Fr Marcelo Farfán was the Provincial of Ecuador and for three years had worked in Rome in the Youth Ministry Sector of the Congregation, as General Coordinator of the Salesian Institutes of Higher Education (IUS). At the end of this service, he has been appointed by the Rector Major as an Extraordinary Visitor.
“He will stay among you to make contact with people, with the communities and with the various pastoral service organizations. To this end, he has, in the name of the Rector Major and for the visit's entire duration, the delegated authority to make all the arrangements he deems appropriate in view of the greater good of all,” explained Fr Á.F. Artime in his letter.
During the months of his stay in the Province, he will visit the 75 houses of the Salesians of Don Bosco in Andalusia, Extremadura, Murcia, the Valencian Community, Aragon, Catalonia, the Balearic and Canary Islands, with an average of two days in each of them. The purpose of this visit is to get to know the reality of the local educational-pastoral communities and to collaborate with the animation and service organizations of the Province, illustrating the experience and orientations of the General Council, as well as the current state of the Province and the progress made after unification since the previous visit.
Among the most significant events in which Fr Farfán will participate are the Provincial Chapter and the Feast of the Province, in April 2022, in Malaga.
