(ANS - Santiago) - In the book "Don Bosco today," written by journalist Ángel Expósito, Fr Ángel Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians, says without any doubt: "Don Bosco would use the social networks and he would be very creative. He would be right up there in the forefront today, just as he was in the nineteenth century." This is an unvarnished truth, and a project that the Salesians around the world have to advance. Faced with this reality, the Salesians in Chile have opened a new presence among the boys and girls of the virtual world: boosco.org

(ANS – Port Moresby) – As part of the 201st birth anniversary celebrations of St. John Bosco, “Don Bosco Technical School”, Gabutu staged its first ever live musical entitled ‘Live the DREAM’, on August 15, 2016 at the school’s Kurongku Hall, to a packed audience of 1,800 guests. The musical presents key moments in the life of Don Bosco, his youth, his joyful vision of faith in what was in store for him, his cheerful and attractive sanctity.  It is about St. John Bosco’s first extra-ordinary dream when he was nine years old, the dream that set the course for his entire life.

(ANS – Río Negro) – Many years ago, a priest who “spent 40 years among indigenous Yanomami of Amazonia narrated that his Bishop had asked him how many Yanomami he had baptized. Since he was anxious to know, the missionary answered, ‘None, with God’s grace’”. His answer was greatly criticized. Baptism requires an earlier catechetical journey and a change in the person who receives the sacrament. The Salesians continue their mission: evangelizing. It is in this context that a group of 28 young Yanomami, after an over six-months’ preparation period, received the sacrament of Baptism.

(ANS – Mumbai) – The leaders of communities and the confreres of the Salesian Province of Mumbai gathered at Don Bosco Provincial House, Matunga on August 11, 2016 at 6:00 pm. The occasion was the commencing of the Extraordinary Visitation by Father Maria Arokiam Kanaga SDB, the Regional Councillor for South Asia. The Extraordinary Visitation will continue till 9 November.

(ANS – Pracharbon) – From 31st July to 20th August 400 people are attending a retreat at Pracharbon, Val d’Ayas, Valle d’Aosta – three rounds within the three weeks -. They are members of the Association of Mary Help of Christians, founded by Saint John Bosco.