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AGLIER0 11
newsletter for Salesian
Missionary Animation ' Publication of the Missions Sector for SDB Communities and Friends of the Salesian Missions
Cagliero11 publishes
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its 150th issue!
Dear friends,
I would like to thank you from
the bottom of my heart for
this opportunity to share my
greetings and thanks for this
work of "spreading good" that is
CAGUERO 11.
A challenging birthday has been
reached: 1501 It is a significant
number - 150 - a good that has
lasted over time and helps us all
never to forget a fundamental
part of us: The Missionary spirit!
If God is your God, faith in him
comes out in every action, in
every word, in every decision...
it is the energy of the Risen
Christ that enters us... and from
us to all those around us, as far
as the Lord wills.
This Spirit of the Resurrection
also comes to us with the
missionary bulletin that reaches
us everywhere and helps us
never to forget what we really
are: Children of God.
When Fr Vaclav Klement was elected Councillor for the Missions in 2008, I was
called to be part of his team. I remember that after the World Consultative
Assembly for the Missions in September 2008 we had long discussions on
ways to promote missionary animation at the Congregational level. Fr
Klement proposed this tool of animation and made us look at the format of
MT 28:19 which was the mission animation bulletin of the FIN Province. He
suggested naming ours in honour of this great Salesian missionary. He wanted
a monthly day of prayer for the missions every 11th of the month. Cagliero11
was thus born with its first issue on 11 January 2009
The first issues I prepared were precisely to see how the confreres would react
to this new publication, simultaneously in 5 languages, in its 2-page A4 format.
Not only was it very easy to read, it was also easy for a community, school or
parish to print it for their notice board. Initially we published some thoughts
about Don Bosco and other Salesian missionaries. But not long after, we
decided to invite missionaries to share their experiences. This turned out to
be the most attractive and most read part of Cagliero11.
Many of these stories have been reprinted in countless editions of the Salesian
Bulletin. How many Salesians and lay people have discovered their missionary
vocation after reading the sharing of a missionary in Cagliero11! I have often
found a copy of Cagliero11 on the community noticeboard in many provinces.
It is now translated into twenty languages every month and is accompanied
by a !-minute video clip mainly for young people
Looking back at these 150 issues, we can only thank the Lord for this
wonderful inspiration of the Spirit that keeps Don Bosco's missionary spirit
alive.
▀ Fr Alfred Maravilla, SDB
Councilor for the Missions
THE FIRST ISSUE OF CAGLIER011:
Thanks to all those who, with
heart and competence, have
been taking care of this
CAGLIERO 11 for 150 issues!
▀ Fr Stefano Martoglio, SDB
Vicar of the Rector Major
N11111ber I
Dear (Fr Rector, Mission Delegate)!
This year wc arc celebrat!ng the 150:~~th~aia~:~,
Congrcga1ion. John Caghero (~8!~~co's ?,,~itation in
the first four whoSac,ce~led~iety and he was chosen 10
1854 10 form ihc a cs,an . • ' 11 ovembcr
lead the firsl missionary cxped111on_on call 1his simple
1875 to Argcn1ina. So we wo~ld hke 10
mon1hlv anima1ion 1001 Cagltero I I .
IN THIS ISSUE
• from the Missions Counclllor
• Saleslan mission Intention
_ January 2009
• How Don Bosco became
Involved In the missions

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HOW CAGLIER011
WAS BORN
Fr Vaclav, how did the idea of creating the missionary bulletin,
Cag/iero11, come about in 2008 ?
During the first World Consultation for Missions after GC26
(September 2008) a strong need was felt for greater visibility of
missionary animation in the Salesian Congregation and Family. In
the search for ways to respond to this challenge the idea of a
simple monthly bulletin emerged, already in use in some
provinces. The symbolic name 'Caghero' refers to the leader of the
first missionary expedition, Don Giovanni Cagliero (1838-1926),
the number '11' recalls the important date of the first sending of
missionaries by Don Bosco, 11 November 1875. Hence, 'Cagliero11'
- a monthly invitation to all Salesian communities around the
world.
Now, after twelve years, what do you see has changed thanks
to the 150 issues of Cagliero11 ?
Certainly, the two original objectives - to contribute to the visibility
of the missions and to make people pray for the missions and for
new missionary vocations - have been greatly achieved. In many
parts of the Congregation and the Salesian family we see
Caglieroll on the noticeboard or on the website . Moreover, the
narrations of vocation and missionary life carried by Cagliero11
have inspired many confreres to set out as missionaries ad gentes:
if others could, why can't J? Perhaps because of its simplic ity,
Caglieroll is translated into more than twenty languages and has
become an instrument of universal animation in the Salesian
family.
Would you like to share some thoughts with the readers of
Cagliero11 ?
Undoubtedly, the best strategy for missionary animation is to get
the missionaries themselves to talk about their motivation, how
they have overcome challenges in missionary life, and how they
bring the Gospel to the youth of today So. I hope that every
commurnty and every Salesian confrere finds at least once a
month the time to contemplate our missionary life and vocation
and to pray on the 11th of the month. I thank all those who
translate it and disseminate it in digital or printed form to keep the
missionary flame alive in our Salesian familyl
Fr Václav Klement, SDB
Born in 1958 in Brno, Czechoslovakia. h e has three younger
brothers. Because of the c ommu nist regime. as a young
Sale sian he emigrated in August 1984 to become a
m issio nary. He studied in Rome, was ordained, and sent
to South Korea in 1986 where he worked until 2002.
becam e the rector o f the co mmunity in Seoul an d then
the Provincial.
In 2002 he was e lected Regional Counclllor for East Asia
- Oceania, a position he held again from 2014. Between
2008 and 2014 he served as Gene ral Counc illor for the
Missions. After the 28th General Chapter, the Rector Major
appoin te d him an Extraordinary Visito r "ad nutum ·.
• Number of •
· where we are present: 2009 = 130 x 2020 =
• Number of Salesian • •
· : 2009 = 92 x 2020 = • •
• Number of canonically erected Salesian • · · 2009 = 1854 x 2020 =
• Number of
• Salesians: 2009 = 15,952 x 2020 =~'J.:z:jC,
• Number of Salesians who • · • during the year in question: 2009 = 264 x 2020 = ' •
• Number of . , Blesseds, Venerables, Servants of God:
2009 S =8/B =116/V =10/StG =28 x 2020 S = • ~B = : /V = : ~StG = :
•
The beauty of marriage
For good Christian marriages resulting
from the Salesian environment in DR Congo.
Let us pray for young people who are preparing for marriage with
the support of a Christian community: may they grow in love, with
generosity, faithfulness, and patience.
[Pope Francis’ prayer
intention]