Rosario, Argentina - 21 December 2023 - The Salesian San José Institute in Rosario, belonging to the Salesian Province of Argentina-North (ARN), celebrated its 17th Biennial Expo with great enthusiasm. The educational event offered the community the opportunity to share the daily activities carried out by the more than 2,000 students through their workshops and laboratories. The Expo Biennial brought together more than 10,000 visitors who explored the various stands throughout the two days, where students and teachers of all grades proudly presented their projects. For the visitors, this experience was exciting; they discovered the talent and creativity of the young students. From technological innovations to artistic and cultural expressions, the exhibition offered a wide variety of works, including: electronic systems focused on automation and control, applications of industrial electromechanical systems, kart construction and commissioning, implementations of systems based on renewable energy sources, web and hardware platform-oriented software projects, and technology projects. Thanks to the large participation of the public, sponsors and civil authorities, the San José Institute has consolidated its prominent position in the city.

(ANS – Buenos Aires) – In the early hours of Monday, 18 December, Fr Darío Perera, Superior of the Blessed Ceferino Namuncurá Province of Southern Argentina (ARS), sent a statement to the provincial community to express his solidarity with the Salesian communities affected by the heavy rains and storms that affected the area of the Capital, Buenos Aires, last weekend.

La Rioja, Argentina - December 2023 - A meeting was held on the theme "Initial Literacy: challenges and opportunities" at the National University of La Rioja (UNLaR). This initiative, jointly organised by the Angelelli Salesian house belonging to the Salesian Province of Northern Argentina (ARN) and the "Argentinos por la Educación" organisation, had as its central objective to address the problem of literacy from a strategic approach. During the meeting, which is part of the national campaign for literacy, topics such as the current diagnosis, current initiatives and strategies to improve the literacy landscape in the country were discussed. The initiative seeks to coordinate efforts between educational institutions, social organisations and local government agencies to influence the formulation of effective education policies. The Salesian Angelelli House in La Rioja plays a crucial role; its socio-educational proposal benefits more than 1,000 boys, girls, adolescents, young adults and adults, posing a significant challenge: to educate and evangelise, so that each person can fully exercise their right to education.

Bahía Blanca, Argentina – December 2023 - The first meeting of the organising committee of the American Salesian Missionary Congress on the Spirituality of Indigenous Peoples, to be held in Buenos Aires in 2025, took place at the headquarters of the Salesian University (UNISAL) rectorate in the city of Bahía Blanca. The congress is part of one of the formation initiatives within the framework of the various activities that will be carried out that year to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the First Missionary Expedition in Argentina, sent by Don Bosco himself in 1875. Convened by the Delegate for the Missions of the Province of Argentina South, Fr Francisco Chimento, this committee aims to organise the congress in all its phases. The event, which will take place from 5-8 May 2025, aims to bring together all the missionary experiences of America on the basis of a theology of the mission and spirituality of indigenous peoples. The Salesian House of Higher Education (UNISAL and Juan 23) has been asked to accompany the congress academically. In these early discussions among the members of the committee, "interculturality" is described as the concept that missiology offers us today. In the same way, the scientific world, through the social sciences, has much to offer evangelisation in mission. The organising committee set a series of objectives to be achieved in the short term in order to define the main presentations, the dissemination and the most appropriate place to receive the one hundred participants from all the Salesian Provinces of America.

Santa Fe, Argentina - November 2023 - The second meeting of Directors of Salesian works in the Argentina North (ARN) Province took place from 14 to 16 November in Manucho, Santa Fe. The meeting was led by Fr Horacio Barbieri, Superior of the ARN Province, and his Council, and was attended by the Directors, both lay and consecrated, of all the Salesian houses in the Province.

Río Grande, Argentina - November 2023 - The Our Lady of Candelaria Salesian Agrotechnical School in Río Grande, popularly known as "The Mission," celebrated its 130th anniversary on 11 November. Founded in 1893 by Salesian Bishop Joseph Fagnano and Fr Jose María Beauvoir to protect the community of Selk'nam from the threat of gold diggers and ranchers, it currently continues its educational and community service tasks. The event and celebrations for this anniversary took place on 21 November involving students, families, authorities from the school, the Salesian institution and the provincial state. In the frozen territory of Tierra del Fuego, the place of Don Bosco's dreams and plans, the Salesians and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians have carried out their evangelising mission, including human promotion, with unwavering love and untiring dedication for the indigenous peoples, to offer them, through the Gospel a hope for a new future.