By Gina Battad, Salesian Cooperator (San Francisco, California) – Corpus Christi Parish joyfully announces our Pilgrimage of Hope, taking place from November 3 to 15, 2025, to Rome, Lourdes, Fatima and other sacred places. This journey will be a time of prayer, reflection, and renewal for as we travel together as pilgrims in this Jubilee Year of Hope. As we begin this pilgrimage, we hold in … Continue reading Corpus Christi Church: Pilgrimage of Hope
Unique College-Prep Applied Science High School Program Now Available to Young Women By Karen Krynen, Director of Communications (Rosemead, California) – Don Bosco Technical Institute (Bosco Tech) will host Open House for prospective students—male and female—on Sunday, November 16. After 70 years as an all-boys school, Bosco Tech is transitioning to co-education. Starting in Fall 2026, its unique college-preparatory curriculum in pre-engineering and applied science will … Continue reading Don Bosco Tech Fall Open House Is November 16
By JC Montenegro, PhD (Bellflower, California) – The National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry (NFCYM) has received grant funding to reimagine how the Church accompanies young people in developing a living relationship with God. Rather than launching another youth ministry program, NFCYM invites parishes into a strategic three-year process to discern, plan, and build a parish culture where youth are truly accompanied and encouraged to … Continue reading Supporting the NFCYM Accompaniment Project
(Aptos, California) – The Camp St. Francis Newsletter, Fall 2025, offers a summary of the events of the past months, the future projects, and the new Mass schedule starting November 2025. As the days are getting shorter, from now on our first and third Sunday’s Masses will be at 4.00 PM. We extend our thanks to all friends and neighbors of Camp St. Francis for … Continue reading Camp St. Francis Fall Newsletter and Mass Schedule
(ANS – Santiago) – The Salesian Mary Help of Christians work, located in Santiago de Cuba, is among the hardest hit by Hurricane Melissa, which has caused very serious material damage and a profound humanitarian crisis in the eastern part of the country. In spite of the seriousness of the emergency, the Salesian community – comprising Fr Miguel Ángel Fernández, Fr Eduardo Marroquín and Salesian Brother … Continue reading Salesians in Santiago de Cuba Face Up to the Devastation From Hurricane Melissa, Bringing Aid to the Population
(ANS – Rome) – The poster that will accompany the Rector Major Fr Fabio Attard’s Strenna for 2026, has been chosen and is now available online. It is a graphic expression of the motto already announced last August: ‘DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU. Believers, free to serve’. Below is an explanation of the image that makes up the poster. The poster for STRENNA 2026, with the theme … Continue reading Poster Published for the Rector Major’s Strenna for 2026: DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU. Believers, Free to Serve
(ANS – Madrid) – For many years now Misiones Salesianas, the Salesian Mission Office in Madrid, in addition to carrying out numerous interventions in mission territories, has also been carrying out an important information and awareness-raising operation on the little-known realities of developing countries. Through news reports and documentaries it makes known the faces and stories of those most loved by Don Bosco – the vulnerable … Continue reading Misiones Salesianas: Giving a Voice to the Forgotten and Sowing Awareness
(Catania, Italy) – On the weekend November 1-2, 2025, a meeting for those in charge of lay-run works in the Salesian Province of Sicily (ISI) was held at the Salesian Provincial Center in Catania. It brought together the leaders and collaborators of the nine lay-led works together with members of the provincial coordination team in an atmosphere of fraternity, discussion and shared educational responsibility. The … Continue reading Meeting for Those in Charge of Lay-run Works: Salesians and Lay People Together, With and for Young People
(ANS – Rome) – The Three-Day Conference on Salesian Facilitation came to a close on 30th October at the Salesian University, Rome, and concluded on October 31, 2025, at Sede Centrale Salesiana, Rome. The event concluded with a strong sense of unity and renewed dedication to the shared mission of Catholic higher education. On the final day, participants gathered at Ricaldone Hall for the closing session, … Continue reading IUS Conference 2025 Concludes with a Renewed Commitment to Global Collaboration in Catholic Higher Education
