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Yemen – Four Sisters killed, no news of Fr Tom Uzhunnalil, SDB
Yemen – Four Sisters killed, no news of Fr Tom Uzhunnalil, SDB

(ANS - Aden) - Four Missionary Sisters of Charity, the congregation founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, were murdered by a group of armed men who this morning attacked their convent, in the Yemeni city of Aden. As of now, there is no news of the Indian Salesian Fr Tom Uzhunnalil, who resided at the Sisters’ convent. The news from the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia is confirmed by the Agency Fides.
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Punto elenco 4/3/2016 - El Salvador – Don Bosco University inaugurates the Centre for Technological Sciences
(ANS - San Salvador) - With the support of a German foundation, the Don Bosco University has inaugurated the “Karlheinz Wolfgang Centre for Sciences of Technology, Optimization and Professionalism" named after the president of the foundation. The new work will benefit 200 teachers and 4,000 students in the faculties of Engineering and Aeronautical and Technological Studies; and about another 100 teachers and 3,000 students of secondary schools in the area.

Punto elenco 4/3/2016 - Italy – Day of National Civil Service with the President of the Republic
(ANS - Rome) - On 3 March, the Day of National Civil Service was celebrated at the Quirinale in the presence of the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella. More than 200 volunteers who are doing their year of Civil Service took part in the event. Among them was Dost Mohammad, a 20 year-old of Afghan origin, who is doing his volunteer year with the Salesians engaged in Social Work. He is taking part in the project "Refugees: a house to begin again" at the "Sacro Cuore" in via Marsala in Rome.

Punto elenco 4/3/2016 - India – National Meeting of the Human Rights Clubs in schools
(ANS - Hyderabad) - The members of the Human Rights Clubs are boys and girls who are very busy in their schools and active citizens in local, national and international campaigns. To increase their visibility at national level and tohelp themto develop their leadership skills a national meeting of Human Rights Clubs in schools was held in Navajeevan, near Hyderabad from 21 to 23 February.

Punto elenco 4/3/2016 - Paraguay – "We cannot continue to live in the total indifference of the authorities"
(ANS - Alto Paraguay) - "For me, being a bishop with a Salesian heart means being a Good Shepherd who gives his life for his sheep, who knows them and goes in search of them," says Bishop Gabriel Ayala Escobar of the Apostolic Vicariate of Chaco Paraguayo in an interview with ANS. This statement is also his way of life. Recently Bishop Escobar has spoken out again for his people: "We cannot continue to live in the total indifference of the authorities", thus following the Pope’s invitation to "overcome the globalization of indifference".

Punto elenco 4/3/2016 - Cambodia – For the bright future of Don Bosco in Cambodia
(ANS – Sihanoukville) – On 2 March, the last full day of the Rector Major’s visit to Cambodia, the focus was on serious future-oriented meetings between all the Salesians in Cambodia and the THA provincial council (Provincial Fr. Paul Prasert and 5 councillors).

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Warsaw, Poland - February 2016 - From 19 to 21 February, 39 candidates for the Don Bosco International Voluntary Service met to do aptitude tests, one of the stages in the year of training by the Salesian Mission Office in Warsaw. The young people had a conversation with the psychologist Dr Jakub Kolodziej and the director of the Mission Office, Fr Maciej Makula, SDB. Out of 39 candidates 18 were accepted as short-term volunteers during the holidays, and 6 as long-term volunteers for a period of one year. Warsaw, Poland - February 2016 - From 19 to 21 February, 39 candidates for the Don Bosco International Voluntary Service met to do aptitude tests, one of the stages in the year of training by the Salesian Mission Office in Warsaw. The young people had a conversation with the psychologist Dr Jakub Kolodziej and the director of the Mission Office, Fr Maciej Makula, SDB. Out of 39 candidates 18 were accepted as short-term volunteers during the holidays, and 6 as long-term volunteers for a period of one year.
Jesolo, Italy - February 2016 - On 28 February the Youth Festival 2016, titled "Put your heart into it", took place. It was organized by the Salesian Youth Ministry Team in Triveneto and was attended by nearly 8000 teenagers and young people from the oratories of Triveneto. Jesolo, Italy - February 2016 - On 28 February the Youth Festival 2016, titled "Put your heart into it", took place. It was organized by the Salesian Youth Ministry Team in Triveneto and was attended by nearly 8000 teenagers and young people from the oratories of Triveneto.
Ascurra, Brazil - March 2016 – On 1 March Fr Natale Vitali, Councillor for the American Southern Cone Region, was present at the Salesian College at Ascurra in São Paulo for the 90th anniversary of the start of its educational activities. Ascurra, Brazil - March 2016 – On 1 March Fr Natale Vitali, Councillor for the American Southern Cone Region, was present at the Salesian College at Ascurra in São Paulo for the 90th anniversary of the start of its educational activities.
Tunja, Colombia - February 2016 - From 24 to 26 February the Delegate for Youth Ministry of the Province of Bogotá, Fr Miller Barbosa, visited Maldonado Salesian College. Tunja, Colombia - February 2016 - From 24 to 26 February the Delegate for Youth Ministry of the Province of Bogotá, Fr Miller Barbosa, visited Maldonado Salesian College.

   27 novembre 2015 – 86ª assemblea semestrale dell’Unione Superiori Generali (USG) durante la quale sono stati eletti il Presidente Mauro Jöhri, OFM Cap., il Vicepresidente, Michael Brehl, CSSR; il comitato esecutivo e il Consiglio dei 16 – in entrambi i quali è stato eletto Don Ángel Fernández Artime, Rettor Maggiore dei Salesiani – e i membri del Consiglio dei 18.  
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