(ANS – Kochi) – The Don Bosco Young at Risk (YaR) Forum recently concluded its Annual Seminar 2024 on the theme “Empowering Families and Communities Towards Caring for Children and Young at Risk.” The two-day event, held from 3-4 October at the Alpha Pastoral Centre in Kochi, Kerala, brought together child welfare experts, policymakers, and stakeholders to discuss innovative approaches to family-based care for vulnerable youth.

(ANS – Scutari) – A new chapter in the history of the Salesian mission and the Blessed Michael Rua Province of Southern Italy was written on 5 and 6 October 2024 in Scutari, where the first Assembly of the Provincial Delegation including Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro (AKM) was held. The event brought together the 22 Salesians in these three Balkan countries, from the Salesian works in Gjilan, Lushnjë, Pristina, Podgorica, Scutari, and Tirana.

(ANS – Manzini) – From 3-6 October 2024, 50 Salesian Cooperators and aspirants, from all three Southern African countries of AFM province (eSwatini, Lesotho and South Africa), met in Manzini (eSwatini) for the first time in their more than 100 year history. One of the largest group of the Salesian Family is preparing with renewed drive for formation for their 150th anniversary of foundation in 2026. 

(ANS – Quito) – Last Friday, 4 October 2024, a joint digital meeting was held between the members of the "Pro Beatification of Fr Carlo Crespi" Commission in Italy, the birthplace of the great missionary, and Ecuador, the adopted homeland of the Venerable Salesian. The event marked a significant moment in the commitment to support the process of beatification of the"Apostle to the poor", whose legacy has left a profound mark on various communities.

(ANS - Ancona) - Last weekend, the Salesians of the 'San Luigi' institution in Ancona, belonging to the Circumscription of Central Italy (ICC), celebrated 125 years since the laying of the foundation stone. It was an event that filled the entire educational-pastoral community and the entire citizenship of Ancona with energy, which was prepared by a three-day celebration, and which found its climax in the visit of the Vicar of the Rector Major, Fr Stefano Martoglio, on Sunday 6 October.