NEWS PHOTOS
Lubumbashi, D.R. Congo - October 2016 - The Regina Mundi Chapel in the St Francis de Sales College at Imara in Lubumbashi has celebrated its 60th anniversary. The Salesians of Central Africa organized a series of activities starting on 21 October with a choral concert and ending on 29 October with the 60th anniversary celebration of the chapel. The Eucharistic celebration was presided over by the Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Lubumbashi and concelebrated by the Provincial, Fr Jean-Claude Ngoy.
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.