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Salesian programs encourage advanced education, skills training. 

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

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Oct 6, 2026) Salesian missionaries with the Don Bosco Pre-novitiate, located in Korhogo, Ivory Coast, have clean water thanks to a project funded by the Salesian Missions “Clean Water Initiative”. Salesian Missions is the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco.

Priorities include aligning training with employment needs. 

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Oct. 5, 2026) Salesian missionaries were able to improve educational support for youth and young adults through the VIA Don Bosco program, located in Mimboman, Yaoundé, Cameroon. The project was made possible thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco.

Day celebrated Oct. 5 to honor role of teachers in lives of students. 

The Kino Border Initiative (KBI) is hiring a Sister to join the Education and Advocacy Team as a Moblization Specialist. / La Iniciativa Fronteriza Kino (KBI) está buscando una hermana para incorporarse al Equipo de Educación y Defensa como especialista en movilización.

Project leads to increase in enrollment. 

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Sept. 28, 2026) The Laura-Vicuna Preschool, located in Mansa, Zambia, has a new school hall thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. The funding was utilized for the construction of a kitchen, dining room, sleeping room and bathroom.

Pope Leo XIV entitles his annual message as “Even just one of these children”. 

Goal to increase school attendance, achievement. 

Programs help youth develop confidence, contribute to peaceful environments. 

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Sept 21, 2026) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in recognizing the International Day of Peace, observed on Sept. 21 each year. The United Nations General Assembly declared the International Day of Peace as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples.

Chapel to meet needs of growing Catholic community. 

Discernment Retreat

Mercy by the Sea is delighted to announce its 2027 Spring Sabbatical Program for Women Religious. This is a time for rest, prayer and reflection, solitude, and community with sisters from various geographies and religious communities.

IT'S A BETHANY BRUNCH! Single Catholic women are invited on Saturday Nov. 7, 2026 from 9:00am to 12:00 noon for a morning of prayer, reflection, and discernment with religious Sisters. Our virtual presenter will be Sr. Dede Byrne, POSC, subject of the book Sister, Soldier, Surgeon, and Sisters from several other communities will serve on the panel--including both active and cloistered congregations!

September 23, 2026, Adrian, Michigan – In the presence of members of the Greater Lenawee Chamber of Commerce, Sisters, Co-workers, and friends, the ribbon was cut marking the public opening of the new History and Archive Center on the Motherhouse campus.

During the September 21, 2026, event, visitors toured the new facility, which features an extensive history exhibit, archive, facilities for private historical research, and offices for Co-workers who manage the archive and exhibit. The building also includes an outdoor patio and kitchenette.

School Sisters of Notre Dame have been inviting young adults to online evening prayer for six years

RWANDA: 2 Don Bosco centers construct new sanitation facilities thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions

Initiative improves hygiene to prevent spread of disease. 

RWANDA: 2 Don Bosco centers construct new sanitation facilities thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions

Initiative improves hygiene to prevent spread of disease. 

WEST AFRICA: Salesian missionaries help 19 students with business plans thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions

Students receive mentoring as they facilitate businesses. 

Day celebrated on Sept. 8 to advance literacy agenda. 

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Sept 8, 2026) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in celebrating International Literacy Day. Celebrated each year on Sept. 8, the day was launched in 1967 to “remind the public of the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human rights and to advance the literacy agenda towards a more literate and sustainable society.”

Students receive mentoring as they facilitate businesses. 

UN has recognized importance of eradicating poverty in all forms. 

Director accesses specialized training in US. 

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Sept. 1, 2026) The Salesian Province of West and North Africa was able to increase the institutional capacity of the planning and development office thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco.

Project benefits students, teachers in Yanomami community. 

August 26, 2026, Adrian, Michigan – On behalf of Adrian Dominican Sisters and Associates, the General Council issued the following statement, decrying the Trump Administration’s recent tariffs and declaration of economic war against Canada, the long-time friend and neighbor of the United States.

As women of faith, our two Gospel imperatives are love of God and love of neighbor. 

As the International Day of Peace (September 21), Campaign Nonviolence Action Days (September 21–October 2), and the Season of Creation (September 1-October 4) approach, the Franciscan Peace Center is inviting congregations, organizations, and individuals to mark the occasion with a newly published resource guide: a rich collection of ways to pray, reflect, play, create, read, watch, listen, advocate, explore, and connect around the work of peace and nonviolence.