Bahia, Brazil - May 14, 2016 - Maria Taba, a pupil of Dom Bosco College in Manaus, won the gold medal at the under-18 Brazilian Judo Championship in Bahia. Maria Taba has qualified to participate in the next Pan American Games.
Sumba, Indonesia – 27 May 2016 - As part of his visit to the Vice-Province of Indonesia-East Timor (ITM), Fr Václav Klement, Councillor for the Region of East Asia-Oceania, went to the Salesian House at Sumba where he gave the traditional "Good morning" to the students of the SMK Don Bosco School.
Xuan Hiep, Vietnam - May 2016 - On 7 May at the Xuan Hiep Theologate there was a symposium entitled "Understanding and living the Jubilee Year of Mercy." It was organized by the Commission of Academic Affairs of the Province of Vietnam (VIE) and the Blessed Philip Rinaldi Theological Institute. The symposium was attended by, among others, Coadjutor Bishop Joseph Dinh Duc Dao of Xuan Loc diocese, the Provincial Fr Joseph Nguyen Van Quang, the Vice-Provincial Fr Joseph Nguyen Van Am, students and staff of the Blessed Philip Rinaldi Institute, and by about 600 people including priests, religious, novices, postulants and aspirants of various religious congregations.
Xuan Hiep, Vietnam - May 2016 - On 7 May at the Xuan Hiep Theologate there was a symposium entitled "Understanding and living the Jubilee Year of Mercy." It was organized by the Commission of Academic Affairs of the Province of Vietnam (VIE) and the Blessed Philip Rinaldi Theological Institute. The symposium was attended by, among others, Coadjutor Bishop Joseph Dinh Duc Dao of Xuan Loc diocese, the Provincial Fr Joseph Nguyen Van Quang, the Vice-Provincial Fr Joseph Nguyen Van Am, students and staff of the Blessed Philip Rinaldi Institute, and by about 600 people including priests, religious, novices, postulants and aspirants of various religious congregations.
(ANS - Montevideo) - Cardinal Daniel Sturla SDB, the archbishop of Montevideo, during the inauguration of the New facilities at the Don Bosco Complex, was categorical in his assertion that the field of education in poor areas would not "see closing of yet another Catholic school." It was precisely to prevent the closure of Catholic schools due to economic reasons and to improve the quality of the education that "Fundación Sophia" (The Sophia Foundation) was created. It was towards facilitating this motive, that the archbishop inaugurated some structures to provide quality education at the Don Bosco Social and Educational Campus.
Lonavala, India - May 2016 - In May, more than 100 young people participated in the Vocation Camp 2016 held at the Don Bosco High School and Junior College in Lonavala, organized by the "Don Bosco Youth Services" of Mumbai.