SYLC Spirit Team Begin Preparations for the 2025 Salesian Youth Leadership Conference

By Victoria Figueroa, Salesian Youth Movement Coordinator (Los Angeles, California) – On February 7-8, 2025, the Salesian Youth Leadership Conference (SYLC) 2025 Spirit Team met for the first time in Boyle Heights, CA. We gathered for a weekend of community building and conference preparation. The team comprises 15 young people and 17 adults, many traveling by car from Northern California. Two young people from Laredo … Continuar leyendo SYLC Spirit Team Begin Preparations for the 2025 Salesian Youth Leadership Conference

Annual Cooperator Retreat Day Focuses on the 2025 Strenna

By Michael Alvarez, Salesian Cooperator (Los Angeles, California) – On Saturday, January 18, 2025, the Cooperators of St. Dominic Savio Center hosted a retreat at the Don Bosco Mission Center in Boyle Heights for the Southern California Cooperator Centers. Participants came from the Cooperator Centers of St. Joseph in Rosemead, the English and Spanish Centers of St. Dominic Savio Parish in Bellflower, the St. Bridget … Continuar leyendo Annual Cooperator Retreat Day Focuses on the 2025 Strenna

NFCYM Exchange Meeting

By Marisol Becerra, Province Youth Ministry Assistant (Bellflower, California) – Last week, I had the great opportunity to attend the NFCYM Exchange meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. NFCYM’s Exchange is a nationwide gathering that unites ministry leaders, volunteers, supporters, and organizations that serve young people. Sr. Sydney Moss, FMA,  and  Sr. Guerline Joseph, FMA, represented the Salesian sisters. JC Montenegro, PhD, the provincial Delegate for Mission … Continuar leyendo NFCYM Exchange Meeting

Discernment, Work, Courage: the GC29 Program

(ANS – Rome) – The 29th General Chapter (GC29) is a crucial moment for the Salesian Congregation, an opportunity for encounter, reflection, and discernment on the challenges ahead and the community’s mission. This event, which will take place from February to April, will mark an intense period of spirituality, analysis, and fundamental decisions for the 2025-2031 six-year term. The GC29 will officially begin on February 16 … Continuar leyendo Discernment, Work, Courage: the GC29 Program

Cagliero Life Video – February 2025

Dear Friend of the Salesian Missions, On the eve of the 11th, monthly remembrance of the Salesian missions, we are happy to send you the Cagliero Life video of February linked to the monthly Salesian intention, to be used as a tool for animation, discussion, and sharing within the various youth groups.We will follow the three verbs of 150th anniversary of Salesian missions. You can … Continuar leyendo Cagliero Life Video – February 2025

Good Times and Bad

By Fr. Ed Liptak, SDB The Old Testament of the Jewish people opens with an account of the Good and the Bad, the work of the Creator God, the marvels of this world, and the jealousy of the evil one who spoiled humanity and everything else in the world. There is God, the source of goodness and love. There is Satan, the source of evil … Continuar leyendo Good Times and Bad

Buenos y Malos Momentos

Por P. Ed Liptak, SDB  El Antiguo Testamento del pueblo judío comienza con un relato del Bien y del Mal, de la obra del Dios Creador y de las maravillas de este mundo y de los celos del maligno que echó a perder a la humanidad y todo lo demás en el mundo. Ahí está Dios, fuente de bondad y amor. Ahí está Satanás, fuente … Continuar leyendo Buenos y Malos Momentos

Digi Evangeli: February 16, 2025 – English and Spanish

By Fr. Shijumon Thottupurathu, SDB – Reflection In English Hope is a fundamental virtue for human beings. When one looses hope in God, changes the focus of life. Life becomes bitter and painful.Whereas placing our Hope in God, we understand God’s ways and we walk faithfully to grow in his blessings and graces.Amen.Blessings. Reflection In Spanish La esperanza es una virtud fundamental para el ser … Continuar leyendo Digi Evangeli: February 16, 2025 – English and Spanish

The Social Rehabilitation of Systemically Vulnerable Young People Project is Promoted in León

(ANS – León) – The Don Bosco Children’s Project (PNDB) in León, Guanajuato, in collaboration with the Province’s Planning and Development Office (PDO) and the Don Bosco Mondo Mission Office promoted the Social Rehabilitation of Systemically Vulnerable Young People project, planned to address and prevent the consumption of psychoactive substances (such as tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and crystal meth) in adolescents and young people aged between 14 and 17 … Continuar leyendo The Social Rehabilitation of Systemically Vulnerable Young People Project is Promoted in León