Italy - Fr Vincenzo La Mantia’s 103rd birthday
Messina, Italy - August 2016 - On 23 August, at the community of St. Thomas, the Councillor for the Mediterranean Region, Fr Stefano Martoglio, and the Provincial of Sicily, Fr Giuseppe Ruta and several Salesians gathered to celebrate the 103rd birthday of Fr Vincenzo La Mantia, now the patriarch of the Salesians in Italy.