Novena Videos Now Online

Global Novena to Mary Help of Christians
Videos Now Online

(ANS – Rome – May 11) – A few days from the beginning of the novena to Mary Help of Christians on Tuesday, May 15, the first videos are being made available on Salesian internet channels. As of May 11, all nine videos in Italian, English, and Spanish are online.

“I will give you the teacher,” little John Bosco was told in his dream as a nine-year-old boy. “She did everything,” a mature Don Bosco would later say, near the end of his life, as he thought back to the many challenges he had faced and overcome for his youngsters. Our Lady had always been a close presence in Don Bosco’s life, and he never tired of repeating it and encouraging people’s devotion to her.

This year, which celebrates the 150th anniversary of the consecration of the basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Turin, the novena proposed by the Rector Major to the whole Salesian Family focuses on the dreams of Don Bosco wherein the figure of Mary Help of Christians emerges, and follows the same thread of the reflections being used for the procession in honor of our Lady which, as per tradition, is held on the evening of May 24 in the streets of Turin.

In each video, the Rector Major presents one of Don Bosco’s dreams, which is then discussed and supplemented with Marian testimonies by different members of the Salesian Family. Discussed are themes such as the Salesian mission, the spiritual life, the missions to the farthest corners of the earth, and Salesian holiness, always from a Marian point of view.

Finally, on the last day of the novena, the Rector Major will present his dream for the Congregation and the Salesian Family.

The videos can be found at www.sdb.org and at the ANSChannel on YouTube.

As of May 14, videos in French, Portuguese, and Polish will begin to be uploaded and made available to users.

Thanks to the collaboration between the Communications Department and the Communications Team of the Southern Italy Province, a written Italian-language aid was also produced featuring the all the texts of the novena.