NEWS
(ANS – Pietra Ligure) – On Saturday, 11 May 2024, in the church of Sant'Ambrogio e San Carlo, at the "Santa Corona" hospital in Pietra Ligure (Savona), where the Servant of God Vera Grita, Salesian Cooperator, concluded her earthly life on 22 December 1969, her portrait was blessed and placed. It is the work of painter Franca De Mitri, who served as a nurse and caretaker for 42 years in the hospital.
(ANS - Turin) – On Friday 10 and Saturday 11 May 2024, the annual National Assembly of the National Salesian Works Centre (CNOS) – School sector was held in Turin, at the Salesian Mother House in Valdocco, based on the guiding motto: "The business of the school. Growth of leadership in the educative and pastoral community".
(ANS – Dili) – "In the Church, like Don Bosco, for the young and the least". This was the motto that accompanied the visit of Fr Joan Lluís Playà, Delegate of the Rector Major for the Salesian Family, and Bro. Dominic Nyugen, Delegate of the Rector Major for the Salesian Cooperators and Past Pupils of Don Bosco, to the Salesian Vice-Province of Timor-Leste. The visit took place from 1-7 May, coordinated by Fr Nelson Gonçalves, Delegate for the Salesian Family in TLS.
(ANS – Rome) – On the occasion of the bicentenary of Don Bosco's dream at 9 years of age, a book of dreams has been created. "We wanted to challenge the young people around the world with a very simple, but very existential question: ‘What is your life's dream?’" the General Councillor for Youth Ministry, Fr Miguel Angel García Morcuende, explained. "And we have received young peoples' dreams from the houses of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians and the Salesians of Don Bosco from all continents" he said. "They are young people from 94 countries who tell how they want to achieve their dream and how they intend to overcome the most difficult conditions."
(ANS – Araçatuba) – Moved by solidarity with the population affected by the recent devastating floods in southern Brazil, the Centro Universitario Cattolico Salesiano Auxilium (UniSALESIANO), with offices in Araçatuba and Lins, belonging to the Province of Campo Grande Brazil (BCG), will send 37 volunteers to work in the emergency health services in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, the Brazilian state affected by the natural disaster. The group will be housed in the Salesian house located at the Faculdade Don Bosco in Porto Alegre.
Colombia – "Reiberman", the Venezuelan migrant tightrope walker who discovered Don Bosco in Colombia
(ANS – Bogotá) – Reiber Sumoza is a young Venezuelan who, like many others, has been forced by the circumstances of his country to try to make a living elsewhere. Father of two children, he settled in Colombia four years ago and, although his profession is linked to the maintenance of air conditioners, he discovered the athletic practice of slackline (tightrope) and has since made a living at traffic lights with his acrobatics on one. It is on the street that a Salesian discovered this and, since then, "Reiberman", his stage name, knows he has another big family in Colombia.