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In today’s rapidly evolving digital world, online exploitation tactics are becoming more sophisticated, targeted, and difficult to detect. “Navigating Digital Threats: The Dirty Dozen and Online Exploitation Prevention” explores common online dangers that place children, youth, and vulnerable individuals at risk for exploitation, trafficking, grooming, sextortion, and other forms of abuse.

A Global Formation Experience for Those Preparing for Final Commitment

The Conference is pleased to announce a pilot online international cohort of the Life Commitment program for women and men religious preparing for perpetual/final vows who are unable to participate in the residential program due to international travel limitations.

This online cohort is designed specifically for participants facing: 

More than 2,550 people attend chapel blessing. 

Chapel strengthens sense of unity among villagers. 

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (May 26, 2026) Salesian missionaries constructed the Mawiong Chapel in the Rangblang Parish, located in the West Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya, India, thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco.

On behalf of the Adrian Dominican Sisters and Associates, the Adrian Dominican Sisters General Council issued the following statement in response to the shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego. 

We Adrian Dominican Sisters stand with Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde and Rabbi Susan Shankman in expressing our horror at the May 18 attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego. We extend our prayers and condolences to those who lost loved ones. 

Students benefit from scholarship-through-work program. 

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (May 20, 2026) The Don Bosco Chapel, located in Nongkaniang, a village in Meghalaya, India, has been completed thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. An older chapel was used as the foundation to expand and build a larger, newer chapel.

Registration is now open for the fall Orientation to Formation (OTF) program. Whether you are newly invited into a formation role, discerning this ministry, or supporting others in formation, OTF offers a foundational overview of the formator’s identity, responsibilities, and essential skills. This annual, virtual program is designed as a starting point—a guided introduction into the ministry of formation in religious life.

974 women graduate, exceeding goal of all institutions. 

160 students from disadvantaged families receive nutritious meals. 

Many Salesian programs encompass whole family unit. 

Close to 800 youth benefited from improvements. 

Students benefit from scholarship-through-work program. 

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (May 11, 2026) Salesian missionaries established eco‑infrastructure at Pastor Lenssen Polytechnic College, located in Kuthenkuly, Tamil Nadu, India. Don Bosco Kuthenkuly, as the school is known, received the donor funding for the project from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco.

This summer, the Religious Formation Conference (RFC) invites you to slow down, reflect, and enter a story that speaks to the heart of vocation, healing, and hope. Join us for a two-part Summer Read Webinar, "From Brokenness to Song: Story, Healing, and the Journey of Faith."

Inspired by Broken Things Sing Too by Hope the Lionheart, this experience is more than a book discussion—it is an invitation to listen more deeply to your own story and to the quiet ways God continues to work through seasons of struggle, change, and renewal.

Assisting Residents, spending time with the Little Sisters

Aim is to maximize impact of donor-assisted programs. 

Space to increase activities for growing youth community. 

Beyond the Game: The Hidden Reality of Human Trafficking at Major Events

Major sporting events, concerts, and large-scale gatherings draw global audiences, economic activity—and unfortunately, increased vulnerability to human trafficking. While these events are often celebrated for unity and entertainment, they can also create environments where exploitation thrives due to high demand for labor and commercial sex, increased tourism, and strained local resources.

New chapel also built to benefit parish community. 

Seminarians from several African countries preparing for ministry at school. 

Girls continue their studies in supportive learning environment. 

Funding also supports psychological care for 87 students. 

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 21, 2026) The San Patricio Basic Education School, located in Quito, Ecuador, had the funding to help improve quality education for 190 youth in poverty. The donor funding came from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco.

Project part of ‘Clean Water Initiative’. 

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 20, 2026) Don Bosco Gatenga Vocational Training Center, located in Gatenga, in the Kicukiro District of Kigali, Rwanda, has improved sanitation for students thanks to donor funding. The funding came from the Salesian Missions “Clean Water Initiative.” Salesian Missions is the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco.

On April 10, the doors of the Bowman Cherry Center in Bardstown opened once again, drawing a standing-room-only crowd to a place rich in history and renewed for the future. Several Sisters of Charity of Nazareth who supported the center’s renovation were present for the celebration as the historic site reopened as the Black Citizens Art and Education Center. For many in attendance, the day marked the end of years of work and the beginning of a new chapter for the community.

Students at risk of dropping out, face academic challenges. 

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 15, 2026) Salesian missionaries in Quito, Ecuador, had the funding to help support education and health for students living in poverty thanks to donor funding. The funding came from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco.

Institution generates renewable energy to benefit school, students.