Syria – Visit of Fr Basañes
Damascus, Syria - August 2016 - As part of his visit to the Province of the Middle East (MOR), Fr Guillermo Basañes, Councillor General for the Missions, arrived in Damascus, Syria on 26 August. He was accompanied by Fr Munir El Rai, Provincial, and Fr. Simo Zakerian, Rector of the house in Damascus. Fr Basañes visited the areas of the city where the people with whom the Salesians are working come from. He met the Salesians and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians and later visited the Salesian house of Kafroun.
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