Roussillon, Italy - April 2016 – A day in honour of Venerable Stephen Ferrando was celebrated on 16 April in his birthplace Rossiglione (Genoa). The attendance included the local people, members of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians, founded by him, and members of the Salesian Family all of whom came to give thanks for the missionary life and evangelical witness of this son of Don Bosco. 

Ypacarai, Paraguay - April 2016 - The sporting event called "Intercolegial Deportivo" began on 15 April at the Don Bosco College of Ypacarai. The event is organized by the Centre of Students of the institutions and will run for three weekends.

New York, United States – April 19, 2016 – During the 2016 National Tribute Dinner the Wiesenthal Center Bestowed Medals of Valor on Father Norbert J. Hoffman SDB, Secretary of the Vatican’s Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, for tirelessly working to ensure that the bond between Catholics and Jews, forged by the historic Nostra Aetate declaration of 1965, remains unbreakable. The Simon Wiesenthal Center is one of the largest international Jewish human rights organizations with over 400,000 member families in the United States.