New York, United States - June 2017 - Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, SDB, ordained four Salesians priests on June 24. They are Fr. Paul Phuoc Trong Chu, Fr. Minh Duc Dang, Fr. Jean Wilgintz Polynice, and Fr. Dieunel Victor. The rite was celebrated at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Pelham Manor, New York. The church was packed with several hundred Salesian priests, brothers, and sisters, Salesian Cooperators, Don Bosco Volunteers, Salesian parishioners, the ordinands’ families and friends, and young people from various Salesian works. Frs. Chu, Dang, and Victor studied theology at the Ratisbonne Institute in Jerusalem from 2013 to 2017. Fr. Polynice studied at Seton Hall University’s Immaculate Conception Seminary in South Orange, New Jersey, in the same years. Fr. Chu, 34, was born in Vietnam and came to the U.S. in 1992. His family’s home parish is St. Paul the Apostle in Springfield, Massachusetts. He entered the Salesians in 2007 and made his first profession of vows on August 16, 2009. He has been assigned to Don Bosco Prep High School in Ramsey, New Jersey, as coordinator of campus ministry. Fr. Dang, 34, was born in Vietnam and came to the U.S. in 1992. His family’s home parish is Nativity in Burke, Virginia. He entered the Salesians in 2006 and made his first profession of vows on August 16, 2009. In 2013 his offer to be a missionary was accepted by the Rector Major, and he was assigned to the Middle East Province. Fr. Polynice, 43, was born in Haiti and came to the U.S. in 1998. He became a member of St. Joseph’s Parish in Spring Valley, New York. He entered the Salesians in 2004 and made his first profession of vows on August 16, 2007. He has been assigned to the retreat team at Don Bosco Retreat Center in Haverstraw, New York. Fr. Victor, 34, was born in Haiti and came to the U.S. in 2000. His family joined St. Jerome’s Church in Brooklyn, New York. He entered the Salesians in 2004 and made his first profession of vows on August 16, 2008. He has been assigned to Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School in Takoma Park, Maryland, as coordinator of youth ministry. At the end of the ordination Mass, the four new priests together gave their first blessing to Cardinal Rodriguez. A reception dinner followed in New Rochelle, New York, where each of the newly ordained spoke brief words of gratitude to God, Mary Help of Christians, their parents and family, their confreres, and their friends.

Bogotá, Colombia - June 2017 - From 21 to 23 June, in the "San José" of Mosquera prenovitiate, there was a Communications course for the pre- and post-novices of the Bogotá Province (COB). The themes discussed were: Salesian Social Communication System, Provincial Plan for Social Communication (CS), Programming of the CS 2017 Delegation, Salesian Bulletin, Essential Elements of Communication, Message of the Holy Father for the LI World Day for Social Communications, tips for the use of social networks, news, photos and radio. The course was led by Carolina Triana, CS Provincial Delegate, Pilar Porras, CS Assistant, and Linna Chaparro, for the radio workshop.

Youndé, Cameroon - June 2017 - On 25 June, four Salesian Theology students professed perpetual vows at the parish of Mimboman. The celebration was chaired by Fr Alphonse Owoudou, Provincial of the Vice-Province of Tropical Equatorial Africa.

Parañaque City, Philippines - June 2017 - On June 24, Msgr. Teodoro Bacani presided over the ordination of 14 deacons, including 11 Salesians from the Philippines, Indonesia, South Korea and Myanmar.

Krakow, Poland - June 2017 - On June 24 at the theological student house of Krakow's Church of Mary Help of Christians, Msgr. Leszek Lieskiewicz, auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Tarnow, presided over the diocesan ordination of Salesians Artur Chejnowski, Jaroslaw Krzysztonek, Konrad Roszczyk and Lukasz Torbicki.

Rosemead, United States - June 2017 - On 9 June, mass was celebrated for the baccalaureate and diplomas awarded to 85 students from the Don Bosco Technical Institute (Bosco Tech) by the United States West Province (SUO). "These students are innovators of technology and communication and they are leaders; we have a lot of confidence in their future successes. So far, they have already obtained more than 4.6 million USD in scholarships for merit and we expect, thanks to several prizes, they will be reaching 6 million USD by the end of the year," said Dean Xavier Jimenez.