Freetown, Sierra Leone - March 2018 - In 2017 over 140 girls benefited from the "Girls Shelter" program at Don Bosco Fambul. The girls, all victims of various abuses, were welcomed and hosted to start a rehabilitation process focused on religious, moral and spiritual dimensions. The girls pray every day, participate in religious celebrations together with the community and feel again that God loves them and takes care of them.
Ląd, Poland - March 2018 - The Salesian Spirituality Center of Ląd, in the Pila Province (PLN), directed by Fr Zenon Klawikowski, carried out various initiatives in March. Among the most important: the Salesian School of Youth Accompaniment (2-4 March), with the central theme "Spiritual Discernment" as part of the process of accompanying young people on the paths of faith, hope and love; and the formation meeting on "Constant Prayer" in the spirit of Don Bosco (16-18 March), within the framework of the Salesian School of Prayer. In the first meeting, 14 people participated; in the second, 13 lay and three consecrated participants.
Fossano, Italy - March 2018 - On 21 March a new course and workshop for energy plants and thermo-hydraulic installations was inaugurated at the CNOS-FAP in Fossano, named after the Missionary of the Consolata, Fr Silvio Sordella. The CNOS-FAP of Fossano is one of the 65 Salesian Vocational Training Centers in Italy. Each year, it prepares the local children and young adults with a wealth of consolidated skills, skills they use as they start work in the firms of the local province.
Stony Point, United States - March 2018 - On 15 and 16 March the Salesian Province of the United States of America East and Canada (SUE) held its Spring Animation Provincial Meeting with the participation of directors, formators and coordinators of the provincial and missionary services. On this occasion, a review of the SUE Province's progress was carried out, its projects, services and future challenges discussed.
São Paulo, Brazil - March 2018 - On March 27, the University Center of São Paulo - UNISAL received Fr Marcelo Farfán, Coordinator General of the Salesian Institutions of Higher Education (IUS), for a meeting with the Rectorate. After learning about the various sectors and meeting collaborators of the UNISAL Rectorate, Fr. Farfán met with the Rector, Eduardo Capucho, and all his staff, to discuss relevant topics on Salesian higher education, such as academic quality, pastoral dimension, management and ongoing formation, which, articulated, will guarantee an integral formation towards delineating the future of many young people and of the educational institution itself. The meeting provided a reflection on UNISAL in its various fields, its challenges and perspectives.
Bollington, Great Britain - March 2018 - On 10-11 March, several animators of the Salesian Youth Movement of the Province of Great Britain met with the young animators of the RISE program to share and reflect on the theme of the Rector Major's Strenna 2018, "Lord, give me this water. We cultivate the art of listening and accompanying."