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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.

Salesians rely on donor support to address food insecurity at camp.

The Medical Mission Sisters of the North India Unit and the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Patna Province, marked 25 years of collaboration in the healing ministry at Kurji Holy Family Hospital in Patna on April 24, 2025. The event recognized a major milestone for the Church in Bihar, India.

3 Salesian schools receive donation.

Students have more energy, can better engage with studies.

Shipments delivered to 3 Salesian centers.

MARYKNOLL MONARCH INITIATIVE AT THE BORDERLAND OF EL PASO, TX

By Sr. Esperanza Principio, MM

2025 is 30th anniversary of observance day.

Protect Our Kids: How To Keep Kids Safe Online

The Alliance To End Human Trafficking is hosting a webinar on child labor in the United States on World Day Against Child Labor on June 12 at 12 p.m. EST. Panelists Estelle Davis, Esq., assistant director of the Bureau of Refugee Services, Human Trafficking Response, Nina Mast with the Economic Policy Institute and Child Labor Trafficking Survivor Advocates Alex Herring and Hope Holly Lloyd will share their stories, expertise and solutions on this atrocity that not only happens abroad but in our communities.

Mission Hostel provides accommodations for 60 youth.

Fundraising appeal runs through the end of June 2025.

El Paso, Texas was once a vibrant site for people crossing the border, supported by volunteers from across the country and the world who come to give and share their compassion, support, and care for the migrants.  Maryknoll’s presence in the Borderlands of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez dates back to 2004 when Maryknoll Sister Josephine Lucker first served with other sisters, priests, and lay missioners.  Sr.

Sisters of Charity, BVM elects new leadership team: BVMs Kathy Kandefer (l.), LaDonna Manternach, Amy Golm, and Anne Marie McKenna.

Dubuque, Iowa – Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary chose leadership for the next four years at a Congregational Assembly April 23–25. The Leadership term begins Aug. 1, 2025.

Project part of the Salesian Missions ‘Clean Water Initiative’.

Donation impacts more than 400 students.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 28, 2025) Salesian missionaries were able to construct a new soccer field for students at Blessed Klymenty and Andrey Sheptytskyi in Lviv, Ukraine*, thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. The donation impacted more than 400 students who regularly use the field.

Farm to provide hands-on education, food for students.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 22, 2025) Salesian missionaries in the St. John Bosco Community, located in Lusaka, Zambia, created the Don Bosco Farm to enhance learning experiences for students thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. The farm will also provide nutritional support for students and Salesians.

Statement of Adrian Dominican Sisters

on the Death of Pope Francis

April 21, 2025, Adrian, Michigan – On behalf of Adrian Dominican Sisters and Associates, the Congregation’s General Council issued the following statement in response to the death of Pope Francis.

We awakened this Easter Monday to the sorrowful news that our beloved Pope Francis, 88, has died. 

Women become financially self-sufficient through tailoring and computer classes.

Center offers job training to students who face significant poverty.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 15, 2025) The Don Bosco Technical and Vocational Training Center in Makuyu, Kenya, has undergone much-needed renovations to improve the learning environment for students thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco.