NEWS
(ANS - Turin) – On Friday 10 July 2020, in the Aula Magna of the University of Turin, the Rector of the University of Turin, Stefano Geuna, the Rector of the Polytechnic of Turin, Guido Saracco, and the Rector of the Salesian Pontifical University (UPS), Fr Mauro Mantovani, presented to the press the interuniversity cooperation agreement between the three universities for technical-scientific and training activities.
(ANS - Milan) - Do you have a working computer or tablet that you no longer use? You can donate them to those who need such devices, perhaps for distance learning. On the initiative of four 18-year-olds, including two students from the Salesian schools in Milan, a solidarity chain was created, operating thanks to a special portal: www.pc4u.tech.
(ANS - Rome) - The General Council elected by the 28th General Chapter completed its summer work session on Friday 10 July. “They were very special meetings: during this pandemic period from Covid-19 we organized the meetings in attendance with the Councilors in Rome and online with those in other parts of the world,” said the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, in the “goodnight” offered to the Salesians of the Central Office.
(ANS - Rome) - Issue 74 (January-June 2020) of "Ricerche Storiche Salesiane" (RSS), the bimonthly magazine of religious and civil history, published by the Salesian Historical Institute (ISS) has been published. The magazine now boasts a new, more modern and appealing graphic layout. This issue features two important figures for the Salesian Congregation: Fr Aldo Giraudo, associate member of the Salesian Historical Institute, on the occasion of his 70 years of life, in recognition of his collaboration in Salesian history; and Rector Major Fr Egidio Viganò, founder of the Research and Study institution, in view of the centenary of his birth (July 26, 1920).
(ANS - Nairobi) - "Don Bosco Tech Africa" (DBTA), the coordinating body of all the Salesian Technical Schools in Africa and Madagascar, is taking the next step in international cooperation and networking. The Office shared its experiences and product - the 'Job-Service Quality Manual' with the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO).
(ANS - Santa Fe) - The students of the last year of the "Don Bosco" Institute in Santa Fe organized a "solidarity basket" to share with more than 200 people. As usual, big ideas come from small things. Given the closure of schools, the school proposed to continue to keep in contact with all the students and they started on a project that nobody imagined.