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Rome, Italy - December 2020 - Yesterday, 8 December, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major, inaugurated the renovated Salesian chapel in the Testaccio district of Rome, which houses new mosaics by the famous Jesuit artist Marko Ivan Rupnik. Fr Ivo Coelho, General Councilor for Formation, Fr Juan Carlos Pérez Godoy, Councilor for the Mediterranean Region, and Fr Maria Arokiam Kanaga, Superior of the Vice Province "Maria Sede della Sapienza" of the Salesian Pontifical University (UPS), also took part in the ceremony.

United States - November 2020 - On 4 and 16 November the Delegates for Youth Ministry (YM) of the Salesian Provinces of the East United States and Canada (SUE) and of the United States West (SUO) met to prepare the report presented to the joint meeting of the Provincial Councils, which took place on 19 and 20 November. Discussions included contributions from Fr Fabian Cardenas and Fr Abraham Feliciano, YM Delegates, and from Gina Robles, a member of the YM from SUO Province. The areas of collaboration within the provincial department of YM and the animation structures were presented, and there was also a reflection on the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry and on national conferences.   

Mumbai, India - December 2020 - The “Don Bosco Development Society (DBDS), the Planning and Development Office of the Salesian Province of Mumbai (INB), is conducting remedial lessons, online and face-to-face, for 507 children from the slums of Mumbai. Teachers, in a safe environment, devote 2-3 hours a day to cover the pre-established schedule, using audiovisual aids and logs to track each child's progress and learning outcomes. The Project Coordinator met with teachers to evaluate the work done and with the children's parents, thanking them for their dedication, motivation and commitment to continue their children's education despite the difficulties caused by the pandemic. Parents were informed of the guidelines provided by the education department, of the mandatory presence of parents during the children's online lessons, of the program itself, and student assessment. Also, a training session for 20 teachers and 6 staff members was held, facilitated by Surekha Pednekar, on the project objectives, class management, teaching materials, learning difficulties.

Nochchiyagama, Sri Lanka - November 2020 - The Salesian Vice Province of Sri Lanka (LKC) celebrated the priestly ordination of Salesian deacon R.A. Gayan Indika. The ordination was presided by Msgr. Norbert Andradi, OMI, Bishop of Anuradhapura, in the presence of Fr Joseph Almeida, Superior of the LKC Vice Province, his Vicar Fr Roshan Mirenda, and a small number of Salesians, family members and friends.

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