- STRENNA 2010
- THE GOSPEL TO THE YOUNG
- THE BIRTH OF EXPECTATION
“The Word united himself with humanity without losing his divinity; he made himself small without losing anything of his greatness” (St. Augustine). February | Febrero
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The Message of the Rector Major to the Salesian Youth Movement
WE WANT TO SEE JESUS
Message of the Rector Major to the SYM
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Rome, January 31, 2010
My Dear Young People,
Here I am faithfully keeping our appointment on the occasion of the feast of Don Bosco, “father and friend of youth.” This year our meeting, which I regret is only a virtual one, even though no less real and genuine for that, coincides with the beginning of the centennial of the death of Father Rua, the first successor of Don Bosco and, without doubt, his most faithful and successfully formed disciple.
This, in fact, is one of the main reasons for the choice of the theme for the strenna that I have offered to all the Salesian Family for this year 2010: “In imitation of....Full Text
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- The Message of the Rector Major
- In the centennial of the death of Blessed Michael Rua
- To the Salesian Confreres of the Congregation
My Dear Confreres,
I am writing on the liturgical solemnity of our dear Father, recalling January 31, 1888, the day on which, with the death of Don Bosco, Father Rua became de facto his first successor.
On this occasion we are beginning the celebration of the centennial of the death of Father Rua which, as we know, took place on April 6, 1910. In order to encourage greater involvement on everyone's part, I want to tell you now about...Full Text
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- Blessed Michael Rua and the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians
- Rome (Italy) -- On the occasion of the centennial of the death of Blessed Michael Rua (1910-2010), the first successor of St. John Bosco, the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians recalled this great figure, so close to the story of their growth from the very beginnings. The encounter stressed in particular ... Full Text
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| Latest Salesian News Stories from Haiti |
Trucks purchased in the D.R. for transportation of food and other relief items between La Vega/Santo Domingo/Jimani and Port-au-Prince.
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- Getting Material from Here to There
- Thus far, 27 trucks of food shipments have been delivered to the SDBs of Haiti through the SDBs of the Antilles under our relief and reconstruction effort. Food rations were distributed in Cité Soleil (in addition to Pétion-Ville) and not in Thorland as reported earlier.
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- The food shipment of Feb. 2 from the D.R. originally bound for Cap-Haitien was delivered to Pétion-Ville; miscommunication about these destinations has been addressed with the SDBs of the Antilles; an enhanced coordination process is now in ..Full Text
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| As of Feb 1, 2010 |
- Fr. Mark Hyde update - Link
- From CNS - Dennis Sadowski blogged this morning from Pétion-Ville, where he and his team are staying with the papal nuncio, about a displaced persons camp on the golf course there and the U.S. Army's maintaining order therein. Link
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| Fr. Mark Hyde was in Port-au-Prince on Jan. 29-30. |
- On the 30th the new superior of the Haitian Vice Province, Fr. Ducange Sylvain, was installed by Fr. Esteban Ortiz, regional councilor.
Fr. Mark forwarded reports through Mr. Correa from either Santo Domingo or Port-au-Prince (which, not known here in the N.R. provincial house):
Fr. Vaclav Klement, SDB, general councilor for the missions, has confirmed via e-mail that, per instructions of the Rector Major, funds raised for the Haitian Emergency Relief and Reconstruction Program by Salesian mission procures and NGOs worldwide should be wired to New Rochelle.
A convoy of trucks with additional food assistance will leave next Monday from La Vega, D.R., bound for Pétion-Ville and Carrefour-Thorland in Haiti. A second convoy with food assistance and water is scheduled to leave next week also. The cost of each truckload of food assistance is quoted at $11,664 and with water alone at $6,189 (including fuel and truck rental). ...Full Text PDF
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| Haiti Updates for January 28-29 |
- Relief Efforts - Fr. Mark is making another visit to Port-au-Prince on Friday, Jan. 29.
As of Jan. 26, the Salesians in Haiti are providing shelter to about 13,500 Haitians left homeless from the earthquake (approximately 6,500 in Carrefour-Thorland and 7,000 in Pétion-Ville). This doesn't count what the FMAs are doing at ...Full Text
- No sleep, little aid: Salesian nun pleads for more help for Haitians -By Paul Jeffrey, Catholic News Service PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CNS) -- Sister Silvi Elie hasn't eaten all day, and the tiredness shows on her face as she pleads with ...Link
- Bishops Call for a Longterm Strategy in Haiti That Focuses on Poverty Reduction January 28, 2010, WASHINGTON—The U.S. needs “a long-term coherent strategy for recovery, development and poverty reduction in Haiti,” helping Haiti rebuild and get back to the path of long-term sustainable development, said the chair of ...Link
- Slideshow of Haiti Devasation - Sam Lucero, editor of The Compass in Green Bay, Wis., who is one of the Catholic press’s most accomplished visual journalists, recently pulled together two slideshows showing the devastation in Haiti after the Jan. 12 earthquake. He’s now put them on the newspaper’s YouTube channel.
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Haiti Updates for January 26-27 - In the Press
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- Fr. Mark Hyde Remains in Port-au-Prince - Fr. Mark Hyde, director of Salesian Missions in New Rochelle, has been in Port-au-Prince since Friday (Jan. 29) to do on-site coordination and iron out details pertaining to the emergency response and rehabilitation program. He's staying at Pétion-Ville. On Monday he has a meeting with the new and old provincials, Frs. Sylvain and Charles.
Fr. Esteban Ortiz also is in the city.
Three of the four members of the joint VIS-Salesian Missions Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Team (RRT) have arrived in Santo Domingo and will be traveling to Port-au-Prince on Monday, Feb. 1. The fourth member will join the team on Wednesday.
When Fr. Mendl at the New Rochelle provincial house asked Fr. Mark whether he had anything he wanted to say to our community council meeting on Monday morning, he wrote back, “Keep the prayers coming.” Then, since he's missed the last 2 council meetings (1 during a vacation and 1 while he was in Santo Domingo), he joked about missing so many and asked whether meeting with Haiti and Antilles provincial councils counts. Good to know that he can still laugh after what he's seen.
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- Haiti: Smallest survivors pose one of biggest problems - Story - Wednesday, January 27, 2010, NORTHJERSEY.COM, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
- Haiti’s Children Adrift in World of Chaos - Story - By DEBORAH SONTAG, NYT - Published: January 26, 2010
- Rebuilding Haiti church infrastructure to take years, says U.S. bishop - Story - CNS - HAITI-GOMEZ Jan-25-2010
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- Collaboration, Contributions, Status of Salesian Sisters...Full Text
- Collaboration | Sisters Ready to Help in Miami's Operation Pierre Pan
- The Salesian Sisters at Jacmel | More Aid for Port-au-Prince
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| Commentary on 2010 Strenna |
- "Truly, nothing is more beautiful than to know Christ
- and to make him known to others"
- (Sacramentum Caritatis, n. 84.)
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- My Dear Confrers,
- Daughters of Mary Help of Christians,
- All the Members of the Salesian Family,
- Young People,
- Here I am once again for this annual appointment for the presentation of the commentary on the 2010 Strenna. As a real spiritual and pastoral program, it will help us to strengthen our Salesian identity, to re-invigorate our communion of minds and hearts, to place ourselves within the Church as “disciples and apostles” for the building of the Kingdom and the transformation of the world. Today more than ever the world needs Christ and his Gospel; for this people are required who make the Kingdom of God the cause for which they live, as did Jesus; the witness is needed of disciples, new men and women, born not of the “flesh” but of the Spirit; apostles are required who are seriously engaged in the preservation of creation, in justice, in solidarity, and in brotherhood and sisterhood among all peoples....Full Text
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Catholic aid agencies accept donations for Haitian quake relief..... Full Text
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- The Salesians are accepting donations by phone at
- (914) 633-8344; online at www.salesianmissions.org;
- or by mail to:
- Salesian Disaster Relief
- Salesian Missions,
- P.O. Box 30,
- New Rochelle, NY 10802-0030
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- Around the Province:
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- Br. Jim Wiegand, SDB, Honored at Salesian High School Reception...Story
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- International Salesian Family
Gathers in Tampa...Story
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300,000 March for Life
in U.S. Capital
by Fr. Steve Ryan, SDB
WASHINGTON, D.C., JAN. 22, 2010 -Some 300,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 22 to mark the 37th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. More than half of that crowd was under the age of 25. Youths from all over...Full Text
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- Salesian World News
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- Vienna, Austria ¬- 30 January 2010 - 15 young missionary volunteers celebrated their imminent departure at Vienna's Salesianum.
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- Ireland - The Irish Salesian Family studies Fr. Rua, the faithful disciple.
- CNS - Pope honors religious; Vatican preparing documents on prayer, brothers
- Ukraine - Don Bosco celebrated in Lvov
- Argentina - A new phase of Salesian presence
- Manila - 40 years on, an iconic image celebrates Don Bosco
- Spain - A Salesian awarded the Civilian Order of Alfonso X the Wise
- Salesian GHQ - A Letter from the Rector Major opens the centennial year of the death of Blessed Michael Rua
- Italy - VIS spokesmen Danilo Gallinari and Rino Gattuso launch appeal for Salesians in Haiti.
- Salesian GHQ - Salesian Family Days: bringing the Gospel to others nowadays
- Salesian GHQ - 15,952 Salesians in the world
- Salesian GHQ - The priest and the Salesian in the digital world
- Portugal - Meeting of the Project Europe Commission
- Chile - Award for Fr. Martelozzo
- Haiti - Haiti Archbishop Killed in Quake as Churches, Cathedral Reduced to Rubble
- Italy - The new council of the CDBs
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