Day: February 27, 2024

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The Archbishop Shaw High School Band Wins First Place in the Parades for Mardi Gras

(ANS – New Orleans) – February 2024 – The Archbishop Shaw High School band, a high school in Marrero administered by the Salesians, has had great success in events organized in Louisiana for Mardi Gras. The band participated in four parades in different locations in the New Orleans metropolitan area. On Saturday, 10 February, the band traveled to Kenner, a suburb of New Orleans, to march … Continue reading The Archbishop Shaw High School Band Wins First Place in the Parades for Mardi Gras

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Salesian Missions

Vulnerable Youth Have New Chapel Through Salesian Missions

(ANS – Freetown) – Youth at Don Bosco Fambul in Freetown, one of Sierra Leone’s leading child welfare organizations, have a new chapel thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Don Bosco Fambul provides a range of programs to support youth who are living on the streets, girls who have faced sexual abuse, young women who … Continue reading Vulnerable Youth Have New Chapel Through Salesian Missions

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Formation

Salesian Accompaniment: A Daily Mission

(ANS – Quito) – The San José Cafasso Salesian School of Spiritual Accompaniment aims to form Salesians and lay people with the ability to accompany the processes of personal and vocational growth, walking alongside young people in their human experience and faith through the Salesian charism. This work has a fundamental value: it must be carried out in the daily lives of young people, integrating their … Continue reading Salesian Accompaniment: A Daily Mission

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Salesian World News

Two Years of Salesian Emergency Response in Ukraine

(ANS – Rome) – We live in a world in a constant humanitarian emergency, something that everybody is perceiving. The Salesian Family cannot ignore this reality and has acted accordingly to bring humanitarian relief and hope in some of the worst conflicts. The Ukraine war is one clear example. In 2018, after approval by the General Council, “Stream of Solidarity” was published in the Salesian manual … Continue reading Two Years of Salesian Emergency Response in Ukraine

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Province News, Salesian Spirituality

Salesian Protomartyrs:  Aloysius (Louis) Versiglia and Callistus Caravario

Written by Redaktor Strony | February 23, 2024 Louis and Callistus: the same missionary vocation for the salvation of souls, but a different story. February 25th this year marks the 94th anniversary of the martyrdom of Bishop Aloysius (Louis) Versiglia and Fr Callistus Caravario, missionaries to China. Louis Versiglia and Callistus Caravario: two figures different in many respects but united by a great apostolic zeal … Continue reading Salesian Protomartyrs:  Aloysius (Louis) Versiglia and Callistus Caravario

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