(ANS - Rome) - At the end of the extraordinary novena to Mary Help of Christians, prayed throughout the Salesian world, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, invites us to make an Act of Entrustment, renewing our trust in Our Lady, with the heart of Don Bosco, in this hour of trial and suffering due to the coronavirus pandemic.

(ANS - Panjim) - "We all know that it is not possible to sustain the present level of consumption in developed countries and wealthier sectors of society, where the habit of wasting and discarding has reached unprecedented levels....It is foreseeable that, in the face of the exhaustion of some resources, a favorable scenario for new wars, masked with noble demands, is being created." (Pope Francis, Laudato Sì, 27-57). Aware of the importance of respecting and protecting Creation in all its forms, starting with changing one's daily habits, the Ecotiva Club members of Don Bosco College, Panjim (DBC), successfully organised a workshop on Organic Lifestyle on campus on March 14, 2020.

(ANS - Vitória) - "It is necessary to try to know the new times and adapt to them. This means respecting people," said Don Bosco. Attentive to global changes, the Salesians in Brazil have implemented a new methodology, a new way of acting and making a difference in the students' experiences. Thus, the Catholic university center of Vitória, belonging to the "St Giovanni Bosco" Province of Belo Horizonte, has now become: "UniSales - Salesian University Center". More than a change of name, it is a re-positioning to continue to evolve in the service of young people.

(ANS - Leon) – To be effective, education and evangelization increasingly require new formulas and methodologies appropriate to the new and current times. The Salesian Province "Spain – St James Major" (SSM) is putting pedagogical and pastoral innovation into practice in its centers, and at the end of last week, the Seminary for Pastoral Innovation and the Provincial Day of Innovation were held.

(ANS - Pozoblanco) - The "Don Bosco" sports hall of the Salesian school "San José" in Pozoblanco opened its doors on Tuesday, February 25, to start the "Expo FP", a fair that celebrated the 50th anniversary of the beginning of Vocational Training courses at that very center.

(ANS - Soyapango) - The "Universidad Don Bosco" (UDB) has organized the Science Challenge for the second consecutive year, an activity that aims to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which this year it was held on the Soyapango and Antiguo Cuscatlán campuses in the third week of February.

(ANS - Lima) - Since the arrival of the first Salesian missionaries in Peru in 1891, the Salesian Congregation have been dealing with the well-being of young people in situations of vulnerability. For some years now, given the urgency of accompanying poor, abandoned street children and adolescents, the Salesians have started a service that comes from the heart of Don Bosco: the "Don Bosco Houses."

(ANS - Lombriasco) - After the positive response of the first edition of Expo "AgriCultura" Lombriasco, at the Salesian Agricultural School of Lombriasco, at the gates of Turin, in the land of Don Bosco, the new edition of "Expo2020" is being prepared, with important novelties.

(ANS - Rome) - On Sunday 16 February, during the celebration of the Eucharist, the Salesian Cristóbal López Romero, archbishop of Rabat (Morocco), took cardinal's possession of the title of San Leone I, which was granted to him by Pope Francis when he appointed him cardinal on 5 October 2019.