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This year’s theme is ‘Human Trafficking is Organized Crime – End the Exploitation’.

Adrian Dominican Sisters Portfolio Advisory Board

to Mark 50 Years of Working for Economic Justice

The Adrian Dominican Sisters invite the public to a 50th anniversary celebration of its Portfolio Advisory Board (PAB), established by the Congregation in 1975 as an expression of its commitment to social justice and to evaluate the Congregation’s investments in the light of Gospel social principles.

On August 6, 2025, women religious across the country will join in a virtual prayer service to commemorate the tragic events of August 6 and 9, 1945, when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. The event is being organized by the Franciscan Peace Center, a ministry of the Sisters of St. Francis, Clinton, Iowa, and Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration on the anniversary of these bombings that resulted in the deaths of over 200,000 people and marked a somber chapter in human history.

Up to 30 youth will live at center while completing education.

Salesians offer more than 1,000 vocational, technical, professional and agricultural schools.

Participants deepen commitment to ongoing education for youth.

Children receive immediate medical care, preventative care.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (July 14, 2025) Salesian missionaries were able to establish a sick bay for children who are ill at Don Bosco CALM Nursery and Primary School in Uganda thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. The sick bay will provide services to more than 700 children.

Project part of Salesian Missions ‘Clean Water Initiative’.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (July 9, 2025) Youth at Don Bosco Youth Center in Mandalay, Myanmar*, have a new building for bathrooms and showers thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. The project is part of the Salesian Missions “Clean Water Initiative.” Sixty boys were impacted by this donation.

500 participants of national congress gain knowledge to share with youth.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (July 2, 2025) Don Bosco’s Argentine Explorers were able to host a national congress to discuss topics that impact Don Bosco scouting in Argentina thanks to funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Nearly 500 people met during the three-day meeting, focusing on topics important to the Salesians’ faith. The group also partook in training workshops and music, among other activities.

300 students from Don Bosco Technical Institute attend chapel.

Students have affordable accommodations in positive environment.

The public is invited to join Saint Benedict’s Monastery, St. Joseph, Minn., and Saint John’s Abbey, Collegeville, Minn., for a Benedictine Pilgrimage of Hope on Saturday, September 6. The pilgrimage will begin at 2 p.m. in Sacred Heart Chapel at Saint Benedict’s Monastery.

125 people benefit, including youth in formation.

New seating brings dignity, comfort to people in 3 churches.

Salesians provide direct support of basic needs, training for a better future.

Project combines educational support, psychological care and social activities.

Salesians drill borewell, install tank and solar pump.

School to educate 250 students, with young girls a priority.

Project impacts more than 2,000 youth across Salesian centers and programs.

Tools to enhance the quality and inclusivity of training.

Students from families facing reduced income as result of conflict.

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (June 10, 2025) Salesians in Nazareth, Israel, were able to provide scholarships and psychosocial support for youth thanks in part to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. The project was funded through the Don Bosco Network with support given by several Salesian organizations including Salesian Missions.

The Benedictine Nuns at the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception at Kylemore Abbey in Connemara, Ireland, will be extending the celebration of their founder's feast day to more than a week this July.

They will be participating in St. Benedict's Week from July 5-13, offering a variety of presentations and opportunities for prayer to those who visit the estate where the historical Kylemore Abbey attracts thousands of visitors each year.

Salesians adding environmental education, activities to curriculum.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (June 5, 2025) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in celebrating World Environment Day held annually on June 5. The day will focus on ending plastic pollution and reinforce the global commitment made in 2022 to end plastic pollution through a global plastic pollution treaty.

Meals help families face significant economic challenges.

Salesian missionaries around the globe work to ensure youth are safe, have basic needs met.