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WORLD HEALTH DAY: Salesian Missions highlights health …

WEBSalesian missionaries offer more than 150 medical clinics and hospitals around the globe. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 7, 2024) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian and other international organizations in honoring World Health Day on April 7. In 1948, the World Health

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WORLD HEALTH DAY: Salesian Missions highlights programs for …

WEBSalesian missionaries offer more than 150 medical clinics and hospitals around the globe. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 7, 2023) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian and other international organizations in honoring World Health Day on April 7. In 1948, the World Health …

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Supporting Critical Needs in Poor Communities

WEBAt more than 150 Salesian-run medical clinics, our missionaries provide critical health services to those who otherwise couldn’t access or afford it in some of the most rural regions around the world.

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Nurturing Healthier Futures

WEBThis Salesian-led initiative has been supporting the needs of indigenous communities throughout the region for more than 50 years. This past June, a volunteer team visited Santa Fé—where 120 people live in just ten small homes—to assess the health of children at serious risk of malnutrition. “Hunger and poor health are deeply …

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SWAZILAND: Close to 800 access proper nutrition through …

WEBThe fortified rice-meals are ensuring that people in the local communities have the balanced healthy nutrition they need. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Feb. 20, 2020) Close to 800 youth taking part in Salesian-run Manzini Youth Care programs, located in the city of Manzini in Swaziland, have better nutrition thanks to an ongoing partnership between Salesian …

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WORLD DAY OF THE SICK: Salesian Missions highlights health …

WEBPope marks day by calling for spiritual and physical closeness to all those who are ill. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Feb. 11, 2024) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins Catholic organizations around the globe in honoring the Catholic World Day of the Sick. Every year on Feb. 11, theRead more …

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Easing the Stigma of Mental Illness

WEBDespite rising global awareness around the many issues impacting mental health, equitable access to effective care remains elusive—especially in marginalized communities where social stigma, poor educational opportunities, and inadequate funding stand in the way. The Don Bosco Prafulta Center for Psychological Wellness aims to …

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DR CONGO: Children at the Don Bosco Clinic access better …

WEBRice-meal shipments from Rise Against Hunger have improved the lives and health of youth at Salesian programs and in the broader Lubumbashi community. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Aug. 13, 2019) Children accessing medical care at the Don Bosco Clinic in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, had access to better nutrition in the …

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EAST TIMOR: Youth attending Salesian programs received access …

WEBThe rice-meal shipments from Rise Against Hunger improved the lives and health for those attending Salesian schools, centers and parishes. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Sept. 5, 2019) Youth attending 10 Salesian schools, centers and parishes in East Timor have access to better nutrition thanks to a partnership between Salesian Missions, the U.S. …

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CATHOLIC WORLD DAY OF THE SICK: Salesian health

WEBSalesian missionaries offer more than 150 medical clinics and hospitals around the globe. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Feb. 11, 2023) Top of Form Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins Catholic organizations around the globe in honoring the Catholic World Day of the Sick.Every year on Feb. 11, …

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Uganda: Clean Water Transforms a Community

WEBIn Uganda, more than 12 million people lack access to safe drinking water. Women and children are the most vulnerable: they walk hours each way, morning and night, to collect water in small jugs for their families. Exhausted by the task, many children miss school or arrive unable to learn, and countless fall ill from cholera and dysentery. Thanks …

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“Visiting the Sick” in the Philippines

WEBLast month, the Don Bosco Past Pupils Association of Lawaan, Philippines, helped organize a free medical clinic for impoverished children and families who otherwise could not afford care. This annual one-day clinic was hosted at the Don Bosco Formation Center on the island of Cebu, and staffed by local volunteer medical professionals. Close to 300 …

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A Small Salesian Hospital Making a Big Difference

WEBName: Samir Age: 14 Years Old Home: Refugee Camp in Uganda Samir (not his real name) is a testament to the accomplishments made possible by refugee children

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GLOBAL: Projects improve care for people with disabilities in …

WEBFunding received from the U.S. Agency for International Development’s American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (USAID/ASHA) program. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Feb. 15, 2022) Thanks to funding Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, received from the U.S. Agency for International Development’s …

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Bl. Laura Vicuna (1988)

WEBVenerable: 5-6-1986 Beatified: 3-9-1988From Chile to ArgentinaLaura Carmen Vicuña was born in Santiago, in Chile, on April 5, 1891 to Joseph Domenico and Mercedes Pino. The Vicuña family were Chilean aristocrats, forced into exile by the revolution. They took refuge in Temuco in a poor house, but soon after, Joseph Domenico died suddenly, and …

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A Home for Vulnerable Youth in Nigeria

WEBThe Bosco Boys Home is one of several Salesian-run programs serving at-risk youth throughout Nigeria, throughout Africa, and throughout the world. Support from generous friends like you make programs like this possible. Learn more about our work in Nigeria. Our mission protects and empowers at-risk youth around the globe.

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Bl. Augustus Czartoryski (2004)

WEBProcess commences: 2-14-1921 Declared Venerable: 12-1-1978 Beatified on April 25, 2004Of royal lineageAugustus Czartoryski was born in Paris on August 2, 1858, in exile, to the Polish Prince Ladislaw and Princess Mary Amparo, daughter of the Queen of Spain. Thirty years before, this noble family, tied to Polish nobility, had emigrated to France.

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INDIA: Salesian Missions donors provide funding for counseling

WEBThe initiative will offer counseling to 100 young adults with a focus on marriage preparedness and sound life choices. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Jan. 3, 2019) The Don Bosco Youth Center, which is part of the Salesian Assumption Church located in Vijayawada in the Krishna District of India, has launched a new initiative thanks to SalesianRead more …

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