Port-au-Prince - November 2017 - From 10 to 12 November, the Formation team of the Haiti Vice Province organized the first meeting of Salesians in formation, five in number this year, in the postnovitiate. Archbishop Louis Kebreau, Salesian, Emeritus Archbishop, guided the formation sessions.

Boroko, Papua New Guinea - November 2017 - On the 142th anniversary of the first Salesian missionaries in Patagonia, about a hundred members of the Salesian Family met for the Salesian Family Day and the Salesian Mission of the Vice Province of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands (PGS). Divided into two sessions, on formation and sharing, the day's event was led by Fr Sonny Fajardo, Delegate for Missionary Animation, and Fr Alfred Maravilla, PGS Provincial. The Eucharistic celebration was presided by the Bishop of Kerema, Salesian Pedro Baquero.

Fianarantsoa, Madagascar - November 2017 - On the occasion of the Blessed Artemis Zatti, November 13, seven young Salesian coadjutors, out of the 17 Salesians in formation, met with the director of the house of Fianarantsoa. In the Madagascar Vice Province, the number of vocations of Salesian Coadjutors is beginning to grow.

Manucho, Argentina - November 2017 - At the end of the Extraordinary Visit to the North Argentina Province, Fr Natale Vitali, Councilor of the America South Cone Region, met with the directors of the Salesian Houses.

Lubumbashi, D.R. Congo - November 2017 - From 8 to 10 November, members of the Provincial Council of Central Africa and Directors of the Salesian centers met for training and review of all the programming of the pastoral year on the Community Project, the Salesian Pastoral Educational Project, and budget forecasts. "Listening, Accompanying, and Discerning" was the theme leading all the activities.

Anisakan, Myanmar - November 2017 - From 12 to 17 November, the Provincial Delegates for Formation of the East Asia-Oceania Region meet. All the representatives of the various Provinces and Vice Provinces, along with the General Councilor for Education, Fr Ivo Coelho, the Regional Coordinator, Salesian Coadjutor Raymond Callo, and the Provincials Fr Lanfranco Fedrigotti (CIN) and Fr Paul Bicomong (FIN). Among the main topics addressed are: formative impact in perspectives on the Congregation as shared by the Rector Major this year; the latest documents of the Church, "The gift of priestly vocation", and "For new wine, new wineskins"; group work on Salesian identity consecrated in the presbyterial form; "Formation is Permanent" (ACG 425); conclusions of Regional Congress of Salesian Laity and formation of shared mission with lay persons. Anisakan is the aspirantate from which the Salesian vocational journey of almost all Myanmar confreres began, including Salesian Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, who will welcome Pope Francis on a visit to Myanmar from 27 to 30 November.