March 25-27, 2025

Nine presentations from subject-matter experts. Sponsored by SLIconnect & Religious Formation Conference. Available live with presenter interaction and as on-demand presentation recordings afterwards.

Registration through March 1: $180 | Registration after March 1: $250
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February 19, 2025

As Atchison Benedictine sisters, we endorse the following Conference of Benedictine Prioresses' Statement Regarding Immigration:

 

Feb. 18, 2025

St. John Bosco community is 1 of 15 Salesian communities in Rundu.

Feb. 12, 2025

Salesians work with former child soldiers to overcome trauma, reintegrate into society.

Feb. 11, 2025

Salesian missionaries offer more than 150 medical clinics and hospitals in mostly rural areas. 

February 10, 2025

February 10, 2025, Adrian, Michigan – The General Council of the Adrian Dominican Sisters, on behalf of the Sisters and Associates, issued the following statement, decrying the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the negative implications this action could have on the lives of vulnerable people throughout the world.

January 24, 2025

Salesian schools range from primary to vocational, professional.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Jan. 24, 2025) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in honoring International Day of Education on Jan. 24, recognized since 2018. The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed International Day of Education as a celebration of the role of education for peace and development.

January 24, 2025

January 24, 2025, Adrian, Michigan – The General Council of the Adrian Dominican Sisters, on behalf of the Congregation’s Sisters and Associates, issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s pardon of individuals who were convicted for their roles in the January 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.

President Trump’s pardon of 1,500 individuals involved in the January 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol is unprincipled and dangerous.

February 23, 1-4pm EST

Franciscan Federation invites all to unique retreat experience honoring 800 years since St. Francis composed the Canticle of Creatures 

All are welcome to a celebration of the Canticle in 2025, during the Franciscan Federation’s virtual retreat, Singing a New Canticle: 1225 – 2025, designed to inspire and connect. The event is Sunday, Feb. 23, from 1 to 4 p.m. EST (via Zoom). Registration is required. 

Fourth Tuesday every month

School Sisters of Notre Dame invite young adults to monthly online evening prayer

February 19-20, 2025

ForMission 2.0 is a two-day virtual workshop, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Central. The target audience for this virtual workshop is those who have completed Orientation to Formation and/or ForMission. Elected leaders are also welcome to register. Presenter: Gerard J. McGlone, SJ, PhD.

January 6, 2025

Job market training improves socio-economic situation for youth, young adults.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Jan. 6, 2025) Salesian missionaries have improved the socio-economic living conditions of youth and young adults through job market training in Kankan and Siguiri, Guinea. The funding for the project came from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco.

Dec. 30, 2024

Reliable transportation needed to access 10 outstations.

Dec. 23, 2024

Volunteers provide positive role models at camp.

Dec. 18, 2024

Salesians also develop programs to give youth opportunities in home countries.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Dec. 18, 2024) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in honoring International Migrants Day. The day is held each year on Dec. 18 to recognize the efforts, contributions and rights of migrants worldwide.

Published

“Allow” is an important word for Sister Marlou Ricke. She spent part of her life trying to figure out what others expected of her and forcing herself to comply. “I don’t know if Mom ever let me be me. I wanted to express myself.” Sister Marlou entered the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration where a requirement was to wear a black and white habit. She willingly did so, but still felt the desire to express her own unique self. Thankfully for her, things changed in the late 1960s when the Second Vatican Council brought more freedom to the Catholic Church and to women religious.

Dec. 10, 2024

Salesians around the globe work to ensure that all youth know their rights.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Dec. 10, 2024)  Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in honoring Human Rights Day, celebrated each year on Dec. 10. Human Rights Day commemorates the day in 1948 when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

January 14 2025

Webinar offered by the Religious Formation Conference at 2 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. It’s a new year – a jubilee year. Pope Francis announced that 2025 will be a Jubilee Year for the international Church. The theme for the 2025 year is “Pilgrims of Hope.” Even amidst the challenges of our world, St. Paul reminds us that “hope does not disappoint” (Romans 5:5).

Dec. 2, 2024

Support ranges from immediate aid to plans for long-term support.

Dec. 3, 2024

Nearly 1 billion people around the globe are living with a disability.

Published

artist's painting depicts the Last Supper features migrants who have passed through KBI in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico
 

Kino Border Initiative immersion program humanizes, complicates immigration issue

By Charish Badzinski

Nov. 26, 2024

School offers training to youth who are poor and young adults.

November 25, 2024

More than 1,000 youth and their families in Amazon region receive support.

November 20, 2024

Day raises awareness about children’s issues around the globe.

Tuesday 12/10

This webinar will take us through different tensions of our life's journey in our different contexts, and explore how the message of Isaiah comes in during Advent to re-awaken our memories of God's goodness, to open the door of hope to the awaited Messiah: Word made flesh!