Caracas, Venezuela - January 2021 - The Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, sent a greeting to the Salesian Youth Movement of Venezuela during the celebration of the first national meeting of animators which took place in digital mode.

Guatemala - January 2021 - On 25 January the first virtual meeting of formators and Salesians in formation from the Salesian Province of Central America (CAM) took place, which in addition to having the distinct stages of formation such as pre-novitiate, post-novitiate, theologate and Regional Center of the Salesian Brother (CRESCO - America), can recently count on interprovincial and regional formation stages. The meeting revolved around the figure of St. Francis de Sales and the Rector Major's Strenna 2021. The meeting was attended by Fr Ivo Coelho, General Councilor for Formation, Fr Hugo Orozco, Councilor for the Interamerica Region, Fr Ángel Prado, CAM Provincial, and Fr Francisco Santos, from the Department for Formation. The gesture of closeness of being one family was made by the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, who sent a greeting to each of the Salesians in formation, inviting them to grow and be true Sons of Don Bosco for the young people who await them.

Tola Meruri, Brazil - January 2021 - On 23 January, in the Indigenous Mission of Meruri, the Salesian missionary Beatus Volkmar Tola was ordained a priest by Msgr. Protógenes Luft, Bishop of Barra do Garças. Present at the ceremony: Fr Ricardo Carlos, SDB, Provincial of the Salesian Province of Brazil-Campo Grande (BCG).