(ANS - Rome) - 292 have been confirmed dead, 10 are missing, over 370 injured, and 2900 are housed in tents. These are the tragic consequences of the 6.0 magnitude earthquake that struck at 3.36 a.m. on 24 August last and devastated central Italy, including Lazio, Umbria and the Marches. The towns of Amatrice, Accumoli, Arquata, Pescara del Tronto and surrounding villages were destroyed. The Salesians were not slow to speak up and offer their support. 

(ANS - Kolkata) - The Don Bosco House at Liluah in the Province of Calcutta (INC), celebrated Mother Teresa with a morning assembly on 16 August. A statue of Mother Teresa was installed in the campus to commemorate the upcoming canonization of Mother.

Maputsoe, Lesotho -  August 2016 - St Luke's  Salesian Mission in Maputsoe, celebrated the feast of Don Bosco on 26 August with the participation of more than three thousand young people from various educational institutions of the Salesian Family.