This October, invest in ongoing formation for mission!
The Religious Formation Conference's 2025 Congress includes speakers, workshops, resources and best practices that support the flourishing of religious life in these challenging and changing times.
Join us as we, together, explore our hopes and dreams for consecrated life in the context of today's realities.
A few presentations include:
New space provides more comfort, better accessibility.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Aug 26, 2025) Salesian missionaries in Rundu, Namibia, completed phase three of a construction project for the new St. John Bosco Church thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. The project will benefit more than 6,500 Catholics in the community.
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Children at 2 orphanages access counseling, participate in activities.
The Tri-State Network will host a webinar, “Pilgrimage to Justice: Walking the Path of Nonviolence,” on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, from 6:30–8:00 PM CST.
The event will feature Dr. Ken Butigan, noted author, educator, and nonviolence leader, who will explore how to utilize pilgrimage - a spiritually transformative journey combining prayer and reflection – to recommit to nonviolence and care for the Earth.
Projects improve lives in DR Congo, Guinea, Haiti and Ukraine.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Aug. 19, 2025) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in recognizing World Humanitarian Day. Celebrated every year on Aug. 19, World Humanitarian Day honors the humanitarian efforts worldwide that support people in crisis.
Project benefits students at vocational training school.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Aug. 18, 2025) The Salesian Vocational Training School, located inside of the Palabek Refugee Resettlement Camp in Uganda, has a new high-capacity water tank thanks to funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. The funding is part of the Salesian Missions “Clean Water Initiative.”
Hives provide new source of income for students, school.
Salesian missionaries work in more than 130 countries around the globe.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Aug. 12, 2025) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in recognizing International Youth Day. Celebrated each year on Aug. 12, International Youth Day was established by the United Nations to raise awareness of issues affecting young people around the world.
Sessions include focus on child protection.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Aug. 11, 2025) Salesian missionaries in Kabwe, Zambia, had the funding for pastoral programs for young adults thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Salesians reached more than 2,000 youth and young adults, aged 15-35 who are from poor rural communities, through this project.
More than 50 Salesians and 200 youth use chapel.
Orientation to Formation (OTF) is specifically designed for newly appointed or "recycled" formators, mentors and leadership liaisons to formation. OTF provides an overview of the opportunities, as well as the gifts and challenges embedded in the ministry. This annual, virtual program will provide a range of resources for formation ministers and elected leaders. It will also offer opportunities for formation ministers and leadership to connect and share best practices with presenters, RFC staff and other participants.
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.