In all the activities, the General Council met 39 times, and Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major, with the consent of the other members of the Council, appointed the Superiors of 10 Circumscriptions:

–     Fr Peter Končan as Superior of the Province of Slovenia (SLO);

–     Fr Eric Cachia as Superior of the Malta Vice-Province (MLT);

–     Fr John Zosiama as Superior of the Province of India-Shillong (INS);

–     Fr Sebastian Kuricheal as Superior of the Province of India-Guwahati (ING);

–     Fr Milan Ivančević as Superior of the Province of Croatia (CRO);

–     Fr Francis Hamasaki Atsushi as Superior of Japan (GIA);

–     Fr Domingos Leong Teng Kok as Superior of the Province of China (CIN);

–     Fr Vincent Prastowo as Superior of the Vice-Province of Indonesia (INA);

–     Fr Simon Zakerian as Superior of the Province of the Middle East (MOR);

–     and Fr Silvio Zanchetta as Superior of the Province of North-East Italy (INE);

In addition, 58 members of Provincial Councils (six Vice-Provincials, 13 Economers and 39 Councillors), 84 Rectors and a Novice Director were also appointed.

At the level of Salesian houses, three works were canonically erected (in the Provinces of India-Chennai, France-Belgium South – in Guadeloupe – and Africa Congo Congo) and a new presence was initiated.

Part of the work was dedicated to studying and exploring the reports on Extraordinary Visitations  to circumscriptions:

• Mexico-Guadalajara, by Fr Gabriel Romero, Councillor for the America South Cone Region;
• Paraguay, by Fr Hugo Orozco, Councillor for the Interamerica Region;
• Sri Lanka, by Fr Biju Michael, Councillor for the South Asia Region;
• Myanmar, by Fr Joseph Nguyen Thinh Phuoc, Councillor for the East Asia-Oceania Region;
• China, also by Fr Phuoc;
• Slovenia, by Fr Roman Jachimowicz, Councillor for the Central and North Europe Region;
• Great Britain, also by Fr Jachimowicz;
• Croatia, also by Fr Jachimowicz;
• Central Africa, by Fr Alphonse Owoudou, Councillor for the Africa-Madagascar Region;
• India-Panjim, by Fr Gianni Rolandi as Extraordinary Visitor;
• and Indonesia, also by Fr Gianni Rolandi.

Among other significant moments of this period, it is also necessary to recall the fraternal and joint meeting with the General Council of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA), held on 22 December; and the 42nd edition of the Salesian Family Spirituality Days.

The end of the winter session on 26 January is also the end of the presence of the General Council in Valdocco, Turin, during the period of work at the Salesian Headquarters, at Sacred Heart in Rome.

The General Council stay in Turin for all plenary sessions began in the spring of 2022 and has now ended. Outside of plenary sessions, the different Sectors of the Congregation were distributed in different places between Rome and Turin.

The entire General Council is grateful to the Superior of the Special Circumscription of Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta and to the communities at Valdocco for their fraternal welcome during this period. The Mother House has been a favourable place for this period of life and work at the service of the Congregation.

In the coming months, the Salesian Headquarters Community will gradually return to Sacred Heart, in view of the summer session of the General Council that will take place again in the Sacred Heart community in Rome.

The work on the house there has not been completed, but it is at such a point as to allow the community to return to its premises. The renovation will continue for another year, involving buildings for pastoral activity at Sacred Heart, and will thus complete the great and important works that have been done in recent years.

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