(ANS – Rome) – The 88^th World Mission Sunday is celebrated on Sunday, 19 October.  To coincide with the occasion the first of seven videos produced by Don Bosco Missions of Turin to promote Salesian Mission Day 2015 is published on the net.

In his message issued for the occasion on Pentecost Sunday, 8 June, Pope Francis says: "World Mission Day is a special moment in which the faithful of the various continents are invited to offer prayers and concrete gestures of solidarity in support of the young Churches in mission territories. It is a celebration of grace and joy." 

The grace and joy of the mission are also the reason for Salesian Mission Day. This year of the Bicentenary of Don Bosco it has as its theme "Lord, send me."

In his letter for Salesian Mission Day 2015 the Rector Major writes: "The best pages of Salesian history are those written by Salesian missionaries and the great missionaries of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians. They help us to understand, much better than any documents on missionary spirituality, the basic elements that qualify as a missionary any Salesian, Daughter of Mary Help of Christians, committed lay person or volunteer, man or woman guided by the Holy Spirit, and enable them to become preachers of the gospel and of the joy of humanity inspired by the values of the Gospel​​."

The desire to share and spread the missionary fire is what lies behind all the activities and the social communication materials prepared for Salesian Mission Day 2015, such as, for example, the seven videos produced by Don Bosco Missions of Turin.

The first video, entitled "Prayer", will be launched on Sunday next, which is World Mission Day. The other six will be made available on 6 November in seven languages​​. The same day a link will be created, from which each of the videos can be downloaded, and the entire DVDs (both PAL and NTSC versions), as well as a dvd-rom containing additional contributions.

Published 17/10/2014