NEWS PHOTOS
Dili, East Timor - July 2020 - At the beginning of July, the government of East Timor declared the end of the lockdown and, with due caution, all activities are resuming across the Country. In view of the reopening of the schools, the Executive Director of the "Fundação Educacional Salesiana", Fr Acacio de Castro, SDB, organized a training session from 3 to 5 July for the teachers of the Salesian Technical Schools and Vocational Training Centers. Three main topics were discussed at the meeting with 35 participants: the figure of the educator in the Salesian school; the identity of the lay Salesian educator; how to make a lesson plan and a commitment protocol for teachers.
Mumbai, India - July 2020 - The "Don Bosco Development Society" (DBDS) of the Salesians in Mumbai has distributed more than 250 liters of milk to the poor children of the slums of Antop Hill, Wadala and Sion Koliwada, thanks to the donation of a financial company of NESCO, the Indian firm.
Turin, Italy - July 2020 - On July 4 at the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians, by the laying on of hands and the consecratory prayer of Msgr. Piero Delbosco, Bishop of Cuneo and Fossano, three young Salesians of the Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta Special Circumscription were ordained priests: Alessandro Basso, Dies Stylo Babu, Michael Pagani.
Benediktbeuern, Germany - July 2020 - Life has finally returned to the "Youth Education Action Center (Jugendbildungsstätte Aktionszentrum-AZ) at the Benediktbeuern Abbey. A first group of young people was recently authorized to move, including the foreign volunteers of the "Don Bosco Volunteers", who had had to stop their work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first activity carried out by the young people was in the garden, during Environment Week.