Marialaya, a nonprofit, rights-based social service organization operating in the industrial city of Tiruppur, in Tamil Nadu, South India, marked World Environment Day with vibrant celebrations and impactful activities on June 5, 2025.
The Salesians of Don Bosco held a special Mass for Penh Sokkheng on May 17, 2025 as she left for her missionary volunteer service in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
The Don Bosco Development Society (DBDOC), the social development wing of the Salesian Province of Calcutta, West Bengal, eastern India, has built 500 low-cost houses for slum dwellers over the last six years.
Father Arul Valan (54), a Salesian priest of Don Bosco and a tireless champion of the poor and oppressed—especially the Thurumbar (Puthirai Vannars), the washermen community in Tamil Nadu—passed away due to a heart attack on April 8, 2025, at 2:30 a.m.
On March 25, the Society of St. Francis de Sales elected Fr. Fabio Attard, SDB, as its new Rector Major during its ongoing 29th General Chapter in Turin, Italy.