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Strenna 2022: 'Do all through love, nothing through constraint!' Rome, General House, 31 December 2021 -- Given the earlier experiment in 2020, this year too the traditional New Year gift (Strenna) of Don Bosco’s successor was...

By Fr. Alfred Maravilla SDB General Councillor for Missions Rome, Sede Centrale, 18 December 2021 -- On 18 December 1859, 162 years ago today, with 17 members, Don Bosco founded our Congregation with the name of "Pious Society of St. Franci...

Missionary message for the 11th of December By Fr. Alfred Maravilla SDB General Councillor for Missions RMG, 10 December 2021 -- More than the incarnation, it is the kenosis that reminds us what inculturation truly is: the Word became flesh...

Missionary message for the 11th of November By Fr. Alfred Maravilla SDB General Councillor for Missions RMG, 11 November 2021 -- Today we find ourselves in a different context to that of the missionary projects that spread the Congregation ...

By Fr. Alfred Maravilla SDB General Councillor for Missions RMG, 10 October 2021 -- Through the Sacrament of Baptism, all Christians are part of the people of God and share in the mission of the Church. The Second Vatican Council emphasised...

By Fr. Alfred Maravilla SDB General Councillor for Missions RMG, 10 September 2021 -- Evangelisation does not happen only through direct proclamation, through teaching or through evangelising activities. Credible witness of life is an impor...

Missionary Message for the 11th of the month of August 2021 By Fr. Alfred Maravilla SDB General Councillor for Missions RMG, 10 August 20210 -- Through the Sacrament of Baptism, all Christians are part of the people of God and share in the ...

By Interview Fr. Alfred Maravilla, SDB General Councilor for the Missions Interview conducted at Sacro Cuore, Rome, 26 July 2021 -- What is really new in this 'Salesian Missionary Vocation'? The new document presents a renewed visio...

Missionary Message for the 11th of the month of July 2021 By Fr. Alfred Maravilla, SDB General Councillor for Missions RMG, 11 July 2021 -- The Provincial who receives a new missionary in his Province has the obligation to ensure that he ha...

By Fr. Alfred Maravilla SDB General Councillor for Missions RMG, 10 June 2021 -- During the first World Consultative Assembly of the Missions Sector in September 2008, a strong need was felt for greater visibility of missionary animation in...