Seoul, Korea - March 2016 - The Marathon Race for the Missions, organized by Dong-a Ilbo, one of the major newspapers of the country, took place in Seoul on 20 March. The event was attended by many Salesians to help raise funds for the missions of Mongolia, where Fr Simon Lee, a Salesian from Korea, had worked for more than 15 years lends his work.

Asunción, Paraguay - March 25, 2016 - The Salesian parish of Dominic Savio and the leaders of the catechism classes for Confirmation organized the "Youth Easter" on the theme of "Jesus, the merciful face of the Father." It was attended by hundreds of young people.

Guarapuava, Brazil - March 24, 2016 - Fr Natale Vitali, Councillor for the American Southern Cone Region, celebrated Holy Thursday at the Salesian House of Guarapuava, and led the procession with the Blessed Sacrament.

Granada, Nicaragua - March 2016 - On 18 and 19 March the Don Bosco College pupils staged the traditional performance known as "Judea", on the theme "Discover the infinite mercy of God." The activity's main objective is to represent the life, passion, death and resurrection of the Lord.

Hyderabad, India - March 2016 - The first regional seminar on Participatory Action Research was held on 14 and 15 March at "Don Bosco Navajeevan". Research on youth at risk in India had been done previously by 30 researchers. Through the direct involvement of children, the research aims to make the centres in their care more suitable for children.

Brussels, Belgium - March 2016 - On 19 and 20 March a hundred young people from the Salesian Youth Movement gathered for a Lenten meeting on the theme of forgiveness and mercy.