Articles on this issue "Salesians"

Salesians Launch "Project Europe"

Seeking to Have Greater Impact in Evangelizing Youth

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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 …

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Pope's Address to Participants of Salesian General Chapter

"Don Bosco Is a Shining Example of a Life Marked by Apostolic Zeal"

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Here 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 …

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Pope Urges Salesians to Focus on Families

Says This Is the Way to Help in Formation of Youth

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Since 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 …

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Secularism Also Threatens Consecrated, Says Pope

Urges Salesians to Focus Lives on Christ

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Benedict 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 …

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Salesian General Chapter Focuses on Charism

Rector Major Hopes Every Confrere Becomes "New Don Bosco"

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Salesians 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 …

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Benedict XVI Urges Salesians to Study Founder

Says They Will Offer Aid in Overcoming Educational Emergency

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Benedict 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 …

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New Yorkers' Soccer as Succor; U.N. Praise

9-11 Crusade of Charity Comes to Rome

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By 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 …

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Social Doctrine From A to Z

Interview With Rector of Rome's Salesian University

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The 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 …

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Mozambique Entrusts Teacher Training to Salesians

Congregation Opens School for Gypsies

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Mozambique'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 …

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Cardinal Bertone: Interreligious Dialogue Is Papal Priority

Opens Academic Year at Salesian University

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Interreligious 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 …

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Salesian Priest, 70, Stabbed in Germany

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A 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 …

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Salesians Sheltering Refugees in Lebanon

Situation Around El Houssoun Chaotic, Says Priest

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The 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 …

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Salesian Youth Movement

Of Young People, For Young People

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Here 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 …

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Salesian Cooperators Association

Don Bosco's Helpers

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Here 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. …

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Challenges of the Salesian Family

Interview With Father P. Chávez, Rector Major

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The 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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