Articles on this issue "Salesians"
John Paul II greeted the Salesian superiors who are currently gathered to study the challenges in Europe facing their religious family and the Church. Before taking leave of the pilgrims …
read moreIn this Pacific island capital, where violence and crime among youth is rampant, Salesian missionaries intend to build a Marian shrine as a haven of peace and education for solidarity. The …
read moreThe Salesians have sent missionaries to the dioceses of impoverished northern Sri Lanka, a region inhabited in the main by Tamils and anti-government rebel groups. The northern and eastern …
read moreThe Salesians have issued a warning about a negative newspaper campaign targeted at religious congregations and orders in the United States. "It all began with an investigation carried out by …
read moreJohn Paul II has entrusted for the first time to a woman a post with executive powers in a congregation of the Roman Curia. Sister Enrica Rosanna, 66, was appointed undersecretary of the …
read moreJohn Paul II has named the vicar general of the Salesian Society, Father Lucas Van Looy, as new bishop of Gent, Belgium. He is replacing Bishop Arthur Luysterman, who presented his resignation …
read moreA pilot center of professional formation has opened here to offer job opportunities for young people in the Kosovo province. The "Qendra Sociales Edukative Don Bosko," administered by …
read moreThe Salesians had unexpected success this summer renewing their formation activities with Christian youth in postwar Iraq. Five hundred youths attended the summer camps organized in Mosul in …
read moreAmid world tensions, John Paul II reminded young Catholics that a Christian becomes an agent "to combat evil with good." The Pope expressed this conviction on Saturday, at the papal summer …
read moreFides).- Salesian priests in the Middle East are anxious to be back among the children of Mosul after the war. As in 2002, they will start a week of preparation for summer camp team leaders on …
read moreFides).- Salesian priests in the Middle East are anxious to be back among the children of Mosul after the war. As in 2002, they will start a week of preparation for summer camp team leaders on …
read moreFides).- Salesian priests in the Middle East are anxious to be back among the children of Mosul after the war. As in 2002, they will start a week of preparation for summer camp team leaders on …
read moreSt. John Bosco, founder of the Salesians, once dreamed of establishing a mission in Iraq. It was more than a century before that came true. "The dream of the founder and saint Don Bosco took …
read moreIn his message for Christmas and the New Year to Salesian communities, their rector major presents the institution of the family as a "privileged place of humanization and education." Father …
read moreJohn Paul II appointed Salesian Father Angelo Amato as secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Father Amato, a theology professor at the Salesian University of Rome, was …
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