Bogotá, Colombia – April 2024 – In the week from 7 to 12 April, the Salesian Saint Petero Claver Province of Bogotá held its 30th Provincial Chapter, in preparation for GC29. Common work with the communities and the participation of young people and lay people engaged in the Salesian mission were highlighted during the meeting. At the end of the Provincial Chapter, Fr Rafael Andrés Lasso was elected as Delegate for the General Chapter, while Fr Luis Fernando Velandia Urrego was elected as substitute. At the conclusion, Fr John Jairo Gómez Rúa, COB Provincial, expressed his gratitude to the provincial community and the Chapter members, for their fidelity to the call to give themselves passionately to Jesus Christ and to dedicate themselves to young people, thus realising the dream of St John Bosco.