Vatican City, Vatican - March 2022 - On Ash Wednesday, March 2, Pope Francis urged people to dedicate themselves to prayer and fasting for peace in Ukraine. The Holy Father's start of Lent once again crossed paths with the Salesian University Institute Venice (IUSVE): with a click on the tablet of the Cube Radio delegation, Pope Francis officially kicked off the digital Way of the Cross, which juxtaposes a passage from the encyclical "Fratelli Tutti" (Brothers All) at each station. In this year's Way of the Cross, conceived by Marica Padoan, in each station, a young person is represented next to the suffering Christ, a way to recall the participation of the world of youth in this liturgical path, as well as an element linked to the earth and one linked to heaven, a sign of the Eucharistic Sacrifice that "unites heaven and earth." Clicking on each station will make available: the icon of the station, the text of the Gospel taken from the liturgical booklet of the Way of the Cross presided over by Pope Francis in 2021, and a phrase taken from the encyclical letter "Fratelli Tutti".

Peru - March 2022 - Salesians and lay people who make up the Salesian Network of "Casas Don Bosco", led by Fr José Valdivia, National Coordinator of the Network, experienced days of intense reflection and collaborative work that allowed them to take decisive steps to continue to fulfill the formation proposals offered to the young people of the various "Casas Don Bosco" of Peru. The presentation of the Rector Major's Strenna 2022, "Do all through love, nothing through constraint", by the Provincial, Fr Manolo Cayo, was significant, and it encouraged the disposition of the hearts of the participants at the beginning of the work for the current year in each of the "Casas Don Bosco" of Peru.

Santa Tecla, El Salvador - February 2022 - On February 26, in the chapel of the Salesian Institute "Santa Cecilia", Msgr. Elías Bolaños, SDB, Bishop of Zacatecoluca, ordained Salesian Douglas Alexander Pérez Gómez to the priesthood. Fr Ángel Prado, Provincial of the Salesian Province of Central America (CAM), was also present at the ceremony.