NEWS PHOTOS
Jakarta, Indonesia - September 2016 - From 1 to 9 September the Councillor General for Formation, Fr Ivo Coelho, accompanied by Fr Silvio Roggia from the Formation Department, is on a visit to the Vice-Province of Indonesia-East Timor (ITM). The Vice Province has a double formation structure, in the two countries: two pre-novitiates (Sumba and Los Palos), two novitiates (Sumba and Fatumaca) and two post-novitiates (Jakarta and Dili).
Buenos Aires, Argentina - August 2016 - On 30 – 31 August, the Central Committee of the Fourth Meeting of the Salesian School in America met in Buenos Aires. The Fourth Meeting of the Salesian School in America will be held in May 2017 in Medellin. The team will be coordinated by Fr Miguel Angel Garcia, World Delegate for Schools and Vocational Training Centres in the Department for Salesian Youth Ministry. It is planned to open a website soon with all the relevant information about.
La Paz, Bolivia - August 2016 - From 15 to 19 August the El Prado Don Bosco College celebrated the 120th anniversary of its founding. The students participated in various formative, artistic and recreational activities and contests. The Rector, Fr José Iriarte, presided at the Mass in honour of Don Bosco. The festivities concluded with performances by the music bands of the college.
Montagna Gebbia, Italy - August 2016 – The Leaders’ Camp in Sicily took place from 25 to 28 August. This year there were two sections – one for young people from Secondary School and one for university students. The camp was organized by the Salesian Youth Movement in Sicily under the guidance of Sister Assunta di Rosa FMA, Provincial Councillor for Youth Ministry and Fr Domenico Luvara, SDB, Provincial Delegate for Youth Ministry. At the camp for secondary school pupils there were about 160 teenagers aged between 14 and 18 years, while at the camps for university students there were about 40 young people.