Hajja Salesjana July-September 2021

LETTER FROM A GRATEFUL HEART THE MESSAGE OF THE RECTOR MAJOR DON ÁNGEL FERNÁNDEZ ARTIME 26 H AJJA S ALESJANA It is with pleasure that I send you my simple contribution each month. I intend it as a greeting that encourages you to continue being together in this “space” that was so dear to Don Bosco, who founded it himself in 1877. In many of the bulletins published during Don Bosco’s lifetime (he lived 11 years beyond that founding date of the Salesian Bulletin ), he himself gave an account to his readers of what was being done in Valdocco and in other Salesian houses. He thrilled his boys and his readers whenever he could with news that came from America, first from Argentina and then from other nations. I believe that today we too have the duty to stir up excitement for the good that is done by making it known and to be present even in the pain, just as we are at this time. I speak not only of the past 15 long months that we have already been suffering from COVID, but especially of the great suffering now in Brazil and India, especially. This reality must make us always close to the gaze and even the pain of others. This is how life is: there is so much to be thankful for and so many reasons to rejoice mixed with others that make us cry and stand by those who suffer. I cordially and affectionately greet you, the regular readers of the Salesian Bulletin, so many of whom are friends of Don Bosco’s charism.