NEWS

(ANS – Shillong) – On 28 October 2022, the second day of Rector Major Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime’s trip in the province of St. John Paul II, Shillong (INS), he visited the cradle of Salesian life, the Novitiate at Sunnyside Upper Shillong. The head of the Salesian Family was accorded a hearty welcome by his very own priests and novices.

(ANS – Shillong) – The Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime arrived in the St. John Paul II Province of Shillong on 27 October 2022. He is on a four-day visit to the Province for the celebration of the centenary of the arrival of the first eleven Salesian pioneers who set foot in the pristine soil of the North East India way back in 1922.

(ANS – Kiev) – Salesian missionaries in Ukraine have medical supplies and rice-meals to aid people thanks to donations secured and shipped by Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Salesians living and working in Ukraine have remained in their centers and churches where they are helping families with shelter, support, and nutrition. The donations impacted more than 1,000 people.

(ANS – Rome) – Recently the exciting news was announced that the Salesian Missionary Volunteering Advisory Board is running a competition for the design of a new volunteer cross that can be used throughout the Congregation. Below, some updates:

(ANS – Tokyo) – The Province of “St. Francis Xavier”, Japan (GIA) was blessed to have in its midst the presence of Fr Joseph Nguyen Thin Phuoc, SDB, the Regional Councillor for East Asia Oceania, who visited the country from October 15 to 24, 2022 with the aim of getting to know the confreres and reflect on the realities being confronted by the province. During his 10 days animation tour he was able to met the confreres in Hamamatsu, Osaka and Tokyo metropolitan area.

(ANS - Rome) - The traditional solidarity run of the “Corsa dei Santi” will take place on 1 November in Rome for the 14th time, a marathon promoted by the sports association, ASD Corsa dei Santi, which is always associated with international solidarity projects. This year, the initiative supports the project of the Salesian NGO "Missioni Don Bosco" of Turin, in favor of the school in Tshikapa, Democratic Republic of Congo, and will bring together runners, men and women, from different countries, all committed to spreading the word that "the most precious diamond is education."

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