Monteortone, Italy - April 2024 – The 21st Provincial Chapter of the Salesian Lombardo-Emiliana (ILE) Province was celebrated from 25 to 28 April. On 25 April Chapter members, together with the Salesian Family in Lombardy, went to the Shrine of Santa Maria al Fonte in Caravaggio. The Eucharist was presided over by Fr José Miguel Nuñez engaged in the Extraordinary Visitation to the ILE Province conducted on behalf of the Rector Major. There was a significant presence of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, the Salesian Cooperators, the Union of Past Pupils, the Friends of Don Bosco and the faithful. The FMA Provincial, Sister Stefania Saccuman, led the entrustment to Mary at the end of the solemn concelebration. Chapter members then moved to the San Marco salesina house in Monteortone where they carried out the work of the Provincial Chapter. Discussion on the core areas has produced a contribution that will be sent in view of the GC29 that will be held in 2025 in Turin. On Saturday, Archbishop Giordano Piccinotti, President of APSA, and a Salesian of the ILE Province, was a very welcome guest. In the homily he thanked the Salesian Congregation and in particular the Province of ILE and the confreres he met on his journey who helped him grow as a person and as a consecrated religious. The Provincial Chapter ended with the election of the provincial delegates who will be at the GC29 together with the  Provincial, Fr Roberto Dal Molin: the delegate for Youth Ministry Fr Edoardo Gnocchini and Salesian Brother Claudio Beretta.