ANS FOTO - ANSPhoto - April 2019 (Year XXIII n. 496)
01 - Campo Grande, Brazil - April 2019 - From 23 to 27 April, Rector Major Fr Ángel Fernández Artime visited the Salesian Province of Campo Grande (BCG) accompanied by his secretary, Fr Horacio López, and Fr Natale Vitali, Councilor for the America South Cone Region.
02 - Santeramo in Colle, Italy - April 2019 - From 23 to 28 April, the gathering of Provincials of the Mediterranean Region took place in the presence of Fr Francesco Cereda, Vicar of the Rector Major, Fr Stefano Martoglio, Councilor for the Mediterranean Region, Salesian brother Jean Paul Muller, Economer General, and Fr Roberto Dal Molin, President of "Salesiani per il Sociale APS".
03 - Rome, Italy - April 2019 - About 133 young people with their respective formators took part in the VIII Salesian Communication Day. The event was chaired by Fr Filiberto González, General Councilor for Social Communication, and organized by the CS and Formation teams of the Salesians, of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians and Cancão Nova, and with the support of both the Salesian Pontifical University and the Faculty of Social Communication Sciences (FSC).
04 - Madrid, Spain - 6 April 2019 - To celebrate its 75 years of existence, the publishing house "Editorial Catequística Salesiana" (CCS) organized a commemorative event attended by Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major, the archbishop of Madrid, card Carlos Osoro, the two Provincials of Salesian Spain, Fr Juan Carlos Godoy and Fr Ángel Asurmendi, that of Portugal, Fr José Aníbal Mendonça, along with many members of the Salesian Family.
05 - Bangalore, India - April 2019 - The Planning and Development Office of the India-Bangalore Province (INK), the "Bangalore Rural Education and Development Society - BREADS", after providing immediate support to the population of Kerala affected in 2018 from violent floods, has launched a plan to build 100 new homes for those who have remained without.
06 - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - April 2019 - On April 14, the Salesian Center for Vocational Training "An Re Mai Sen" inaugurated a new restaurant: the "Don Bosco Bakery - Café", a bar-pastry shop that offers students the possibility of learning bread-making techniques, the art of pastry-making, business management and marketing.
07 - Granada, Nicaragua - April 2019 - On the occasion of the visit to the Salesian Family of Nicaragua, Fr Eusebio Muñoz, Delegate of the Rector Major for the Salesian Family, celebrated the national meeting of the Salesian Family and the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the Association of Mary Help of Christians (ADMA).
08 - Nairobi, Kenya - April 2019 - To deepen the theme of the Rector Major's 2019 Strenna, the Salesian center "Don Bosco Boys' Town" organized a series of programs called "Youth Fest", through which young people can learn more about different aspects of the theme "Holiness for you, too". Every month over 400 young people participate in the "Youth Fest".