(ANS – Warsaw) – On 25th June 2017 Salesians in Poland celebrated the 25th anniversary of the presence of the Salesian Mission Procure in its current location in Warsaw. Salesian Mission Procure was established in 1981. There were two temporary offices: first one in Lodz, after which it moved to Warsaw. 

(ANS - Siedliska) - On Sunday 2 July in Siedliska, Poland, the native country of Blessed Józef Kowalski, SDB, celebrated the 75th anniversary of his martyrdom which took place in the concentration camp of Auschwitz on July 4, 1942. It has been over ten years since commemorating Blessed Józef Kowalski on the first Sunday of July in his parish of origin has become a tradition.

(ANS – Bruxelles) – On 28th June under the title ‘Is Europe doing enough to protect fundamental rights?’ the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) hosted a high-level symposium in cooperation with the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU. The symposium addressed the three most burning issues on the EU’s policy agenda by focusing on migration and asylum, insecurity and fear, and poverty and social exclusion. Particular attention was paid to the children’s perspective, and children themselves took part in the event as speakers and commentators.