(ANS - Lviv) - It was a different Easter for everyone in Ukraine this year. It was also a different Easter for the Salesians, who have always been close to and supportive of the local population in its trials, and could not fail to be so in such a difficult moment as the present. The testimony comes directly from Fr Mykhaylo Chaban, Superior of the Vice-Province "Mary Help of Christians" of Greek-Catholic Ukraine (UKR): "Three Salesian priests were able to visit our young soldiers in the different places where the fighting is taking place. Of course, it was very dangerous to go, but they had the courage and the desire to accompany them, to be close to our young people during this Easter period."

(ANS - Rome) - After the obligatory pause of the last few years, due to the pandemic, tomorrow sees the resumption of a beautiful tradition, born in 2012, to foster communication education among young people in initial formation of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA): the Salesian Days of Communication. This year's event, which will take place in the afternoon of Friday, April 29, and the morning of Saturday, April 30, at the Salesian Pontifical University (UPS) in Rome, shall begin with the Holy Father's Message for World Day of Social Communications 2022 on the theme, "Listening with the Ear of the Heart," and will explore the broader theme, "Being Christians in a Changing World."

(ANS - Sevilla) - From April 25 to 27, the Salesian community of Sanlúcar la Mayor, near Seville, hosted two important Salesian coordination events: the meeting of the Iberian Conference - which gathers the two Salesian Provinces of Spain and that of Portugal - and the meeting of the Mediterranean Region, which provides for the participation of the Provincials and Delegates of Youth Ministry of all the Provinces of this region: in addition to those already mentioned of Spain and Portugal, also the six Provinces of Italy and that of the Middle East. During these days of intense work and fruitful animation, Fr Gildasio Mendes, General Councilor for Social Communication, and Bro. Jean Paul Muller, General Economer, as well as Fr Juan Carlos Pérez Godoy, who, as Councilor for the Mediterranean Region, convoked and chaired the meetings, also took part.

(ANS - Nizza Monferrato) - The three days of special celebrations for the World Feast of Gratitude of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) ended on Tuesday, April 26. This year the celebrations had an even more significant value on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the Institute (1872-2022). The last stage of the celebrations, after the appointments in Turin and Mornese, was Nizza Monferrato.

(ANS - Kabwe) - The rich program of appointments of the Rector Major in Zambia, within the framework of his Animation Visit to the "Mary Help of Christians" Vice-Province of Zambia-Malawi-Zimbabwe-Namibia (ZMB) included another important moment yesterday: the Mass of Thanksgiving for the 40 years of Salesian presence in the country, the landing point for the subsequent birth of the Vice-Province. "It was not us who did good and beautiful things during this time: it was God who guided the development of the Salesian presence in these four countries. We, we have only given our small contribution. Today, therefore, is a day to thank God for what He has accomplished, through this plan of His, for the good of all," noted Fr Ángel Fernández Artime in the homily of the celebration.