The Scalabrinians increase the presence in Syracuse. The two Junior Sisters arrived to give support to the three Sisters who opened a "first-line" community in assisting the migrants who come on the shores of Sicily. The two are Sister Andri Boas (Brazilian) and Sister Catherine Petalcurin (Filipino).

"The mission has met with great success – said Sister Angjelina Preci, mscs . For six months that we are in Syracuse, we saw about a thousand migrants, not to mention all those who have landed and then went on. "The Diocese plans to prepare a big house to accommodate the migrants in need who are sleeping on the street and asked us and Caritas to jointly manage it.

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Source: http://www.scalabriniane.org/