An application on the biography of Fr Angel Fernandez Artime, Rector Major, in comic form in the Spanish language, was launched on 1 August. This initiative is part of the preparations for the visit of the Rector Major of the Salesians to Central America, scheduled for later this month.

(ANS – Chennai) - “I ran from pillar to post looking for him but couldn’t find him. My prayers have finally been answered,” Shehnaz said. Shehnaz finally met her son Muhammed, alias Faiz Hussein, after nine long years, at a child rescue centre. She broke down on seeing her son and couldn’t stop hugging him, and neither could he. 

(ANS - Guatemala) – An old book on Salesian Brothers called them "The lay hands of Don Bosco". They were a brilliant idea of ​​Don Bosco who used to say to them: "You will be able to do good in places where the Salesian priests cannot go.” Don Bosco understood that vocational training was not only about teaching young people skills, but also a place for education in values.

(ANS - Tahta) - In the heart of Upper Egypt, more precisely in Tahta, the Christian community has had an opportunity to meet Don Bosco again. Upper Egypt has high levels of economic and social hardship, and a climate of resignation.

(ANS - Cebu) In 2010, the Salesians of Don Bosco in the Southern Province of the Philippines took an important decision to start a "new frontier” work - a reintegration programme for children in conflict with the law. It is called Magone Home Aftercare Program. Although this was a new approach, the work is not entirely new to the Salesians, who had already been dealing with boys and young prisoners for more than thirty years. The Magone Home Aftercare Program is located in the Don Bosco Boys’ Home and the Training Centre in Cebu.