Yaounde, Cameroon - February 2016 - On 27 and 28 February a weekend of Divine Mercy was held at St Augustine’s Salesian Centre of Theology. The aim was to help young people to meet the Lord, to deepen their experience of mercy and to participate in the penitential celebration, adoration and Mass. The event was presided over by Fr Alphonse Owoudou, Vicar of the Vice-Province of Tropical Equatorial Africa. It was attended also by Fr André Ela Enam, Director of the Centre of Theology, assisted by many Salesians and priests.

Maputsoe, Lesotho - 20 March 2016 - Palm Sunday Procession in the Salesian mission of St Luke.

Berlin, Germany – 22 March 2016 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited the "Don-Bosco-Zentrum" in Berlin-Marzahn. This is a work run jointly by the Salesians of Don Bosco and by the Sisters of St Mary Magdalen Postel. Angela Merkel was informed of the projects in the field of vocational training and visited the work, spending time with the young people in the various sectors. The project supports approximately 300 young adults who are helped to find their way in the world of work.

Torre Annunziata, Italy - March 21, 2016 – The Salesian Social Promotion Association, "Small Steps Big Dreams Onlus", on the occasion of the national day of awareness and promotion of legality, organized an afternoon of sports, sharing, fun and legality. The young people from the Mamma Matilde community of Torre Annunziata and "Pinardi House" in Caserta, met Lieutenant Colonel Petti of the Carabinieri and various local civil authorities, for a constructive debate and an important opportunity for sharing on the theme of Legality. A football match took place between the young people and the police in an initiative called Football against Lawlessness. At the end of the match the children from the Salesian oratory took part in another initiative called "Disarm the City." The children threw their toy guns in a “Legality Bin” and received a chocolate egg in return.

Campo Grande, Brazil - March 2016 - The Campo Grande provincial assembly of the Association of Mary Help of Christians (ADMA) was held on 19 March with the participation of the local ADMA Councils and their spiritual leaders. There were formative and spiritual inputs in the meeting, and the Provincial Council of ADMA was elected.

Santa Clara, Cuba - March 2016 - With the aim of renewing the social communication of the Salesian Delegation of Cuba a meeting of the local coordinators of the various Salesian centres in the country was held from 18 to 20 March. The meeting was attended by Rubén Estevez Santiago, Lily Ramón Camagüey, Graciela Aza Manzanillo, Yenkys González (national coordinator) and Juanjo Ochoa, SDB, (Delegate).