Betafo, Madagascar – November 2024 – The 5th National Congress of the Salesian Cooperators Association (SSCC) of the Salesian Vice-Province "Mary Immaculate" of Madagascar (MDG) took place from October 31 to November 3 at the Salesian Community’s Spiritual Center in Betafo. Starting with a Eucharistic celebration, the congress served as a moment of fraternal and spiritual sharing. Fr. Eric Franck Randriamiandrinirinarivo, Delegate of the MDG Vice-Province for the Salesian Cooperators Association, delivered a lecture on the identity and source of Salesian Cooperators and their belonging to the Salesian Family. Reports from each local center and the SSCC Provincial Council were presented. A new SSCC Provincial Council for the next three years was also elected.