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"The Victims of this War feel your Closeness"

23 May ANS

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Don Bosco Care Home Recieves Sanitation Boost!

16 May ANS

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14 Timor-Leste schools, centers and orphanages...

11 May ANS

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Every mother wants the best for her children, but not all are put in a position to give it to them: poverty, disease, abandonment... are all factors that prevent this natural maternal tendency. So,...

"The Victims of this War feel your Closeness"

23 May ANS

In a few days, it will be 15 months since Russia has invaded Ukraine. "February 24, 2022, was a moment we did not expect and that brought us much suffering," affirms from Spain Fr. Mykhaylo Chaban,...

AI to Evangelise Students

18 May ANS

For Father Sergio Codera, a Salesian born in 1980, originally from Barcelona but raised in Seville, technology and religious faith have always gone hand in hand. His first computer was given to him...

Don Bosco Care Home Recieves Sanitation Boost!

16 May ANS

Don Bosco Care Home is a Salesian home that provides medical care and support to children with HIV/AIDS, located in the village of Nilavarapatti in the district of Salem in Tamil Nadu, India and...

14 Timor-Leste schools, centers and orphanages...

11 May ANS

Youth attending Salesian schools and youth centers in Timor-Leste had access to better nutrition thanks to a partnership between Salesian Missions and “Rise Against Hunger”, an international relief...

Syrian Salesians overcome earthquake trauma with...

09 May ANS

Over four months have passed since the devistating Feb. 6 earthquake and the countless aftershocks that followed yet the situation for the people of Syria has not improved significantly. The war's...

"Taste of family," the trademark of the Salesian...

04 May ANS

After his whirlwind Australian tour, Rector-Major Father Ángel Fernández Artime was immediately back in action when on the morning of May 3, he arrived in Taco, Spain to meet with more than 200...

Building Sustainable Communites

02 May Michael

Year 7 Students from Melbourne’s Salesian College Chadstone spent a week in March building community amongst themselves and improving the lands around them. Hosted by the Don Bosco Camp & Centre...

Day 8: The final day of the Rector Major Down...

29 April Michael

The final leg of Rector-Major Don Ángel Fernández Artime’s visit took him to Salesian College Sunbury, home to the motherhouse of the Salesians in Australia! It in 1927 that the Salesians finally...

Day 7: Rector-Major Down Under!

28 April Michael

The penultimate day of Rector-Major Don Ángel Fernández Artime’s visit to Australia saw him travel to St Joseph’s college in Ferntree Gully (situated approx. 40km east of Melbourne’s CBD). The...

Day 6: Rector-Major Down Under!

27 April Michael

After a few days of quiet reflection and community life, Rector-Major Don Ángel Fernández Artime’s tour down under once again hit high gear on Wednesday 27 th of April for a full day of festivities!...

Lives Lived Well: VALE Br Silvio Quaranta

25 April Michael

Brother Silvio Quaranta, highly respected and much-loved member of the Province peacefully passed away at St Joseph's Home in Northcote, Victoria on the evening of Friday, 20th January 2023. Brother...

Day 3: Rector-Major Down Under!

24 April Michael

The third day of Rector-Major Don Ángel Fernández Artime’s visit to Australia saw him travel to St Mary’s an extremely diverse suburb located 45km west of Sydney’s CBD. There, the day begun with...

Day 2: Rector Major Down Under!

23 April Michael

Engadine, a suburb in southern Sydeney is home to what is perhaps the most comprehensive Salesian presence in Australia; there are three very successful schools (Primary, Secondary and Special...

Day One: Rector Major down under!

22 April Michael

After a marathon 31-hour transit, Rector Major Don Ángel Fernández Artime touched down to find a sunny morning at Sydney airport, Australia where the Salesians are celebrated 100 years of presence...

Lives Lived Well: VALE Fr Lawrie Moate

20 April Michael

Fr Lawrence (“Lawrie”) Moate was born in Melbourne on 21 February 1943 into a devout Christian family as one of seven children of Joseph and Alma Moate. An enthralling storyteller, Lawrie was a...

Being with Young People is God’s Gift!

18 April Sr Sia Lagaaia

Working in the field of education is a gift from God that I am utilizing to be a beacon of God’s radiant love to the young children, staff, and families at Montessori Academy. It is a gift that I...

Nurturing Fine Arts in Samoa

14 April Mane Su'a

The fine art program was one of three programs introduced into Don Bosco Technical Centre in 2020. Mane is the Principal at Don Bosco Technical Centre and does all he can to create as many...

Vocation well lived: St Artemide Zatti

11 April Fr Brian Ahern

There is a Japanese concept Ikigai, which translates to ‘life value’. It is used to describe the place where what you love, what you are good at and what the world needs intersect. A fully lived...

Developing Eco-Spirituality

06 April Alice Carwardine

Eco-spirituality is a spiritual practice that allows us to reflect on the natural world, its beauty and God’s deep incarnation in the world. Alice holds a Masters of Theology, which she uses to run...

I am the Vine, You are the Branches

04 April Sr Kim Ngyuen

When I told my family that I would join the Salesian sisters they were very worried wondering if I could persevere with the rules of religious life or not. One of my sisters even said to me that if...

Book Review: Don Bosco in Australia and the...

31 March Fr Frank Freeman

In 2020, Provincial Fr William Matthews commissioned Fr Frank Moloney to author a book recording the first 100 years of Salesian presence in Australia. Fr Frank, author of over 40 books and a...

As the Yeast in Today's Human Family

28 March Sr Chiara Cazzuola

The Kingdom of God requires our collaboration, but above all, it is the Lord's initiative and gift to us. Our fragile work, if it is inserted into that of God, is not afraid of difficulties because...

"My Passion is Christ"

23 March Rector-Major Ángel Fernández Artime

My dear friends and readers of the Salesian Bulletin, we have begun a new year. We find ourselves in 2023. At least to me that sounds like an unimaginable number, perhaps ‘galactic time.’ I don’t...

The Gift of Remembrance

22 March Fr Frank Freeman

Today, whilst many enjoying abundant material well-being, there are warning signs that genuine quality of life is in short supply. Despite the greatly increased number of people receiving higher...

12 Years of War

16 March ANS

Syria is commerating the 12th anniversary of the outbreak of war amid a critical humanitarian situation, aggravated by the aftermath of last month's earthquakes in the north of the country. An...

Poor Students Stay in School with Rice Shipments

14 March ANS

Poor youth gaining their education through Don Bosco Bombo schools, located in Bombo, Uganda, had access to better nutrition thanks to a partnership between Salesian Missions and Rise Against...

Working for an Inclusive World on IWD

08 March ANS

Poverty, illiteracy and inequality in the world unfortunately continue to have a female face. The commemoration of International Women's Day aims raise awareness of these issues and achieve true...

Over 9,600 People Receive Nutritional Support

07 March ANS

More than 9,600 vulnerable people in Peru received nutritional support thanks to a partnership between Salesian Missions and “Feed My Starving Children”, a non-profit Christian organization...

Don Bosco's Preventive System Counters Bullying

02 March ANS

In France, it is estimated that more than 700,000 young people are bullied at school, i.e., 12 percent of elementary school pupils, 10 percent of secondary school pupils, and 4 percent of high...

Spreading Love in the Home for Naughty Boys

28 February ANS

Called "Trano zaza maditra," ("Home for Naughty Boys") it is the state-run rehabilitation center that houses over one hundred children and youths in Anjanamasina, a suburb of Antananarivo, the...

Timorese Agricultural Students Undertake Job...

23 February ANS

The third year students of the Don Bosco Agricultural School are in their job training period. This program is an annual activity contemplated in the school’s curriculum under the patronage of the...

Eco-Spirtual Lenten Journey

21 February ANS

For Lent 2023, the Salesian Youth Ministry has published a tool to help young people prepare for Easter in an Eco-Spirtual Journey. The journey begins on Ash Wednesday (22/2/2023) and ends on Easter...

Fear, Solidarity, Commitment: Earthquake Told by...

16 February ANS

"We have lived through more than 10 years of war, but perhaps these moments are the most terrible because of the terror we’ve experienced... We cannot describe what we have experienced" says Joelle...

Salesian in Jakarta Reduce Environmental Impact

14 February ANS

The Sacred Heart of Jesus Post-novitiate Community in Sunter, North Jakarta, Indonesia has been working hard to reduce it's environmental impact. This begun with the implementation of compost...

Akworo’s Agriculture recieve Maize Processing...

09 February ANS

Installation of one of the two Maize processing machines, purchased through donations received via the Salesian Missions has taken place at Akworo’s Agriculture store. The community continues to...

Salesian Support for Earthquake Survivors in Syria

07 February ANS

The Salesians have been active in Aleppo, Syria, since the beginning of the war – almost 12 years ago, and are now moving quickly to mobilise support for those affected by the Earthquake which...

Salesian Aid Reaches 100,000 Ethoipoians

03 February Michael

While Ethiopia was trying to recover from the effects of drought, covid and other issues, in November 2020 a full-scale war started between the Federal Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray Region....

Salesian Centenary Celebrations Begin!

31 January Fr Will Matthews

The Salesians of Don Bosco celebrate 100 years of their presence in Australia in 2023 and centenary celebrations begun at the Mother House in Sunbury, Melbourne on 24th January, the feast day of...

Ukrainians Fight Through Winter's Bite to Send...

23 January ANS

Winter in Eastern Europe can kill even in normal times: temperatures reach -25/30°C. Today in Ukraine, however, the situation is much worse than it usually is as many houses have broken windows or...

Uninterrupted Welcome, Help and Support for...

15 December ANS

A beautiful home, the warm place of welcome and of one's own security, reduced to a pile of rubble; the objects of one's daily life reduced to mute witnesses to missile attacks: this is the sad...

Donor Funding Empowers Indian Women

13 December ANS

Fifty young women who live at the Salesian Surakshita Home, located in the town of Ravulapalem in Andhra Pradesh, India, were supported through donor funding . Surakshita Home provides living...

Strenna 2023: Other images and suggestions worth...

08 December ANS

In the long months of work leading up to the official release of the Strenna message for the New Year, the Sector for Social Communication, at the request of the Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández...

Don Bosco is present amongst thousands of...

06 December ANS

"One gesture, one life" is the leitmotiv of the urgent interventions that the Salesian coordination of the East Delegation of the "Central Africa" Province (AFC-EST) are carrying out in...

Nutritional Support at Don Bosco Kansebula

01 December ANS

More than 360 youth received nutritional support at Don Bosco Kansebula, located in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development...

Strenna 2023

29 November Michael

After much anticpation, the artwork to accompany the Salesian Strenna for 2023 has been releaws. The poster, which illustrates the message of his Strenna for 2023: " As the Yeast in Today's Human...

Lives Lived Well: VALE Fr Gerrit Kraan

24 November Michael

Fr Gerrit Kraan was born on the 13th December 1929 in Utrecht Netherlands, to a strict parental home, where love was expressed not necessarily in affection, but rather in food on the table,...

VALE fr James Adayadiel

22 November Michael

Fr James Adayadiel was born in Poonjar-Changanac, Kerala, India in 1932. He was a brave pioneer and missionary in Samoa, which was still known as Western Samoa when he arrived. He also spent a...

Lives Lived Well: VALE Fr Norman Ford

17 November Michael

Fr Norman Ford was born in 1935 in Ballarat, Victoria and educated at De La Salle College, Malvern. He entered the Salesian novitiate in 1952 and professed temporary vows in 1953. At the time it was...

Salesian Sisters Celebrate 40 Years!

15 November Michael

The Salesian Sisters of Samoa, together with the Parish and school community, mission partners and the Educational Community at Leauvaa, came together to give thanks and praise to God and Mary, for...

Siva...It's who we are!

08 November Lauren Hichaaba

What makes the Don Bosco schools in Samoa unique is their focus on a holistic education. One of the key priorities of our educators in Samoa is to engage and empower each young person so that they...

Cagliero back in the field!

04 November Lauren Hichaaba

The Cagliero Project is an initiative of the Australia-Pacific Province that provides overseas volunteer experiences for people who wish to work with disadvantaged young people. The Cagliero Project...

A Journey Of Faith

27 October Tim Costelloe

I was surprised and somewhat daunted at my election as the new president of the Bishops Conference. It is an important role and not one that I had ever imagined I might be asked to take on. At the...

What are Trees Worth?

25 October Daniela Gonzalez

Everyone knows trees are valuable, but did you know you can calculate their specific added value to your property? Having mature trees in your yard or property is usually seen as valuable commodity:...

Dream, Believe, Achieve!

19 October Afi’a Enosa

“Dream, believe, achieve” were the words chanted by the young people gathered to celebrate International Youth Day on the 12th of August. They had come from the Jittu Squatter Settlement in of...

“Christianity Plummets”

18 October Fr Frank Freeman

I have always taken a secret delight in being proved wrong. Once previous firmly held convictions give way to the possibility that they might not be so correct as envisaged, our minds are open to...

A clouded people

13 October Teaghan Dolan

The weather recently in Melbourne has been incredibly cold! The mornings have been frosty and overcast, although the sun has come through on some days. Melbourne isn’t bringing its locals much...

"Now I Know Kindness Exists!"

11 October ANS

“I want to do something nice for people, for children, for young people, just as the people of Poland and Slovakia did for me." These are the words of Kira, a young Ukrainian refugee in Slovakia,...

The joy of Gratitude Joy

06 October Sr Louise McKeogh

Recently I have experienced a couple of events in life that cheer my spirits - gathering for celebrations, travel and simple daily routines; without having to think of lock-downs and restrictions. I...

From Sunrise to Sunset

03 October Chiara Cazzuola

It is a great joy to live in communion the 150th of the foundation of our Institute on August 5. From sunrise to sunset, every community in the world raised the hymn of praise and gratitude to God...

An Unimaginable Gift

29 September Fr Ángel Fernández Artime

It can be said that one of the greatest riches of Africa are its children. They are all over and always happy and smiling (I would almost say unaware of the poverty in which they live). During three...

Gratitude

27 September Fr Frank Freeman

Recently a thought-provoking letter arrived on my desk. It speaks for itself. Dear Father, My wife and I feel we should share the following with you as you know our family situation. Last Friday...

Youth, Art and Social Transformation Festival

22 September ANS

Twenty-seven artistic works, from 14 Provinces and spotlighting the talents of young people - in theater, dance, song, music, and circus - were the focus of the Salesian Social Works Artistic...

Dominic Winners at Day of AI

20 September Oscar McGann

On Wednesday 27 July 2022, Year 7 to 10 students from secondary schools across Australia participated in a day of creative, fun and hands-on activities to immerse themselves in AI. For students it...

Salesian Youth Ministry

AI to Evangelise Students

18 May ANS

For Father Sergio Codera, a Salesian born in 1980, originally from Barcelona but raised in Seville, technology and religious faith have always gone...

Syrian Salesians overcome earthquake trauma with...

09 May ANS

Over four months have passed since the devistating Feb. 6 earthquake and the countless aftershocks that followed yet the situation for the people of...

Building Sustainable Communites

02 May Michael

Year 7 Students from Melbourne’s Salesian College Chadstone spent a week in March building community amongst themselves and improving the lands...

Being with Young People is God’s Gift!

18 April Sr Sia Lagaaia

Working in the field of education is a gift from God that I am utilizing to be a beacon of God’s radiant love to the young children, staff, and...

Don Bosco's Preventive System Counters Bullying

02 March ANS

In France, it is estimated that more than 700,000 young people are bullied at school, i.e., 12 percent of elementary school pupils, 10 percent of...

Eco-Spirtual Lenten Journey

21 February ANS

For Lent 2023, the Salesian Youth Ministry has published a tool to help young people prepare for Easter in an Eco-Spirtual Journey. The journey...

Siva...It's who we are!

08 November Lauren Hichaaba

What makes the Don Bosco schools in Samoa unique is their focus on a holistic education. One of the key priorities of our educators in Samoa is to...

Dream, Believe, Achieve!

19 October Afi’a Enosa

“Dream, believe, achieve” were the words chanted by the young people gathered to celebrate International Youth Day on the 12th of August. They had...

OzBosco’s Back!

01 September Michael

After two long years, OzBosco was able to return to an in-person event, to the great joy of all that gathered! Around 60 young people and teachers...

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"Taste of family," the trademark of the Salesian...

04 May ANS

After his whirlwind Australian tour, Rector-Major Father Ángel Fernández Artime was immediately...

Day 8: The final day of the Rector Major Down...

29 April Michael

The final leg of Rector-Major Don Ángel Fernández Artime’s visit took him to Salesian College...

Day 7: Rector-Major Down Under!

28 April Michael

The penultimate day of Rector-Major Don Ángel Fernández Artime’s visit to Australia saw him travel...

Day 6: Rector-Major Down Under!

27 April Michael

After a few days of quiet reflection and community life, Rector-Major Don Ángel Fernández Artime’s...

Lives Lived Well: VALE Br Silvio Quaranta

25 April Michael

Brother Silvio Quaranta, highly respected and much-loved member of the Province peacefully passed...

Day 3: Rector-Major Down Under!

24 April Michael

The third day of Rector-Major Don Ángel Fernández Artime’s visit to Australia saw him travel to St...

Day 2: Rector Major Down Under!

23 April Michael

Engadine, a suburb in southern Sydeney is home to what is perhaps the most comprehensive Salesian...

Day One: Rector Major down under!

22 April Michael

After a marathon 31-hour transit, Rector Major Don Ángel Fernández Artime touched down to find a...

Lives Lived Well: VALE Fr Lawrie Moate

20 April Michael

Fr Lawrence (“Lawrie”) Moate was born in Melbourne on 21 February 1943 into a devout Christian...

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