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Syria – In Aleppo something terrible is happening, but many people either ignore or do not want to see it
Syria – In Aleppo something terrible is happening, but many people either ignore or do not want to see it

(ANS - Aleppo) - The situation in Aleppo? ‘Everything here is confusion, death is everywhere, nobody can understand what is happening and we do not know who we can trust. We were preparing with young people a play to celebrate Don Bosco and we had to stop because several of them died during the bombing’. Fr Luciano Buratti, one of the three Salesians who live in the Salesian House in Aleppo, Syria, says this with a broken voice.
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Punto elenco 19/2/2016 - Tunisia – The Tunisian soul: Father Marek Rybinski
(ASN - Tunis) - ‘Tunisia is the place where, thanks to Divine Providence and my superiors’ benevolence, I can live’. Thus Fr Marek Rybinski wrote about his new mission in Tunisia, a Muslim Country. Salesians’ missionary presence allowed Don Bosco’s charism to arrive in Manouba, a town near the capital, Tunis. In 2016 the fifth anniversary of Fr Rybinski’s death was celebrated. Why does his memory live on among his ‘Muslim friends’, as he went to the Father’s house when he was just 33 years old?

Punto elenco 19/2/2016 - India – Hope for children who suffer from HIV
(ANS - Salem) - In the South of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Salesians took with joy and dedication the responsibility of children who cannot have childhood: the ones who are affected by HIV.

Punto elenco 19/2/2016 - Mexico – Pope Francis: I invite you to dream of Mexico that your children deserve
(ANS - Ciudad Juárez) - ‘I invite you to dream of Mexico that your children deserve, Mexico where there are no first, second or fourth class people, but Mexico that in the other recognizes the dignity of a God’s son’, Pope Francis said in one of his last speeches. On Wednesday, February 17th the six-day visit of Pope Francis to Mexico ended, and for the end there could not be a better place than the frontier town of Ciudad Juárez.

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Rome, Italy - February 2016 - From February 17th to 19th the Seminar on spiritual accompaniment in vocational discernment took place. About 150 participants attended it, including Salesians, FMA and lay people. In the days of the seminar, opened by Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major, Prof Raffaele Mantegazza’s intervention was central. The Professor of Education Science in Milan-Bicocca University offered the educational setting in which he placed the path proposed to the participants at the seminar. Fr Beppe Roggia, lecturer at the Salesian Pontifical University, and Fr Pippo Ruta, Provincial of the Salesians in Sicily, accompanied the work. Rome, Italy - February 2016 - From February 17th to 19th the Seminar on spiritual accompaniment in vocational discernment took place. About 150 participants attended it, including Salesians, FMA and lay people. In the days of the seminar, opened by Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major, Prof Raffaele Mantegazza’s intervention was central. The Professor of Education Science in Milan-Bicocca University offered the educational setting in which he placed the path proposed to the participants at the seminar. Fr Beppe Roggia, lecturer at the Salesian Pontifical University, and Fr Pippo Ruta, Provincial of the Salesians in Sicily, accompanied the work.
Sliema, Malta - February 18th, 2016 – Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major, arrived in Malta on February 18th, accompanied by his secretary, Fr Horacio López. They were welcomed by the Provincial Delegate, Fr Paul Formosa. After lunch with the community of ‘St. Patrick`s School’, the Rector Major learned the history of the school, founded when Fr. Rua was Rector Major, in 1903, for socially needy boys. Sliema, Malta - February 18th, 2016 – Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major, arrived in Malta on February 18th, accompanied by his secretary, Fr Horacio López. They were welcomed by the Provincial Delegate, Fr Paul Formosa. After lunch with the community of ‘St. Patrick`s School’, the Rector Major learned the history of the school, founded when Fr. Rua was Rector Major, in 1903, for socially needy boys.
Santa Clara, Cuba - February 2016 - From February 15th to 17th Fr Francisco Batista, Provincial of the Antilles (ANT), visited for the first time the Salesian centre in Santa Clara. During the days the various projects of the parish Our Lady of Carmen were shown to him. The members of the different groups of the Salesian Family, teen-agers, young people, and beneficiaries of the work were presented to him. Fr Batista praised the work done by the Communication Centre ‘Father José Vandor’ and urged young people to cultivate the culture of meeting and to prepare the celebration of the centenary of the Salesians in Cuba and the Antilles. Santa Clara, Cuba - February 2016 - From February 15th to 17th Fr Francisco Batista, Provincial of the Antilles (ANT), visited for the first time the Salesian centre in Santa Clara. During the days the various projects of the parish Our Lady of Carmen were shown to him. The members of the different groups of the Salesian Family, teen-agers, young people, and beneficiaries of the work were presented to him. Fr Batista praised the work done by the Communication Centre ‘Father José Vandor’ and urged young people to cultivate the culture of meeting and to prepare the celebration of the centenary of the Salesians in Cuba and the Antilles.
Alta Gracia, Argentina - February 2nd, 2016 - In the presence of the Provincials of North Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, as well as most of the trainers who led the previous stages, on February 2nd 13 young people were welcomed. They are beginning their Salesian Novitiate: 4 come from Uruguay, 3 from Chile, Paraguay and Argentina respectively. Alta Gracia, Argentina - February 2nd, 2016 - In the presence of the Provincials of North Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, as well as most of the trainers who led the previous stages, on February 2nd 13 young people were welcomed. They are beginning their Salesian Novitiate: 4 come from Uruguay, 3 from Chile, Paraguay and Argentina respectively.

   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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