January, 2026
Malta – Carry the Dream Forward: Be Don Bosco Today! A call to Past Pupils, Present Pupils, and Friends of Don Bosco
Posted: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:04
(ANS – Malta) – Over the years, millions of people have passed through Salesian houses and institutions around the world: lively courtyards, classrooms, workshops, youth centers, oratories, parishes, and missions. Some remain closely connected to those roots, while many have gone far. Yet all encountered, in one way or another, Don Bosco, a man who loved and believed deeply in the young...
Italy – Message to Salesian Cooperators for the Feast of St John Bosco 2026
Posted: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:23
(ANS – Rome) – On the occasion of the Feast of Don Bosco in 2026, the year that marks the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the Salesian Cooperators (ASC), the World Coordinator, Antonio Boccia, addressed a message to all members in which, in light of the Rector Major's Strenna message, he looks ahead to the great event of the association's 6th World Congress.
Below is the full message...
Sunday Reflection - 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A)
Posted: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:55
Our readings today spell out how we are to live as disciples of Jesus. The prophet Zephaniah encourages us to seek humility and integrity, to be lowly and truthful. Paul points out that most of us aren't influential or from noble families. God has chosen those who in the eyes of the world are weak, common and foolish in order to confound the strong. We have nothing to boast about. God has freely chosen...
Rector Major's Message - February 2026 - Coherence The privileged path to charity
Posted: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:27
This passage from the Gospel of Luke 11:37-41, recounts how Jesus, on His way to Jerusalem, accepts an invitation to dine with a Pharisee. We witness a dialogue that represents a confrontation between two visions of religiosity: the formal one, centered on rules about rituals, and the one of the heart, proposed by Jesus.
In response to the question put to Jesus about why He does not observe the traditional...
Vatican – Diocesan Inquiry for the Cause of the Servant of God Antonieta Böhm Declared Valid
Posted: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:30
(ANS – Vatican City) – On January 26, 2026, the General Postulator for the Causes of Saints of the Salesian Family, Fr. Pierluigi Cameroni, received official notification that the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, during its Ordinary Congress on December 17, 2025, declared the diocesan inquiry into the Cause of Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God Antonieta Böhm,...
Cooperators Europe Central West Regional meeting
Posted: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:25
Sue Cooper represented our Cooperators Provincial Council at the Cooperators Europe Central West Regional meeting in Baumkirchen near Innsbruck in November. It was a time for sharing the joys, hopes and challenges of Cooperators throughout our area including, Germany, Austria, Belgium, France and Ireland as we approach the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the Cooperators in May 2026. There were...
Sunday Reflection - 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A)
Posted: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:17
Our Gospel reading today is taken from the Gospel of Matthew which we will follow for this liturgical year (A). The narrative describes the beginning of the ministry of Jesus. John the Baptist has been arrested by Herod, so Jesus leaves Judea and returns to his native Galilee. He makes his base in the lakeside town of Capernaum, more centrally situated than the Nazareth where he was brought up. Capernaum...
Vatican – Fr Elia Comini, priest and martyr, will be beatified on 27 September 2026
Posted: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:25
(ANS – Vatican City) – On 2 January 2026, Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, Substitute of the Vatican Secretariat of State, informed His Eminence Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna, that Pope Leo XIV had accepted the proposal to celebrate the Rite of Beatification of the Venerable Servants of God Ubaldo Marchinoni, diocesan priest, Fr Elia Comini, Salesian of Don Bosco,...
European Seminar of the Association of Salesian History Scholars (ACSSA)
Posted: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 09:07
Fr John Dickson SDB and Professor John Lydon KC*HS represented the GBR Province at the European Seminar of the Association of Salesian History Scholars (ACSSA) that was held from 22–26 October 2025 at the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome, as part of a global series of continental seminars marking the 150th anniversary of the first Salesian missionary expedition (1875–2025) and preparing...
Ten messages of encouragement from Don Bosco for living a happy year
Posted: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:04
St John Bosco believed that true happiness consisted in living according to Christian virtues and building an environment of hope. Here are ten tips, based on Don Bosco's teachings, for having a full and happy year.
1. Cultivate charity in your relationships
Don Bosco said that love for one's neighbour was the key to transforming society. For him, charity was not just a material donation but the ability...