Articles on this issue "Salesians"
The Salesians are aiming to have a greater impact on Europe, particularly by finding new ways of evangelizing youth. The religious community has launched "Project Europe," with the aim of …
read moreHere is a Vatican translation of the address Benedict XVI gave March 31 upon receiving in audience the participants of the 26th General Chapter of the Congregation of Don Bosco. * * * Your …
read moreSince the family should have an active role in the education of youth, it is necessary to expand youth ministry to family ministry, Benedict XVI is telling the Salesians. The Pope encouraged …
read moreBenedict XVI says that even consecrated persons need to guard against an increasing process of secularization that is gaining ground in modern times. The Pope said that today when he received …
read moreSalesians today share the same "genes" and "DNA" as their founder, St. John Bosco, shown by a passion for the salvation of youth and high standards in education, says the congregation's rector …
read moreBenedict XVI is encouraging the Salesians to know and study the spirit of their founder, making their own the apostolic passion that characterized him. The Pope made this appeal in a March 1 …
read moreBy Catherine Smibert Sports have often been a language to cross cultures and continents. So that would make the main language of Italy, and its capital, soccer. It is also a predominant …
read moreThe evangelizing action of the Church needs to refer back to its social doctrine, says the rector of the Salesian University of Rome. In introducing the new Dictionary of the Social Doctrine …
read moreMozambique's government entrusted to the Salesians the management, direction and development of activities for the professional formation of teachers in the country. The government inaugurated …
read moreInterreligious dialogue, especially with Muslims, is a priority for Benedict XVI, said the Vatican secretary of state. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, speaking to reporters today after the …
read moreA Turk has been arrested in the stabbing of a 70-year-old Salesian parish priest who was attacked at the door of his rectory. Police have arrested a 28-year-old man in connection with the …
read moreThe Salesians' Don Bosco House at El Houssoun, a hilly district in the province of Jubeil, north of Beirut, has opened its doors to refugees. More than 200 refugees have taken shelter at the …
read moreHere is the description of the Salesian Youth Movement which appears in the Directory of International Associations of the Faithful, published by the Pontifical Council for the Laity. Official …
read moreHere is the description of the Salesian Cooperators Association which appears in the Directory of International Associations of the Faithful, published by the Pontifical Council for the Laity. …
read moreThe response to new poverties -- emotional, cultural and religious -- is one of the characteristics of the Salesian Family, explains St. John Bosco's ninth successor. In this interview, …
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