Tunja, Colombia - August 2016 - The Extraordinary Visitation by Fr Filiberto González Plasencia, General Councillor General for Social Communication, to the community of Tunya took place from 21 to 24 August. Fr González was welcomed by the young people of the Salesian College "Maldonado".  He told them "Saints, you are all saints, which means you are happy in the life you lead.” Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga of Tunya was welcomed ceremoniously.  

(ANS - Rome) - A few days ago, Antonio Boccia, the World Councillor of the Association of Salesian Cooperators (ASC) of the Region of Italy-Middle East-Malta, issued an appeal to all members of the Association to organize effectively their aid to families affected by the earthquake in central Italy.

(ANS - Granada) - After a day in the Salesian houses in Managua and Masaya, the Rector Major of the Salesians, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, arrived in the city where the Salesians and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians first came in 1912. Children and young people of the Salesian schools and those of the FMA, oratory members and past pupils, were waiting for him in Gran Sultana, Granada. The event was celebrated all the way from the Maria Auxiliadora College to Granada Salesian College where the Rector Major gave the "Good Night".