(ANS – Rome) – As is the case every year, the retreat for the Zeffirino Namuncurà  international community  in Via della Bufalotta, Rome, the place for the students of theology, takes place once lessons conclude at the Pontifical Salesian University, before the Easter break, until Holy Thursday.

(ANS – Fujairah) - Fr Alfred Maravilla, General Councillor for the Missions, was on a mission animation visit to the Salesian community of Fujairah in the UAE from 27 to 31 March 2024.

(ANS - Rome) - Today, 1 April 2024, is the 90th anniversary of the canonization of Don Bosco, done by Pope Pius XI on 1 April 1934, the Easter day itself, to unite Don Bosco with the glory of the Risen Christ, at the conclusion of the Holy Year of the Redemption, called by the same Pope Pius XI to celebrate the 1900 years of the Redemption, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

(ANS – Urnieta) – The Extraordinary Visitation by Fr Fabio Attard to Spain’s St James the Greater Province  (SSM) has continued in March. In recent days he visited the Salesian houses of Logroño, Pamplona, Urnieta, Donostia, Azkoitia and Madrid-Estrecho, meeting with the Salesian Family, lay people with positions of responsibility in the different sections, parish councils, Salesian family groups and young people from Salesian schools and youth centers. In Pamplona, he also met the Archbishop of Pamplona and Tudela, who has just begun his service for the diocese.

(ANS - Francova Lhota) – A significant jubilee is being commemorated in 2024: the 50th anniversary of the death of Cardinal Štěpán Trochta, one of the most important figures of the Czech Salesian Family and of the entire Czech Church. His legacy not only remains in history, but is also alive in the present as confirmed by the numerous events prepared to commemorate this anniversary.