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Dankotuwa, Sri Lanka - May 2016 - On 15 May there was a gathering of 51 former Salesian seminarians and past pupils of Don Bosco Dankotuwa, chaired by Fr Joseph Almeida, Superior of Sri Lanka, and Fr Felix Mellawarachchy, Economer of the Vice-Province and Provincial Delegate for the Past Pupils.
Tegucigalpa, Honduras - May 2016 - The fourth Provincial Meeting of the Salesian Cooperator Aspirants took place from 6 to 8 May. The theme was "Mercy of the Salesian Heart". The event was attended by 51 people, including aspirants of the three levels of formation and some formators from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. The aim of the meeting was to provide a formative, fraternal and community experience for the aspirants to guide them in their vocational process.
Sydney, Australia - May 2016 - The annual meeting of the Salesian Youth Movement of Australia called OZBosco was held from 13 to 15 May. About two hundred young people attended. Fr Václav Klement, Councillor for the East Asia-Oceania Region, was present for most of the programme.
Oswiecim, Poland - May 2016 - On 14 May, at the Shrine of Mary Help of Christians, Fr Tadeusz Rozmus, Councillor for the Region of Central and Northern Europe, opened the Congress of Mary Help of Christians organized by ADMA in Poland. The theme of the Congress was “The Almighty has done great things for me”. Professor Wojciech Życiński, SDB, presented the report "His mercy from generation to generation". Then Fr Stanislaw Oskwarek, SDB, spoke about the first of the four places of Marian devotion in the Province of Krakow, the Szczyrk Shrine. The Krakow Provincial, Fr Dariusz Bartocha, presided at the Mass and the homily was given by Fr Andrzej Wujek, Provincial of Warsaw. Then the other three places of Marian devotion were presented: Krakow-Dębniki by Fr Zygmunt Kostka, SDB; Przyłęków by Fr Krzysztof Pilarz, SDB and Oświęcim by Fr Marek Głuch, SDB.