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Asunción, Paraguay - The first Salesian students in Paraguay pose with an image of Msgr. Lasagna. Fr Giuseppe Gamba, Mons. Lasagna's successor, wanted to give the new Salesian presence the name of "Colegio Monseñor Lasagna" as a constant commemoration of the intrepid bishop. In 1894, Msgr. Lasagna wrote to the First Successor of Don Bosco, Fr Michele Rua: "Paraguay is the coveted land of many Salesian hearts".
Vatican City - March 1964 - The Salesian Community of the Vatican, responsible for the Vatican Press, presents the Pontifical Yearbook of 1964 to Holy Father Paul VI, in the presence of Msgr. Angelo Dell’Acqua and Msgr. Franco Norese.
Los Angeles, United States - 1964 - Youth meeting with the presence of 940 young people from the Salesian Schools of the United States to reflect on the theme "Vatican Council II and young leaders", with the participation of Fr Bernard Tohill, Provincial.
Córdoba, Spain - 1 December 1901 - In 1901, the Salesian Foundation was erected in the popular neighbourhood of St Lorenzo in Córdoba. The date chosen for the inauguration was the first Sunday of Advent and the ceremony foresaw the religious celebration, in the parish of St Lorenzo, and a party in the new house of the Salesians, started on land that was previously a vegetable garden. To inaugurate the house was the Superior of Salesian houses in Andalusia, Fr Pietro Ricaldone, future Rector Major.