(ANS – Rome) – Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesian Congregation, will be on retreat at the Santa Chiara convent of the Poor Clares in via Vitellia 95, Rome, from Friday 12 April 2024, until Monday 15th. A similar retreat is also being made by Archbishop Giordano Piccinotti, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA), who will be consecrated bishop together with the Rector Major on 20 April 2024.

(ANS – Seoul) – The Korean Province has begun the Extraordinary Visitation by the EAO Regional, Fr Joseph Nguyen Thinh Phuoc, from today through to 6 June. During his visit, Fr. Joseph will visit all the communities to meet with confreres, review pastoral activities, and meet with members of the Salesian Family, including collaborators as well as Salesian Cooperators.

(ANS – Corumbá) – On Thursday, 4 April, the Salesian Santa Teresa institute in Corumbá celebrated 125 years of presence and commitment to the pedagogical and social formation of its students. The date was marked by a celebration with the students of the school and by the Mass in the Shrine of Mary Help of Christians. During the day there were also sports and recreational activities that involved Salesians, students and teachers.

(ANS – Messina) – Creation, as our Common Home, requires more and more care, and it is necessary to respond to this challenge starting from an educational commitment: through the beauty and goodness of music, we can reach a deeper awareness of ecological spirituality. This was, in summary, the message launched during the pedagogical formation seminar that took place on 9 April at the San Tommaso Salesian Theological Institute in Messina. Sponsors of the initiative, in addition to the Institute itself, the  Don Giovanni Cravotta Centre for Religious Pedagogy and the group of Salesian Cooperators from the Local Centre.

(ANS – Vatican City) – 10 April  2024 is a special anniversary for the Vatican Apostolic Library (BAV). The institution of the Holy See which today has Salesian Fr Mauro Mantovani as its Prefect, celebrates the tenth anniversary of its collaboration with the Japanese technological services company NTT data in the field of the preservation of its digital heritage. In 2014, in fact, BAV undertook a joint project with the Japanese company within which the technological skills of NTT DATA were happily associated with the experience and humanistic mission of the Papal Library.