Buenos Aires (Argentina). From 3 to 7 June 2025, in line with the call for a Church that is outgoing in this Jubilee year, the Association of Salesian History Scholars (ACSSA) meets at the House of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Buenos Aires, on the occasion of the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first Salesian missionaries in America, for the Seminar on the theme: “The Salesian Missions in America – 150 years: contexts, contributions, and challenges (Up to Vatican II).”
The Seminar is attended by 45 people in presence and 90 online, between religious and lay people from different countries: Guatemala, Uruguay, Colombia, Chile, Brasile, Peru, Honduras, Bolivia, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Austria, Poland-Roma, Argentina, and Ecuador.
Through the presentation of research, books and magazines, the participants in the various days have the opportunity to deepen the life of service of the Salesians of Don Bosco and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians who, together with the accompaniment of the laity, lived and continue to live in the mission today.
“The richness of sharing these days in community through daily activities, generates spaces for dialogue and encounter between the different cultures represented here. Renewing the missionary sense for our time, we live with enthusiasm the commitment to recognize, thank, and relaunch the charism of Don Bosco in these lands and throughout the world,” says Fr. Stanisław Zimniak, Secretary and Treasurer of ACSSA.
