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Richmond, United States - April 2016 – On Friday 15 April some students from the Salesian College Preparatory in Richmond engaged in social activities for the benefit of the local community. They sang Salesian songs as they worked side by side with other young people in the neighbourhood, weeding the yard of a kindergarten and repainting some of the buildings.
Manique, Portugal - April 2016 - About 1,500 young athletes from Salesian Houses and those of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians in Portugal and Cape Verde attended the 23rd Salesian National Games, competing in basketball, volleyball, football, table tennis , swimming, chess and five-a-side football.
Cologne, Germany - April 24, 2016 - The Salesian community in Cologne, in addition to the Parish, Oratory and Youth Centre, a few months took on responsibility for the Italian Mission, entrusted to three Salesians from the Polish Province of Krakow (PLS). On 24 April Bishop Enrico dal Covolo, SDB, Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University, confirmed 31 young people from the Mission, at the beginning of the month dedicated to Mary Help of Christians.
(ANS - Goma) – For 35 years the Spanish Salesian Brother Honorato Alonso has been organizing the most popular Youth Soccer League in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Honorato always responds with a shy smile and a slight movement of the chin when he is greeted by the bus drivers, the women selling roasted peanuts and boys who struggle with life in the corners of the city. Schoolchildren in uniform returning home on foot and the men unloading sacks from a truck also recognize him. All the Congolese know Honorato because he is one of them!