Messina, Italy – June 5th, 2016 – On June 5th, in the “Stella Maris” Parish, Salesian confrères Domenico Muscherà (ISI), Josephat Orota (AFE) and Marco Aiello (ISI), were ordained deacons through the imposition of hands and the consecratory prayer of Msgr. Calogero La Piana, SDB, Archbishop Emeritus of Messina.

São Paulo, Brazil - June 2016 - On 1 June the Salesian Fr Ladislau Klinicki celebrated his 102nd birthday. He was born in Poland on 1 June 1914. In 1939 when he was already a seminarian, he left for Rome to study theology. Because of World War II he was arrested in Rome by the German army, together with the whole Salesian community on 4 March 1942. After a tough interrogation, the allegations were proved false. "The greatest spiritual help for all of us was to trust in the mercy of God in prayer," says Fr Ladislau in his memoir entitled "One step from death." Ordained a priest in Warsaw in 1943, he escaped death several times in Nazi concentration camps. He moved to Brazil in 1985 and currently resides in the Santa Tersinha community of São Paulo.

Bogotá, Colombia - May 2016 – The third "Bosco Parque" took place on 27 May in the square of the Shrine of El Niño Jesús. It was organized by the youth ministry team of the Juan del Rizzo Salesian College. In an atmosphere of typical Salesian joy, teachers and their pupils joined in musical and artistic performances and also games involving several passers-by.