Dominican Republic – 2025 Annual Meeting of Salesian Cooperators "Renewed in hope in the pilgrimage with young people"
Pinar Quemado Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic – January 2025 - 138 Salesian Cooperators gathered in Pinar Quemado, Jarabacoa, to renew hope, anchored in the faith and to continue working for the realisation of the dream that Don Bosco entrusted to them, to work for the smallest and most vulnerable. From 10 to 12 January, Fr José Pastor Ramírez, Superior of the Salesian Province of the Antilles (ANT), led the event and reflections on the theme of Strenna 2025 by the Vicar of the Rector Major "Anchored in hope, pilgrims with young people". The participants in the meeting made a gesture of solidarity of the pilgrims to bring hope to the "Margarita Herrera Geriatric Centre", which serves 52 elderly people. Songs and dynamics focused on the joy of Christmas were shared, and a donation of hygiene and cleaning products was delivered. In the Eucharistic celebration in the María Auxiliadora Parish of Jarabacoa, presided over by Fr José Cuello, the Salesian Cooperators renewed their promise.