Mission Reports and News

STAY UP TO DATE WITH OUR MISSIONS

We are dedicated to providing you with the latest news from all of our missions around the world. Read stories of hope from the field, journals from Salesian Lay Missioners, updates on projects and more!

News from Salesian Missions

  • A Second Chance for Street Children
    Mission Reports
    June 06, 2017

    Not long ago, they begged, stole and struggled to survive on the streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- sniffing glue to dull the daily misery of...

    Read more
  • Redemption from “Hell on Earth”
    Mission Reports
    June 06, 2017

    At Pademba Road Prison in Freetown, Sierra Leone, more than 1,800 young men cram into a dark, filthy space designed for just 300. If they’re...

    Read more
  • Maison Marguerite: A Place of Rebirth
    Mission Reports
    June 06, 2017

    Justine was just 16 years old when she was kidnapped, tortured and held against her will by a rebel soldier in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo...

    Read more
  • Feeding Minds and Bodies in El Salvador
    Mission Reports
    May 04, 2017

    In El Salvador, countless people fall asleep on empty stomachs: children, the elderly, and other vulnerable people who simply can’t afford...

    Read more
  • Healing the Painful Legacy of Civil War in Sierra Leone
    Mission Reports
    May 04, 2017

    If not for the grace of God -- and the intervention of our Salesian missionaries -- young Suntia may not be alive today. At the Don Bosco Girls...

    Read more
  • Empowering Women to Build Better Lives
    Mission Reports
    May 04, 2017

    To be born female in Burundi is to be born an inferior citizen: one likely to suffer a lifetime of poverty and oppression from which it is...

    Read more