Turin, Italy - 1922 - The Michele Rua Salesian Oratory celebrates its first 100 years this year. It was in fact 1922 when Fr Lunati opened the doors of this oratory, which soon became a place of worship and play that welcomed many children, children of the many migrations that have colored the face of the neighborhood. Even today, like 100 years ago, the oratory welcomes many young people, all of whom are part of the large community of Michele Rua.

(ANS - Turin) - The "Michele Rua" Salesian Oratory in Turin has just started celebrating its first 100 years of life and service to young people. Like the first Valdocco Oratory, it too began as nothing more than a canopy and a courtyard, but soon it grew together with the neighborhood and the city, educating entire generations and forming good Christians and honest citizens.

(ANS - Zhytomyr) - Built in September 1994 in Zhytomyr, a city of almost 300,000 inhabitants, 110 km west of Kiev, Ukraine, the school "Vsesvit" was established thanks to several Italian benefactors who, during a trip to the countries of the former USSR, decided to give a concrete response to the appeal of a group of citizens who wanted to open a Christian school. That school, for almost two years now, and after several years of cooperation and preparation, has become Salesian; and now the Sons of Don Bosco who run it intend to place another typically Salesian structure: an oratory, alongside the existing educational center.

(ANS – Stockholm) – A woman, young, committed to evangelization and education to the faith of children and young people in one of the world’s most secularized countries, Sweden: Fiorella Bastidas, a catechist in the Salesian parish of Jakobsberg and animator of youth ministry projects and activities at a national level. Today she tells ANS about her commitment and efforts.

(ANS - Manouba) - On Wednesday 29 December in Manouba, a city on the outskirts of the capital Tunis, the first “Tunis Oratory Ensemble Day” was held in the Salesian house founded about 30 years ago and now a primary school and youth center oratory. Young people, animators, and managers of the new oratory in the center of Tunis, built at the "Don Bosco" ex-Marianist school, made their first outing and went to share a day of sports, games and group activities with the oratory of Manouba, the "firstborn", established in 2013 thanks to the dedication and enthusiasm of the Salesian brother Roberto Lionelli, currently serving in Madagascar.

(ANS – Rzepczyno) – During the 2021 Extraordinary Visitation conducted on behalf of the Rector Major by Fr Václav Klement, Extraordinary Visitor “ad nutum” and “pro tempore”, Rzepczyno Salesian Youth Center was chosen as the last of 28 communities in Poland (another 5 communities of PLN are located in other 3 countries). Since 2007 Rzepczyno Youth Center is growing as a Valdocco of the Province. It’s one of the 94 Youth Centers in Poland where find their home young people in need. Until now already almost 800 young people were welcomed in this Valdocco and the educators are happy to keep in touch with 70% of their past pupils.