Valdivia, Chile – 19 December 2018 – On Wednesday, December 19, the ceremony for laying the foundation stone of the new building of the Salesian Institute of Valdivia, dedicated to the blessed "Fr Michele Rúa", took place. The event was attended by Fr Carlo Lira, Provincial of the Salesians of Chile; Tomás Mandiola, Head of the Ministerial Secretariat of Education of the Region of Los Ríos; the mayor of Valdivia, Omar Sabat; several other guests, past pupils of the Salesian house of Valdivia and members of the Pastoral Educational Community.