NEWS
(ANS - Kep) - Young indigenous people representing ten countries of East Asia-Oceania region are busy these days (10-20 March 2024) at the campus of the "Don Bosco" technical school in Kep, Cambodia, for a communication workshop on social networks aimed at offering useful skills to make the voice of indigenous peoples heard, and to deepen together the dimension of synodality in the Church.
(ANS – Nairobi) – The MoJo training, organized for the Salesians, second in Africa and first for the Salesians only in Africa, was an effort to keep abreast with today’s advanced mobile and digital media technology. The motivation behind this was to empower the Salesians, who, in turn, will empower young people to tell African stories using smartphones to those who don’t know about Africa, its people, and culture. This training gave the trainees the skills to produce high-quality content using mobile devices.
(ANS – Rome) – There was a recent meeting of the Salesian Cooperators Association World Council held in Rome from 14 to 17 March 2024. The meeting was attended by World Councillors for the 12 Regions into which the Association is divided. In particular, in addition to the World Coordinator, Antonio Boccia, there were also members of the World Executive Secretariat and Fr Joan Lluis Playà, Central Delegate of the Rector Major for the Salesian Family Secretariat.
(ANS – Cuiabá) – On the last day of engagements in the Saint Alphonsus Liguori Province, Friday, 15 March, Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians, offered advice and messages of faith and courage to the participants in the Salesian Missionary Symposium. The event was entitled "From dream to missionary reality in a time of synodality" and took place in the Fazenda Mato Grosso hotel in Cuiabá.