Lisbon, Portugal – April 2024 - The priestly ordination of Salesian Ricardo Mendes took place on 6 April in the church of Our Lady Help of Christians, among the Salesians of Lisbon. The solemn ceremony was presided over by Bishop Joaquim Mendes, SDB, Auxiliary Bishop of Lisbon, and brought together members of the Salesian Congregation, faithful and friends.

Cumbayá, Ecuador – April 2024 – In the evening of Tuesday, 9 April, Archbishop Andrés Carrascosa, Apostolic Nuncio in Ecuador, participated in the Provincial Chapter, presiding at the Eucharist in the presence of the Salesians and lay people taking part in the meeting. Before the celebration, Fr Marcelo Farfán, ECU Provincial, offered a fraternal welcome to the Nuncio and thanked him for being among the Chapter members and underlining the closeness of the Church. In his homily Archbishop Carrascosa said that the Chapter, by definition, is a time of discernment that is characterised by being contrary to human logic of the kind that wants everything to be defined by a desk or an office. Evoking the words of Pope Francis, he also indicated that a Chapter is not a survey of opinions, but rather an ecclesial moment where the main protagonist must be the Holy Spirit. What the Lord asks you today is not to imitate the style of St John Bosco in the literal sense, but rather "to take on the method, the spiritual energy with which he lived the Gospel to try to translate it in the current context", was the invitation addressed to the participants.

Torre Annunziata, Italy – March 2024 - Twenty years since the murder of Matilde Sorrentino, twenty years of life of "Mamma Matilde" Childrens Community in Torre Annunziata and the"Small steps, big dreams" Association who are members of Salesians for Social Matilde Sorrentino was a woman and a mother from Torre Annunziata (Naples), who in 1997 denounced a pedophile ring in her son's school. He was also a victim of abuse. In 2004, she was killed, shot in front of her son. In that same year we were finishing the work of the "Small steps big dreams" in the childrens community in Torre Annunziata. "It seemed right to us to call it Mamma Matilde: here we welcome many young people who do not have a mother and we have chosen to make Matilde Sorrentino ‘enter’ the community with her courage, her dignity and her practicality", explains Rino Balzano, social worker in the Community. A few days before Matilda's murder, Annalisa Durante was killed in Naples. Twenty years later, the Salesians in Torre Annunziata wanted to remember Annalisa and Matilde with two conferences. The first, on 22 March with young people from the communities and the oratory at Torre Annunziata who met some relatives of the victims and at the end gave rise to a procession to Matilde's house. On 26 March, the Salesian house in Torre Annunziata hosted the conference twenty years after the death of Matilde Sorrentino to keep the memory of ‘Mamma Courage’ alive. It was sponsored by the Municipality of Torre Annunziata, involving various personalities, during which the story of Matilde was remembered and the importance of the work of anti-violence centres was stressed.

Bogotá, Colombia – April 2024 - Responding to the appeal of the Rector Major, the Regulatory Commission of the 30th Provincial Chapter for the Salesian Province of Bogotá, Colombia (COB), began the Pre-Chapter process on 2 February  2024. A tour among the different Salesian presences along the Magdalena River towards the east of the country. The objective was to develop the Chapter methodology through a travel suitcase called "Don Bosco's Suitcase", together with the involvement of the Salesian Family, to understand the situation of each community in relation to the questions and core areas of GC29. Concluding the journey, "Don Bosco's Suitcase" arrived at the opening of the Provincial Chapter as a sign of community discernment. The Provincial Chapter (7-12 April) is chaired by COB Provincial, Fr John Jairo Gómez Rúa, and by the Moderator, Fr Luis Fernando Velandia Urrego, who invited the participants to "Share life and vocation to strengthen our charismatic identity to the point of committing ourselves to greater passion for the Lord Jesus and dedication to the mission entrusted to young people".

Hua Hin, Thailand – April 2024 – The Past Pupils Association of the Vitthayalai School in Hua Hin organised a football competition called "Blue-White Champion's League 2024", in which 16 teams from different high schools participated. Fr John Bosco Dheparat Pitisant, Rector of the school, had the honour of opening the competition on 30 March. The goal of the championship, which ended on 5 April, was to create a space for former students to meet and strengthen unity between them.

Gauteng, South Africa – April 2024 – The Youth Ministry team of the Southern Africa Vice-Province (AFM) visited the Gauteng region from 5 to 7 April. The purpose of the visit was to interact with the different people who collaborate with the Youth Ministry team. The visit therefore included meetings with the SPDO and a discussion on its role within Youth Ministry, and with the Youth Ministry team of the Archdiocese of Johannesburg. There were also meetings with the Salesian parish at Ennerdale, moments of interaction with the Salesian Youth Movement in Gauteng and a meeting with  Volunteers from the "Bosco Volounteer" program in Walkerville. The visit ended with an afternoon of games with the young people of the Salesian Youth Movement, on Sunday 7 April.