Genzano, Italy - September 2018 - On September 8, at the parish of the "SS. Trinità" in Genzano, the first profession of eleven novices was celebrated: 6 from Croatia, 1 from Hungary, 2 from Italy, 1 from Spain and 1 from Albania. The celebration was presided over by Fr Stefano Martoglio, Councilor for the Mediterranean region, and saw the presence of Fr Ivo Coelho, General Councilor for Formation, and of the Provincials of Italy - Central District (ICC), Italy - Southern (IME), Italy - Sicily (ISI), Spain - Mary Help of Christians (SMX) and Hungary (UNG).
Dimapur, India - August 2018 - On August 30, at the Salesian College of Higher Education in Dimapur, a seminar on HIV / AIDS and drug addiction was held in which all the students took part. The seminar was organized by the "Shalom" rehabilitation center, Chumukedia, and the HIV-AIDS Rehabilitation Center, "Chavara Home", Purana Bazaar, Dimapur.
Turin, Italy - September 2018 - In the afternoon of 8 September, at the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians, ten Salesian novices of Pinerolo made their first religious profession in the hands of Fr Francesco Cereda, Vicar of the Rector Major: Matthew John Paul Alfino (MLT), Raphael Axisa (MLT), Stefano Brambilla (ILE), Andrea Domenico Festa (ILE), Giorgio Giuseppe Domenico Ramundo (ICP), Michele Maria Reolon (INE), Elia Rubin (INE), Christoph Salinger (AUS), Tomaz Stojc (SLO) and Iosif Tulbure (INE).
São Paulo, Brazil - September 2018 - On September 1, 65 catechists from the Salesian Province of São Paulo (BSP) took part in a formation meeting on Salesianity, led by Fr Tiago Eliomar.
Vienna, Austria - August 2018 - The Salesian Forum 2018 was held from 21 to 24 August, attended by thirty people from Salesians, Daughters of Mary Help of Christians and lay people from eight European countries. Among them are the Salesian provincials of Austria and Great Britain and the provincial of the FMA of Austria-Germany. The theme of the study week was the "presence" in Salesian education. The importance of presence was studied from different perspectives: phenomenological, historical, spiritual, pedagogical, ethical. What it means to "be present" for the educator in everyday life, in the street world and in the digital world was deepened, studied, discussed.
Czerwińsk, Poland - August 2018 – On August 18, Fr. Andrzej Wujek, Provincial of the Warsaw Province (PLE), presided over the celebration during which two Salesians made their final profession: Patryk Bombiak and Aleksander Mastalerz, whose two older brothers are already Salesians. Also present, the young people attending the school for Salesian animators.