Vatican City, Vatican – August 2016 – Among the twelve specialists appointed by Pope Francis to create the Commission for the Study of the Diaconate of Women, there is also Salesian confrère Fr. Aimable Musoni, S.D.B., Professor of Ecclesiology at the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome, former Consultor for the Congregation of Saints and expert at the Synod of Bishops of Africa and at the Synod of Bishops on the Family in 2015.

San Pedro, Guatemala – August 10th, 2016 – On August 10th, Msgr. Rodolfo Valenzuela Núñez, SDB, blessed the new church of Chajquej, in the city of San Pedro, dedicated to St. John Bosco. The new "Don Bosco Temple” was funded with the help of the faithful of the community of San Pedro and the Salesian community of Arese.

London, August 6th, 2016 – The Salesian Family of Battersea, London, gathered last Saturday, August 6th, at the Sacred Heart Church to participate in the diaconal ordination of the Salesian confrère Kevin O'Donnell, during the Eucharist presided over by Msgr. Peter Smith, Archbishop of Southwark