(ANS - Sondrio) - The Salesian Family of Sondrio is getting ready to live, on Sunday 26 July, a day of celebration in memory of Fr Egidio Viganò, seventh successor of Don Bosco. This year marks the 100th anniversary of his birth and the 25th anniversary of his death.

(ANS - Mumbai) - On 17 and 18 July, the annual meeting of the executive body of BOSCOM, the network of social communication networks of the Conference of the Salesian Provinces of South Asia, was held. The meeting, this year, was held through the Google Meet platform and was convened by the BOSCOM Delegate, Fr Ernest Rosario. The participants of the 11 Provinces of South Asia were accompanied, for the duration of the meeting, by Fr Gildásio Mendes dos Santos, General Councilor for Social Communication of the Salesian Congregation.

(ANS - Belo Horizonte) - For the Salesians of Don Bosco, Social Communication is a fundamental element of the charism. "A significant field of action ... Among the apostolic priorities of the Salesian mission," the Salesian Constitutions defines it (art. 43). Yesterday, July 16, Fr Gildásio Mendes dos Santos, General Councilor for Social Communication of the Salesian Congregation, animated a meeting to guide and implement the guidelines in virtual methodology.

(ANS - New York) - In the margins of the United Nations (UN) High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), scheduled in New York from "Overcoming systematic vulnerabilities and financial challenges for a fairer and more sustainable future: planned collaborative initiatives to tackle hunger, unemployment and healthcare in the context of COVID-19", the Salesian representation at the UN promoted, on Tuesday 14 , an event entitled "Overcoming systematic vulnerabilities and financial challenges for a fairer and more sustainable future: planned collaborative initiatives to tackle hunger, unemployment and healthcare in the context of COVID-19."

(ANS - Cochabamba) – On July 3, with the virtual participation of 37 new professionals from the city of Cochabamba, their families, friends and the whole Salesian community of the country and of Latin America, the Salesian University of Bolivia (USB) celebrated its first online graduation ceremony, this via the official USB Facebook page.

(ANS - Salto) - This year the Salesian presence in Salto celebrates 100 years. The arrival of the first Salesians from Paysandú was remembered on Monday 8 June. In the Salesian parish church of Our Lady of Carmine there is the tomb of the first Salesian who led the mission and the foundation: Fr Agustín Aschieri Fraschieri (1978-1961), for more than forty years Director and Pastor of the Salesian presence.

(ANS - Bogotà) - On June 9, 2020, the first virtual laboratory on "Creative Storytelling Strategy" began, part of a formation cycle for the Digital Communication of the Salesians of America. The initiative is led by the "St Peter Claver" Province of Colombia-Bogota together with the "Our Lady of Copacabana" Province of Bolivia. Today more than ever, in such an ever-changing world, ongoing formation is an imperative: to keep up with the times and with the proposals of Pope Francis, who in fact dedicated the last World Day of Social Communications to the theme of narration. "So as not to lose our bearings," he says, "we need to make our own the truth contained in good stories."

(ANS - Santiago) – On the morning of 8 June, about 60 people participated in the online meeting of the pastoral coordinators of the Salesian works in Chile, which saw the presentation of the "Letter from Rome: the Gospel of Don Bosco", a theme developed by Fr Pascual Chávez, IX Successor of Don Bosco.

(ANS - Buenos Aires) - "Zatti, our brother" is a short film on the Salesian nurse Artemide Zatti (1880 - 1951), who for forty years dedicated himself to the care of the poor and sick of Viedma, Rio Negro. There he directed one of the first hospitals in Patagonia, which in fact bears his name.