Guatemala City, Guatemala - November 2017 - On November 18, Salesian Luis Fernando Acevedo Villagrán was ordained priest by the imposition of hands of Msgr Oscar Julio Vián, SDB, archbishop of the archdiocese of Guatemala.

Namaacha, Mozambique - December 2017 - The Association of Salesian Cooperators (ASC) of Mozambique welcomed eight new members during the Eucharistic celebration on Saturday 9 December, presided over by Fr Marco Biaggi, Provincial of the Vice Province of Mozambique.

Lima, Peru - December 2017 - On 2 and 3 December over 400 young people, animators and catechists from the various oratories in Lima and Callao took part in the 2017 Youth Oratory Meeting organized by Fr Elmer Jaramillo and his animation team.

Rome, Italy - December 2017 - The directors of 9 Salesian Mission Offices of USA and Europe, accompanied by the General Councilor for Missions, Fr Guillermo Basañes, and the General Economer, Mr Jean-Paul Muller, gathered at the Salesian Pontifical University from 7 to 10 December. Reflection focused on the identity and role of the Mission Offices of the Congregation, strengthening collaboration among them and improving the connection with Salesian Non-Governmental Organizations and Provincial Planning and Development Offices. It was also an opportunity to study the challenges faced by the Congregation in fundraising, and to find answers to the rapid socio-economic and political changes facing donors and supporters of Salesian work.

Darkhan, Mongolia - 8 December 2017 - About 60 people participated in the feast of the Immaculate Conception celebrated in the Salesian parish of Mary Help of Christians. At the end of the Mass, a catechesis was held centering on the figure of Mary.

Castelnuovo Don Bosco, Italy - December 2017 - Since the end of September, a number of Salesian formation classes have been taking place at Colle Don Bosco for school teachers and teachers of the Centers for Vocational Training (CFP) hired in recent years in the Special Circumscription of Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta (ICP). The Provincial and his Council decided to invest in a path of Salesian and charismatic formation in which the Salesian Community of Colle Don Bosco, the Youth Ministry Center and the CNOS-FAP and CNOS-School provincial offices were involved. Three groups of CFP teachers in a two-year project and a group of school teachers in an annual project will go to the roots of the history, pedagogy and spirituality of the saint of young people to be more and more active members, Salesian-trained for, and in, the educational-pastoral communities wherein they work.