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RMG - A new Province in India (ANS – Rome) – The General Council has approved the creation of a new Province in India. From the division of the Guwahati Province dedicated to “Mary Help of Christians” and canonically erected in 1959, that of Silchar has come into existence and will begin officially on 24 May.

RMG - A new Group of the Salesian Family (ANS – Rome) – In recent days in addition to the presentation of the Charter of the Charismatic Identity the Salesian Family has had another gift : the recognition by the Rector Major of new Group that of the “Visitation Sisters of Don Bosco” (VSDB).The official approval of the VSDB was given on 24 January the liturgical feat of Saint Francis of Sales.

RMG - Salesian Numbers (ANS – Rome) – At the conclusion of the work of the General Council the latest statistics of the Salesian Congregation at the end of 2011 were presented and published. The Salesians in the world number 15,560.

Mexico - 50th anniversary of the Don Bosco Institute at Sahuayo (ANS – Sahuayo) – On Saturday 21 January at the Don Bosco Institute in Sahuayo, celebrations began for the 50th anniversary of the presence of the Salesians in the city . Fr Salvador Cleofás Murguía Villalobos, Provincial of the Salesians in Mexico-Guadalajara (MEG), presided at a solemn Mass at which over 25 priests from various Congregations concelebrated, including many of the Salesians who either worked or found their vocation there.

East Timor - Inauguration of the Salesian Philosophical Institute (ANS – Dili) – On Tuesday 24 January, on the occasion of the Feast of Saint Francis of Sales, the Salesians in the Indonesia-Timor Vice Province (ITM) inaugurated the Salesian Philosophical Institute in Dili-Comoro, East Timor. It was a dream fulfilled: to form Salesians deeply imbued with Don Bosco and fundamentally Timorese.

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DIGITAL TRUTH The digital world, everything that has to do with information technology, social networks and the use of “gadgets” is always under threat from behaviour which is less than “honest” and truthful, a use which is “dehumanised”; and this is one of the concerns expressed by the Holy Father Benedict XVI in the message which every year sets the scene for the World Day of Social Communications which this year reaches its 45th anniversary.

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WORLD DAY OF PRAYER AND ACTION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH THE WORLD On the occasion of World Day of Prayer and Action for Children and Youth in the world the Rector Major invites all the Salesian communities of the world to strengthen their commitment to an education without corporal punishment .

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