(ANS – Lisbon) – On 23 and 24 October, Salesians in the St Anthony Province of Portugal organised a meeting for school leaders, teachers and psychologists, with addresses from some of the leading experts in the Portuguese educational system and several speakers related to the world of education and Vocational Training (VET).
(ANS – Beirut) – Salesians in Lebanon are assisting more than 2,000 displaced people from the south of the country, along with families affected by the war. "More than 275 families are receiving food, medicine and petrol/gasoline because the conflict has made them lose their jobs or because they are people in a serious situation of vulnerability," explain the Salesians who work in Lebanon.
(ANS – Madrid) – Over the weekend of 25, 26 and 27 October 2024, the members of the Iberian Region (Spain and Portugal) of the Volunteers of Don Bosco (VDB), a Secular Institute of the Salesian Family founded by Blessed Philip Rinaldi, SDB, held their ninth Regional Assembly. This is an event held every 6 years in preparation for the General Assembly, which will be held in Rome in 2025, the motto being: "Fill your jars".
(ANS – Mestre) – The Centro Nazionale Opere Salesiane – Formazione e Aggiornamento Professionale (CNOS-FAP) Foundation, together with the Schneider Electric Foundation and Schneider Electric Italia, announced, on the occasion of the national meeting of the Electrical and Energy sectors of the CNOS-FAP ETS Foundation, held on 30 October 2024 at the Salesian headquarters in Mestre, the start of a new five-year project (2024-2028) aimed at enhancing scientific, technical, engineering and mathematical (STEM) and technical-professional skills in the electrical/electronic and energy sectors.
(ANS – Rome) – The first phase has begun of "Alice through the screen", the Image education project of the Salesian Cultural Centre in Rome, started as part of the National Plan for Cinema and Images for Schools, promoted by the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education and Merit. The initiative, aimed at primary school pupils, aims to guide children, viewers of the future, in the use of media and the consumption of videos, promoting principles of inclusion, solidarity and participation.
(ANS – Rome) – The final word from the new Salesian missionaries comes from Congolese Guy Roger, a missionary in the Province of Southern Italy. "My plans and dreams for my missionary life are to live in communion of spirit and action with my Salesian brothers in IME for the salvation of poor and abandoned young people, according to the heart of Don Bosco and to the greater glory of God".