(ANS - Rome) - Beginning tomorrow, Thursday, March 9, until Sunday, March 12, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime will be on an Animation Visit to Turkey's capital city, Istanbul. His presence will serve to bring a message of hope and consolation to a country that just a little more than a month ago suffered an extremely harsh earthquake, which claimed some 45,000 lives and caused extensive damage to structures in the south of the country. On the occasion, moreover, the Rector Major will also preside over the 120th anniversary of the Salesian presence in the city, and, as usual, he will animate with the spirit of Don Bosco the young people, the Salesians and the Salesian Family that he will meet in his various appointments.

(ANS - La Spezia) - The Salesian Family of La Spezia has proposed to the whole community two formative days centered on the Eucharist and Salesian holiness. On Saturday 25 February, Fr. Pierluigi Cameroni, Postulator General for the Causes of Saints for the Salesian Family, was invited for a meeting on the theme: "The Eucharist and Mary Help of Christians".

(ANS - Genoa) - On the occasion of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the Salesian presence in Genoa-Sampierdarena, a conference was held yesterday, 6 March 2023, in the Ligurian capital, entitled ‘Educating young people to generate the future. Winning alliances in the world of work.’ The theme was chosen to underline the role and importance of education and formation both in the professional sphere and in the human growth of new generations. As Fr. Sergio Pellini, Director of the 'Don Bosco' work of Genoa-Sampierdarena, pointed out, “we were not just interested in celebrating this anniversary, but also in leaving a sign of hope for young people within the context in which we operate, the city of Genoa.”

(ANS – Bruxelles) – From 28 February to 2 March, the second international SAAM seminar “A journey towards internationalization” took place in Brussels. The Seminar was organized within the framework of the SAAM (Supporting Alliance for African Mobility) project.

(ANS - Shasha) - Heavy weapons of Congolese loyalist forces and displaced people have been stationed in the territory of the Salesian concession - the area designated for plantations - of the "Don Bosco Shasha" center, about 40 km southwest of the city of Goma, in Masisi territory.