(ANS - Castelnuovo Don Bosco) - A new temporary exhibition, designed for the season of Lent and Easter, concerning the Death and Resurrection of Jesus, has been set up at the Missionary Ethnological Museum (MEM) at Colle Don Bosco in Castelnuovo Don Bosco. It is an exhibition of objects that highlights how the Christian faith has also found concreteness through the crafts of the places where Salesian missionaries are present.

Villarosa, Italy - March 2023 - On Monday, March 20, the eve of the 28th Day of Remembrance and Commitment in remembrance of the innocent victims of the mafias, a magnolia named after Judge Giovanni Falcone took root at the "Beteyà Digital Farm" in Villarosa. "Without memory there is no future; for us, today, it is essential to remember the innocent victims of the Mafia, the people who fell under the bombs of massacres and murders by the Mafia system," said Agostino Sella, president of the Don Bosco 2000 Association. "The Mafia cannot be considered finished with the capture of Matteo Messina Denaro, because the Mafia is also a cultural attitude of which the younger generations are often victims. That is why today it is more than ever our duty to commemorate the victims, to build a better, brighter and fairer future for our land." Thanks to the support of the Carabinieri of Biodiversity, the young magnolia, a cutting of the tree placed in Via D'Amelio, was planted by the students of the third year junior high classes of the Villarosa and Villapriolo Complexes, together with migrants, guests of the reception center run by the Don Bosco 2000 Association. A symbol of legality and sustainability, as part of the project "A Tree for the Future," created with the aim of creating a forest spread throughout Italy, made of small trees of native species. "This plant serves to remind us of our values and make us grow with them," explained Daniele Tagnese, agronomist in charge of the aquaponics greenhouse that "Don Bosco 2000" designed and implemented as a pilot project on land confiscated from organized crime.

(ANS - Rossiglione) - In Rossiglione, in the parish church of Santa Caterina, the 100th anniversary of the priestly ordination of the Venerable Msgr. Stefano Ferrando, SDB, Founder of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians, was solemnly celebrated on March 18, 2023. In that church the young Fr. Ferrando celebrated his first Mass, being a native of that locality, incardinated in the ancient diocese of Acqui Terme. To celebrate its anniversary, the Missa de Angelis was celebrated, presided over by the Bishop of Acqui Terme, Bishop Luigi Testore, together with parish priest Fr. Aldo Badano, and numerous priests. 

(ANS - Rome) - At the Salesian Institute "Pius XI," the meeting of the World Council of the Association of Salesian Cooperators was held from March 16 to 19, 2023. The meeting was attended by World Councilors from the 11 regions into which the Association is divided, regions that group a total of 102 nations. Various topics engaged the participants during these days.

(ANS - San Cataldo) - In recent days, the youths of the formative groups of the Salesian oratory “San Luigi” of San Cataldo have lived a significant experience of knowledge and reflection by welcoming two young inmates of the Istituto Penale per i Minorenni (IPM) of Caltanissetta, with whom they engaged in an intense discussion.

(ANS - Florence) - From 8 to 10 March, at the Fortezza Da Basso in Florence, the Salesians of Italy took part in "Didacta", the most important fair on innovation in the world of education. With a stand animated by the Centro Nazionale Opere Salesiane - Formazione Aggiornamento Professionale (CNOS-FAP) and the Centro Nazionale Opere Salesiane - Scuola (CNOS-Scuola), the Salesians presented the courses being offered, also via workshops and conferences.