NEWS PHOTOS
Cochabamba, Bolivia - October 2016 - The Assemblies of the Salesian Youth Movement are going on at present in the regions of Cochabamba, La Paz, Sucre, Santa Cruz and Norte Integrado, with the aim of collecting the contributions of young people and electing representatives to the National SYM Assembly to be held 26 to 28 February 2017 in Cochabamba.
In the picture: the Assembly in Cochabamba.
Unterwaltersdorf, Austria - November 2016 - On 6 November, during a celebration presided over by Bishop Ludwig Schwarz, SDB, Bishop Emeritus of Linz, the Salesian Simplice Tchoungang was ordained priest. Among those present at the celebration were Fr Miguel Anguel Nguema, Superior of the Salesians of Tropical Equatorial Africa, Fr Petrus Obermüller, Provincial in Austria, Bishop Miguel Olaverri, SDB, of Pointe-Noire, and Fr Manuel Jiménez, former Superior of Tropical Equatorial Africa and currently Rector of the Generalate of the Salesians in Rome.
Araras, Brazil - October 2016 - On 30 October the youth of the pastoral team of Dom Bosco Institute in Americana, the pastoral team from "INSA" Araras, and the young people from the Oratories of Sao Luiz and Dom Bosco in Araras, organized a food collection for the poor. About one ton of food was collected and then distributed to the needy.
Spain - October 2016 - Valladolid, León, Palencia and Villamurriel de Cerrato, are four places where the Juan Soñador Foundation is running projects to help young people to take their place in society and in the workforce. The Despega Joven project ended in Valladolid on 31 October. In it seventeen young people were trained to work in bars and restaurants. The School of Integral Training & Employment was established in Leon. It organizes various courses in catering. Thirty-one young people are taking part at present. Various workshops in Information and Communication Technology are being offered in these months in Villamuriel de Cerrato and Palencia.