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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.

Students and faculty members benefiting from new resources.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 14, 2025) The Makeni Post Novitiate House, within the Salesian Sacred Heart Community in Lusaka, Zambia, was able to purchase library books and computer equipment to enhance student learning thanks to funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco.

Join us for an important discussion on human trafficking and how we can take action.

April 25, 2025
St. Norbert College, Cassandra Voss Center
De Pere, WI
6:00 – 8:00 PM (CDT)

Speakers include WI Rep. Jerry L. O’Connor, Katie Boller Gosewisch, and Sally Ann Brickner.

Be part of the conversation.

All Attendees will be eligible for a free drawing for a signed football courtesy of the Green Bay Packers. Must be present to win.

Statement of Adrian Dominican Sisters

on the Beloved Community

April 7, 2025, Adrian, Michigan – On behalf of Adrian Dominican Sisters and Associates, the General Council of the Congregation has issued the following statement, calling for building a beloved community among the American people in the face of the many dehumanizing executive actions and decisions of the Trump Administration.

Sports programs empower and educate youth around the globe.

Salesian missionaries offer more than 150 medical clinics and hospitals around the globe.

Project includes solar lighting to prevent theft.

Salesian community in Mandalay affected by the earthquake.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (March 31, 2025)  Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, has launched an emergency appeal for donations in the wake of the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Mandalay, Myanmar* on March 28.

The time of Jubilee is at hand! It is a sacred time to enter a holy space where we will meet the God of Jubilee. It is a time to rest in quiet moments of reflection, remembering the goodness and lavishness of a generous Creator. It is a time to dwell in the holiness of Jubilee time so that we can then dwell in the holiness of ordinary time.

Gather with us for prayer and adoration before the Blessed Sacrament!