(ANS - Buenos Aires) - Salesian Fr. Ernesto Vespignani was an eminent designer of Salesian churches and institutes in Argentina and elsewhere. Still today, numerous scholars and interpreters of religious aesthetics appreciate his work and contribution to the architecture of this sector, especially in the typical form that currently characterizes several urban centers, that of the "Salesian block" formed by church plus school.

(ANS – New Rochelle) – Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in honoring International Migrants Day. Each year, International Migrants Day is held on Dec. 18 to recognize the efforts, contributions and rights of migrants worldwide.

(ANS – Rome) – Inspired by the goodness, zeal, and optimistic humanism of St. Francis de Sales, Don Bosco chose him as the patron of his congregation and called his followers Salesians (SDB Const 4, 17). But we can also learn a lot from his missionary strategy which he developed during his missionary experience in the Chablais region of France (1594 – 1597), and during his ministry as exiled bishop of Geneva (1602-1622).