NEWS
(ANS-Rome) - The Salesians have expressed their deep condolences at the devastating earthquake that involved some regions of central Italy last night. "Our thoughts and prayers go to the victims and their loved ones," said Fr Giovanni D'Andrea, president of Salesians engaged in Social Work. "The mother of one of our volunteers in Rome has died in the earthquake.”
(ANS - Central America) - The Rector Major, Fr Angel Fernandez Artime, is on his first visit to Central America. He will travel through Central America from 25 August until 6 September. In all the countries, he will meet with the Salesians, with the Salesian Family, with boys and girls and young people of all the Salesian works of the Province of the Divine Saviour.
(ANS - Muntinlupa City) - From 13 to 21 August, the village for street children known as Tuloy sa Don Bosco also became a shelter for 326 families and 1,063 homeless men, women and children, forced to flee from their homes because of fire. These displaced people are not so different from the people of Tuloy sa Don Bosco ... they are neighbours, inhabitants of the same streets, students, oratory members, past pupils and friends.
(ANS - Capaccio Paestum) - About 220 people took part in the twelfth Formation Course for Family Animators organized by the “Cerchi d’Onda” at the Sanctuary of Gethsemane, in Capaccio Paestum, near Salerno, from 18 to 24 August. The course focuses on the family. It includes four lectures and five workshops presented by teachers, family counsellors and psychotherapists. Some members of the Salesian Family and the Association of Salesian Cooperators were among the organizers.
