NEWS
(ANS - Cartago) - The Rector Major Fr Ángel Fernández Artime arrived in Costa Rica on the morning of 28 August. It was an unusual flight because it arrived at the same time as it took off! In the afternoon there was a meeting in the Domingo Savio Centre with young people of the Salesian Youth Movement of Cartago, San Isidro de El General, the Salesian College and CEDES Don Bosco, and groups from the works of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians.
(ANS - Rome) - 292 have been confirmed dead, 10 are missing, over 370 injured, and 2900 are housed in tents. These are the tragic consequences of the 6.0 magnitude earthquake that struck at 3.36 a.m. on 24 August last and devastated central Italy, including Lazio, Umbria and the Marches. The towns of Amatrice, Accumoli, Arquata, Pescara del Tronto and surrounding villages were destroyed. The Salesians were not slow to speak up and offer their support.
(ANS - Panama) – On Saturday 27 August, his last day in Panama, the Rector Major Fr Ángel Fernández Artime met the Salesians and the Salesian Family working in the area. On Sunday 28 August, he left for Costa Rica where he was to meet the Salesians and the whole Salesian Family in the four places where they are working for youth.
(ANS – Tiruchy) - Coimbatore, Aug. 24. 2016 , Don Bosco Anbu Illam, a centre working for the Rehabilitation of street and working children in Coimbatore since 1991, celebrated its Silver Jubilee Year event, ``Youngstro Marathon``, on the theme ``Ilaignane Vizhithidu Bothayai Ozhithidu``, for the cause of preventing substance abuse among vulnerable children of Coimbatore, opposite to Nehru Stadium.
