Cochabamba, Bolivia – 23 October 2016 - In order to strengthen Salesian friendship and respect through sport, over 300 young leaders from various SDB and FMA works attended “Bosco Sport", in the grounds of Our Lady of Peace College of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians.
Marauiá, Brazil - 1 November 2016 – Forty young Yanomami were baptized by the Salesians Fr Justino Sarmento and Fr Lázaro De Andrade at the Salesian Mission of Marauiá in the Province of Manaus (BMA). Already in 2015 after repeated requests, Bishop Edson Damian of São Gabriel Cachoeira had baptized some young people of the Komixiwë and Tabuleiro communities, after 50 years of Salesian presence in the Marauiá mission.
Hong Kong, China - October 2016 - The first vocations camp in Hong Kong was held on 28 and 29 October. It was led by four Salesian priests and young people of the Salesian House of Studies.
Lima, Peru – 11 November 2016 - The television report on the Don Bosco House of Welcome by Peter Roman Portella, a Salesian past pupil of Don Bosco College of Piura, was awarded the 2016 Cardenal Juan Landázuri Ricketts National Journalism Award which is organized each year by the Peruvian Episcopal Conference. The report was broadcast on 22 May last during the Domingo al Día programme on the América Televisión channel.
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - November 2016 - A meeting of the Salesians of the Vice-Province of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands (PGS) took place from 4 to 9 November, with Fr Peter Baquero, Superior of PGS and 21 Salesians present. Archbishop John Ribat, M.S.C. of Port Moresby blessed the new Provincial House.
Johannesburg, South Africa - November 2016 - The young people of the Booysens area in Johannesburg come together at the Provincial House at weekends during the summer to participate in the activities of the oratory. There are moments of prayer and reflection and time for swimming and games. Some young people who expressed an interest in the story of Don Bosco were given a book on the life of the Saint of Youth.