Fernández Artime, SDB Dear Readers of the Salesian Bulletin, My affectionate and cordial greetings during this Easter season. In a world in turmoil, agitated by armed conflicts and no small amount of violence, we continue to declare, announce, and proclaim that Jesus is Lord, raised by the Father, and that he LIVES. We strongly need His Presence in hearts … Continue reading Mary Help of Christians From Here to the World
(ANS – Rome) –The Episcopal Ordination of two eminent sons of Don Bosco, Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, the Rector Major of the Salesian Congregation and Titular Archbishop-elect of Ursona, and Archbishop Giordano Piccinotti, Titular Archbishop-elect of Gradisca and President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA) took place in the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major this evening at 3:30 p.m. His … Continue reading Two New Salesian Shepherds for the Church – Card. Ángel Fernández Artime and Archbishop Giordano Piccinotti
(ANS – Rome) – There is an air of great expecation throughout the Salesian world for the celebration of the Mass of the episcopal consecration of Card. Ángel Fernández Artime, the Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco, Titular Archbishop-elect of Ursona; and that of Archbishop Giordano Piccinotti, Titular Archbishop-elect of Gradisca, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA), which … Continue reading Anticipation for the Episcopal Ordination of Card. Ángel Fernández Artime and Bishop Giordano Piccinotti
ANS – Rome) – Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesian Congregation, will be on retreat at the Santa Chiara convent of the Poor Clares in the Vatican from Friday April 12, 2024, until Monday, April 15th. A similar retreat is also being made by Archbishop Giordano Piccinotti, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA), who will be consecrated … Continue reading Spiritual Preparation Retreat for Episcopal Ordination for the Rector Major, Card. Ángel Fernández Artime, SDB
THE MESSAGE OF THE RECTOR MAJOR – Don Angel Fernandez Artime, SDB Diary of a Happy and Blessed Missionary Day Dear friends of the Salesian Bulletin, I’m writing to you from Meruri in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. I write this greeting almost as if it were a journalistic report, because it has been only 24 hours since I arrived in the middle … Continue reading I’m a Salesian and I’m a Bororo
(ANS – Cuiabá) – On the last day of engagements in the Saint Alphonsus Liguori Province, Friday, 15 March, Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians, offered advice and messages of faith and courage to the participants in the Salesian Missionary Symposium. The event was entitled “From Dream to Missionary Reality in a Time of Synodality” and took place in the Fazenda Mato Grosso … Continue reading The Rector Major Encourages Young People Who Attend the Salesian Missionary Symposium
(ANS – Sangradouro) – “The Salesian Congregation is missionary in its essence”: this statement by Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major, was made a few hours before the end of his visit to the Salesian missions in Mato Grosso, among the Boe-Bororo and Xavante indigenous peoples. The Rector Major said he was moved by the gratitude shown by the Boe-Bororo and Xavante populations towards the work … Continue reading The Rector Major: “The Salesian Congregation is Missionary in its Essence”
(ANS – Meruri) – Ever since the announcement of this Animation Visit of the Rector Major, Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, to the Province of Brazil-Campo Grande, meetings with the Boe-Bororo and Xavantes peoples have been foreshadowed as the most significant stages of the journey. And now that the Tenth Successor of Don Bosco is actually in the Salesian missions dedicated to them, all the attention of … Continue reading The Visit of the Rector Major Reaches Its Peak With Stops at the Salesian Missions of Meruri and São Marcos
(ANS – Rome) – On Tuesday, March 5, 2024, the Holy See Press Office announced that the Holy Father Pope Francis has assigned to Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, SDB, the Rector Major of the Salesian Society of St. John Bosco, the titular See of Ursona, with archiepiscopal dignity, in view of his episcopal ordination scheduled for coming April 20. Ángel Fernández Artime, Don Bosco’s Tenth Successor … Continue reading Assignment of the Titular See and Episcopal Ordination of Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major
THE MESSAGE OF THE RECTOR MAJORDon Angel Fernandez Artime, SDB When reflecting on all this, I feel I have a little authority to say: “Dear Don Bosco, your Dream is still VERY ALIVE.” Dear friends, readers of the Salesian Bulletin, as I do every month, I send you my personal greetings from my heart, and I am offering you my reflections, motivated by what I … Continue reading Dreams That Keep Coming True
(ANS – Rome) – The seventh video of the series “It is time for Chapter 28” has been made available online today, Friday, 23 February 2024, in which Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians, illustrates the seventh Action Guideline delivered after the 28th General Chapter: “IT IS TIME FOR GREATER GENEROSITY IN THE CONGREGATION. A universal and missionary Congregation.” In the column “It … Continue reading RM’s GC28 Video Series: Seventh Action Guideline Following the Chapter
Encounters on Epiphany with wonderful people with a good heart and a radiant faith By Ángel Cardinal Fernández Artime Dear friends of the Salesian Bulletin, together with my affectionate greetings, I offer you my best wishes for the New Year 2024 that we have just begun. I sincerely hope that it will be a year filled with God’s presence in our lives and rich in … Continue reading And the Star Stopped Over a Wheelchair
(ANS – Rome) – To commemorate the feast of Don Bosco, Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians, gave an interview to the journalist Fabio Marchese Ragona from the Mediaset group in front of the Basilica of St. Peter at the Vatican. Topics such as young people, the Congregation, Don Bosco, the Church, the role of the laity, the life of a witness, his … Continue reading Cardinal Fernández Artime: ‘Young People Today Need Witnesses Above All
(ANS – Rome) – The Salesian Info Agency (ANS) is the Agency that deals with making the world aware of what good is done in the world in the name of Don Bosco. It is by constitution a “communication organ of the Salesian Congregation,” and for 74 years – with various changes of denominations and locations – it has made its mission to support to the … Continue reading A Year in Numbers: ANS 2023, at the Service of the Communication of Don Bosco’s Mission
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