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(ANS - Rome) - On 8 May, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, publicly thanked Fr Eusebio Muñoz for his service as Delegate of the Rector Major for the Salesian Family for six years and he announced his appointment as Director and Procurator of the Salesian Mission Office in Madrid, Spain.

(ANS - Shillong) - The Salesians of the Shillong Province (INS) have taken action to help the most needy and vulnerable people of the cities and villages located in the states of Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, and in some areas of Assam (Silchar ) in the northeastern region of India. Although the region is not among the worst affected by the pandemic, the Provincial Economer, Fr James Thyrniang, and the Office for the Development of the Province, led by Fr Genesius Wanñiang, are working to deal with the health emergency.

(ANS - Villamuriel) - Many, from all over Spain, participated in the various activities planned between April 30 and May 1 by the Salesian works of Villamuriel de Cerrato, Palencia and Astudillo. It first started on May 1, 1984, when a group left on a pilgrimage with the Image of Mary Help of Christians to travel the distance from Palencia to Villamuriel, where the Image would remain forever. In saying goodbye, the group promised to return the following year to visit the Mother, with fervor and gratitude. The promise has been kept and thus a tradition that has lasted for 37 years was born.

(ANS - Catania) - A new video entitled “Letter from Rome | May 10, 1884 is available on the Sicily Salesians YouTube channel. Once again, educational passion becomes a story, thanks to the help of the new means of communication.

(ANS - Luanda) - The Salesian NGO "International Volunteer for Development" (VIS) has opened a center in Luanda, the capital of Angola, to protect street children from Covid-19.

(ANS - Rome) - No one could have imagined that a group of young people from the Salesian Vocational Training Center of the CNOS-FAP of the Gerini Institute in Rome would find itself directly involved in the fight against Covid-19. The reopening of Italian companies from May 4 has in fact allowed young people of the fourth year of the Electronic sector to continue their internship in participating companies and, at this particular moment, attention has been paid to finding solutions to stem the world health emergency.

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