(ANS - Hyderabad) - The members of the South Asia Formation Commission assembled on 16 August for their annual meeting at the Don Bosco Provincial House, Hyderabad. This was the fifth of a cycle of meetings. It focused mainly on the role of the Salesian Rector, on the two forms of the Salesian vocation, on the formation plan for the region for the next three years and on the dynamics of the process of accompaniment. Those present were Fr Ivo Coelho, Councillor General for Formation, Fr Joyce Thonikuzhiyl, Provincial Delegate SPCSA and twelve delegates from the provinces of the region. The meeting was co-ordinated by Fr Jose Kuttianimattathil, Delegate for the South Asia Formation Commission and Fr Silvio Roggia from the Formation Department in Rome. The meeting ended on Saturday 20 August.

(ANS - Jasna Góra) - "Thank the Lord for His mercy." This was the name given to the 25th Salesian Pilgrimage of Evangelisation. For 15 days, from 31 July to 14 August, a group of about 200 young people led by Salesians Fr Michał Mejer and Fr Michał Sabada, along with 12 other priests, 5 clerics and 5 sisters, walked about 360 km. For 25 years young people have been walking this same road, starting from the Salesian parish in Szczaniec (near Świebodzin) and arriving at the Shrine of the Black Madonna of Jasna Góra.

(ANS - Taranto) - Cutting-edge technology is not only a requirement of the most developed companies, but also of those who aspire to give worthwhile training and job opportunities to people in socially disadvantaged situations. This is the aim of a new initiative to be started in a few days’ time at Don Bosco House in Taranto. It is called the "FabLab" project (fabrication laboratory) and will enable young people out of school to avail of the most modern technological resources to develop their creativity and achieve concrete products.

(ANS – Morobo) – Don Bosco Mission – Morobo is situated in the southern central tip of South Sudan with Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo as its closest neighbours. Morobo County belonging to Yei State had been very peaceful and calm until July 2016. The local people are very peace-loving and make their daily living mainly through farming. Ever since the start of the armed conflict in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, many of the other parts of South Sudan have also been greatly affected. Since the second week of July 2016, Morobo County has been suffering from insecurity.  

(ANS - Los Palos) - East Timor is a country which has suffered several conflicts, changes of government, riots, and so on. As always, the people pay the highest price and in this case in particular the children of parents who died during the war against the illegal occupation by Indonesia. It was in the midst of this great misery that the Don Bosco orphanage in Los Palos was founded and has grown.