(ANS - Rome) - Moderators of Provincial Chapters from around the Salesians world met online on Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 March. The meetings, convened by the Moderator of the 29th General Chapter (GC29) Fr Alphonse Owoudou, were led by the members of the Technical Commission, Fr Patrick Antonyraj and Fr Francesco Marcoccio, assisted by Computer Technician Mr. Sandro D 'ambrosio and for Spanish  by Fr Francisco Cervantes.

(ANS - Campo Grande) - On the morning of Thursday, March 7, 2024, Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians, was bestowed with the title of 'Son of Mato Grosso do Sul' at the Legislative Assembly of Mato Grosso do Sul. This prestigious honor grants him citizenship of Mato Grosso do Sul. The title was presented to him by Judge Sérgio Martins, President of the Court of Justice, with Bishop Dimas Lara Barbosa, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Campo Grande, also in attendance at the ceremony.

(ANS – Buenos Aires) – Fr Gabriel Romero, Councillor for the America South Cone Region, and Fr Alfonso Bauer, Novice Director at the Inter-Institutional Novitiate for the America South Cone Region in Montevideo, are making an Extraordinary Visitation to the Ceferino Namuncurá Province of Southern Argentina (ARS). Fr Romero is continuing to visit presences in Neuquén, the Río Negro area and Bahía Blanca, while Fr Bauer has visited some houses in the suburbs and city of Buenos Aires.

(ANS – Araçatuba) – Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians, arrived in Brazil, in Araçatuba, for his Visit to the St Alphonsus Maria Liguori Province of Campo Grande, Brazil (BCG). There were many young people awaiting his arrival at Dario Healed airport: Salesians, civil and ecclesiastical authorities of Araçatuba and the band. Also at the airport he met journalists for a press conference, accompanied by Fr Ricardo Carlos, BCG Provincial, and Bishop Sérgio Krzywy, bshop of Araçatuba.

(ANS – Rome) – "Turning 18 for most young people is an eagerly awaited milestone, but for young people accepted into communities for minors it is a time of great anxiety and concern, because coming of age determines the end of many protection and support activities." Francesco Preite, President of Salesians for Social, an association which has spent 30 years alongside children and young people in fragile situations, stresses this as it launches an appeal to strengthen support services for young adults: "we cannot leave these young people alone, since they find themselves alone and without the protections guaranteed up until the day before. They are not yet adults, but they are already called upon to get by on their own.”