Beatriz Viana has volunteered with children, in social and cultural institutions, in a communication project, serving the university, at the parish, at World Youth Day, and more recently, she collaborates with the National Department for Youth Ministry. These experiences have helped her grow and get to know herself better. Your CV suggests that your academic […]
Pedro and Afonso grew up together in the family, in the environment of the Salesian school, and in the Church. They were both ordained priests on July 3, 2022, by Cardinal Patriarch Manuel Clemente at the Jerónimos Monastery. Parish priests in Lisbon and Loures, Father Pedro Sousa and Father Afonso Sousa experienced the World Youth […]
Aged 43, he was appointed to lead Salesian Youth Ministry in the days following the World Youth Day. In this interview, Fr. Juan Freitas provides a ‘post-mortem’ of the gathering, its impact on the Church, young people, and Youth Ministry. More than four months after the World Youth Day, what echoes remain among young people, educators, and the media? The world, young people, and families thirst for […]
Matilde Trocado is a former student and teacher and coordinator of the Salesianos do Estoril Stage Academy. He was responsible for the artistic direction of the central events of World Youth Day in Lisbon. She believes that the Salesian environment where she grew up led her to the world of theater where she has worked […]
I found myself moved to realise how Don Bosco is still alive today when we are, in fact, signs and bearers of God’s love for young people, our burning bush, as our Rector Major says. These were days of the Church’s youth, eminently Salesian days. Between smiles, songs, celebrations, dancing, prayer, catechesis and meetings, we […]
Promoted by the National Secretariat for Social Communications, the National Social Communication Days took place in Fatima on September 21 and 22.Under the theme “Generation 2023, all connected: what about the Church?”, Sofia Guerreiro, from the WYD DON BOSCO 23 organization of the Salesian Youth Movement, took part as a speaker. Held in the aftermath […]
Sung by one and a half million pilgrims during the Sending Mass, the theme “Pão do Céu”, by Fr. Tarcízio Morais, the new Provincial of the Salesians of Portugal and Cape Verde, is a celebration of life. As soon as the first notes of the theme “Pão do Céu”, a song from the CD n’Ele, […]
The day dawned warm, after a night in which the farewell of those who left, right after the Sending Mass, also warmed the hearts of those who remained. On this seventh day, WYD DON BOSCO 23 offered interested groups a trip to Fatima, with the aim of visiting that sacred place.With the support of an […]
After a night spent outdoors, waiting for the Sending Mass – Pope Francis’ last moment with the pilgrims in Portugal – the morning started in a lively way, with Father Guilherme, the DJ priest, waking up all the pilgrims with his music. On arrival, and before the Sending Mass, Pope Francis made a point of […]
Two thousand Salesian pilgrims left Lisbon in the morning for a day’s visit to one of the greatest places of Marian devotion in the world. The Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, also took part in the pilgrimage to the Shrine of Fatima. It was at the Marian shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary […]