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The pain of armed conflicts around the world
Millions of people, especially women and children, have fled Ukraine to escape war. Worldwide, more than 100 million people are in the same situation. There are a hundred armed conflicts raging around the world that have been going on for years without any lasting peace being established.
Workshops opened in the 1850s
Don Bosco, through his "Salesian workshops," aimed not only to teach a trade, but to foster the social advancement of the students by acquiring a social role. In the decade of 1850 numerous workshops were opened.
St. Francis de Sales and the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary
In 1610, St. Francis de Sales founded the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary in Annecy.
Already on June 4, 1607, St. Francis de Sales had expressed his desire to establish a congregation of women to Jeanne-Françoise Frémyot, Baroness of Chantal (1572-1641), his faithful disciple.
A focus on religious freedom
After the shooting at St. Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Nigeria, on Pentecost Sunday, there was a renewed focus on religious freedom and the rights of religious minorities around the world.