Buenos Aires, Argentina - November 2016 - A book entitled "Church and State in Patagonia. Rethinking the Salesian missions, 1880-1916"was launched in Buenos Aires on 18 November.  It is published by Ediciones Don Bosco (Buenos Aires) and Editorial. The work illustrates various aspects of Don Bosco's dream beyond the Italian borders: his apostolic influence in the planning and the practical development of the work of missionaries in 1875 in Patagonia. The publication of the book also marks the launch of the Argentine group of ACSSA (Association of Salesian Historians), formed by several researchers who are studying issues related to evangelization, education, structure, socio-spatial development and other fields of the work of the Salesians and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians in Argentina. The texts contained in this book were presented at the Seminar on Salesian History held in Bahia Blanca from 11 to 13 May 2015 to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Don Bosco. The launch was attended by several authors of the work including Fr Juan V. Picca SDB, María Andrea Nicoletti, Iván Ariel Fresia SDB, and others.