Dear
Provincials and Directors of the Salesian Bulletin:
After having finished the international meeting of the Salesian Bulletin, I
wish to thank each one of you and all the people who have made it possible, to
carry it out successfully.
The Rector Major, Editor and Director of the Salesian Bulletin, have asked
us to update the magazine of Don Bosco - the institutional magazine of the
Congregation, with reference to our Communication System. To realize this,
professionals and experts from different countries have helped us to reflect on
the theme: "Communicate to involve in the mission, between print and
digital culture".
• The Rector Major Fr Ángel Fernández Artime presided over the opening
Eucharist and gave us a video interview inviting us to look for avenues of
renewal with creativity and professionalism;
• Fr. Francesco Motto, placed the Bulletin in the social, ecclesial,
cultural and communicative context of Don Bosco, when the Congregation was just
beginning;
• Natasa Govekar, Doctor of Theology, pointed out that communication is at the service of communion and of truth, and that the image has a primordial value as an element of communication;
• The journalists Nicola Zamperini and Francesco invited us to change the
paradigm focusing more on the people and the contents we want to communicate,
opening the magazine to other platforms and other current languages;
• Journalist José Beltrán, made us see how the magazine Vida Nueva, initiate the conversion of
content, substance and form, in a collegiate, institutional and prophetic way;
• Engineer Esteban Lorenzo, clarified that the era of paper is still not over, that technology should be at the service of people and that communication is a team effort;
• Communicator José Luis Muñoz sdb, invited us to have close collaboration
between ANS and BS in different languages;
• We also dedicated an afternoon to share good practices of SB from
Argentina, Ethiopia, France and Portugal, where right there, each of you has
been able to share ideas, processes and challenges.
The meeting has been rich in content and experiences. This has been made possible,
thanks to a group of people from the Dicastery for Communication who worked for
you with dedication before and during the meeting: Fabiana Di Bello, Juan Pablo
Abreu, Jesus Jurado, Hilario Seo, Jacob Iruppakkaattu and Virginia Nitto.
Miguel Mendes from Portugal made the logo. We have all prepared for the meeting
with enthusiasm and hope.
I also underscore the generous and important collaboration for the work of translation
from the part of Javier Barrientos and Marc-Auguste Kambiré; of the Dicastery for Youth
Ministry in the person of Fr. Fabio Attard, Tarcisio Morais and Patrick
Anthonyraj; the good night talk of the Economer General Bro. Jean Paul Muller,
the Postulator Fr. Pier Luigi Cameroni; the Lectio Divina of Fr. Martín
Lasarte. We got the chapel for the Eucharist in the Vatican, the seat
assignment for the audience with Pope Francis and the Visit to the Vatican
Gardens through the assistance of Mons. Alberto Lorenzelli. The Rector Major,
Salesian Missions of Madrid and Missioni Don Bosco of Turin have helped us
economically to lower the registration cost of each participant and also raise
the quality of the Resource Persons:My
appreciation for them all.
The synthesis of the meeting and some indications will be sent to all of
you next month in consultation with a team. Each Director must offer the
Provincial and his Council a summary of what we have experienced in this
meeting along with materials from the resource persons, photographs and videos
of the event, together with an evaluation of the SB itself.
Together with the staff of the Dicastery, I wish you all a happy month of
the Sacred Heart and I am at your disposal.
Dear Provincials and Directors of the Salesian Bulletin:
After having finished the international meeting of the Salesian Bulletin, I wish to thank each one of you and all the people who have made it possible, to carry it out successfully.
The Rector Major, Editor and Director of the Salesian Bulletin, have asked us to update the magazine of Don Bosco - the institutional magazine of the Congregation, with reference to our Communication System. To realize this, professionals and experts from different countries have helped us to reflect on the theme: "Communicate to involve in the mission, between print and digital culture".
• The Rector Major Fr Ángel Fernández Artime presided over the opening Eucharist and gave us a video interview inviting us to look for avenues of renewal with creativity and professionalism;
• Fr. Francesco Motto, placed the Bulletin in the social, ecclesial, cultural and communicative context of Don Bosco, when the Congregation was just beginning;
• Natasa Govekar, Doctor of Theology, pointed out that communication is at the service of communion and of truth, and that the image has a primordial value as an element of communication;• The journalists Nicola Zamperini and Francesco invited us to change the paradigm focusing more on the people and the contents we want to communicate, opening the magazine to other platforms and other current languages;
• Journalist José Beltrán, made us see how the magazine Vida Nueva, initiate the conversion of content, substance and form, in a collegiate, institutional and prophetic way;
• Engineer Esteban Lorenzo, clarified that the era of paper is still not over, that technology should be at the service of people and that communication is a team effort;• Communicator José Luis Muñoz sdb, invited us to have close collaboration between ANS and BS in different languages;
• We also dedicated an afternoon to share good practices of SB from Argentina, Ethiopia, France and Portugal, where right there, each of you has been able to share ideas, processes and challenges.
The meeting has been rich in content and experiences. This has been made possible, thanks to a group of people from the Dicastery for Communication who worked for you with dedication before and during the meeting: Fabiana Di Bello, Juan Pablo Abreu, Jesus Jurado, Hilario Seo, Jacob Iruppakkaattu and Virginia Nitto. Miguel Mendes from Portugal made the logo. We have all prepared for the meeting with enthusiasm and hope.
I also underscore the generous and important collaboration for the work of translation from the part of Javier Barrientos and Marc-Auguste Kambiré; of the Dicastery for Youth Ministry in the person of Fr. Fabio Attard, Tarcisio Morais and Patrick Anthonyraj; the good night talk of the Economer General Bro. Jean Paul Muller, the Postulator Fr. Pier Luigi Cameroni; the Lectio Divina of Fr. Martín Lasarte. We got the chapel for the Eucharist in the Vatican, the seat assignment for the audience with Pope Francis and the Visit to the Vatican Gardens through the assistance of Mons. Alberto Lorenzelli. The Rector Major, Salesian Missions of Madrid and Missioni Don Bosco of Turin have helped us economically to lower the registration cost of each participant and also raise the quality of the Resource Persons: My appreciation for them all.
The synthesis of the meeting and some indications will be sent to all of you next month in consultation with a team. Each Director must offer the Provincial and his Council a summary of what we have experienced in this meeting along with materials from the resource persons, photographs and videos of the event, together with an evaluation of the SB itself.
Together with the staff of the Dicastery, I wish you all a happy month of the Sacred Heart and I am at your disposal.
Fr. Filiberto González Plasencia sdb
General Councillor for Communication