(ANS – Canlubang) – Don Bosco College - Canlubang always celebrates the Feast of St. John Bosco with great solemnity and in style. This year's theme “Towards Greater Faith” was chosen as early as October of last year at the launching of the preparation for Don Bosco Day 2020 Celebrations. The theme could not have been more timely, since the school, sitting at the edge of the 20 km radius of Taal Volcano, was very much affected by the ashfall. Classes were suspended even until the first days of the novena to the feast of Don Bosco.  Some activities were canceled; while others were set at a future date.  But the Grand Eucharistic Adoration (January 28) and of course, the Cinema Don Bosco 2020 (January 31) pushed through.

(ANS – New York) – For next Wednesday, 19 February, the Salesian Mission to the United Nations promotes an event parallel to the activities of the 58th Session of the Commission for Social Development, entitled "Youth Homelessness: Interrogating Policy Gaps and Legislative Vacuum".

(ANS - Medellín) - The fifth and last training workshop was held from 3 to 7 February 2020 as part of the project to strengthen the skills for staff members of the Planning and Development Offices (OPD) and the Vocational Training Centers (VCT) in Latin America. The project is the result of a joint effort led by the German NGO "Don Bosco Mondo" in coordination with the "OFPROBOL" Planning and Development Office of Bolivia, and is funded by the German Ministry for Development Cooperation (BMZ).

(ANS - Rome) - On Friday 31 January, the feast day of St John Bosco, a seminar entitled "To educate a child an entire village is needed" was held at the "Borgo Ragazzi Don Bosco" center, the so-called "Valdocco of Rome", aimed at creating an educational pact for the Roman district of Centocelle. The seminar was a way of honoring the Saint of Youth, and even more, it was a response to the appeal launched by Pope Francis to build "a village of education."

(ANS – Mawlai) – “Don Bosco Centre for Indigenous Cultures” or popularly known as Don Bosco Museum at Mawlai, or DBCIC, has been on the path of progress and has arrived at another historical landmark. On 28 January 2020, Mr. Charles Pyngrope MLA inaugurated an exhibition of artefacts donated by Mrs. Sonia Gandhi to Don Bosco Museum.

(ANS - Vöcklabruck) - "Is this an educational objective limited to Don Bosco's time or a challenge for world Salesian education today?" This is the question that Fr Josef Grünner SDB, Head of the Salesian Mission Office in Bonn, asked as the focus of his speech on the Rector Major's Strenna for 2020, as part of the Salesian Study Day held on Saturday, 18 January 2020, in Vöcklabruck.

(ANS – Manoharabad) – The Sacred Heart Novitiate Manoharabad of the Province of St. Joseph Hyderabad celebrated its Silver Jubilee on 11th January 2020. Celebrations started with the Holy Eucharist presided by Most Rev. Thumma Bala, the Archbishop of Hyderabad diocese, concelebrated by Rev. Father Thathireddy Vijaya Bhasker, Provincial, Fr Jose Mathew, the delegate for formation of South Asia, Fr John Samala, the first Novice Master, Fr K.M. Sebastian and Fr Sebastian John, the latter Novice Masters, Fr Noel, the 3rd Provincial of Hyderabad Province, other Priests who worked in the Novitiate as administrators, as well as other Salesian Priests, priests, other religious.

(ANS - Salvador) - 2020 is a very important year for the Salesians in the State of Bahia as a double anniversary is being celebrated in the Salesian presence in Salvador: the 120th anniversary of the Salesian Lyceum, located in the Nazareth neighborhood, and the 15th anniversary of the Don Bosco Institute, to be celebrated on January 31st. In view of these occasions, the institution has also created a commemorative logo.

(ANS - Turin) – Yesterday afternoon, Thursday 16 January, the XXXVIII Spirituality Days of the Salesian Family began in Turin-Valdocco, scheduled until Sunday 19 January. About 400 representatives of the various groups of the Salesian Family from 43 countries around the world are participating in the event.