Brussels, Belgium - May 2017 - On 30 and 31 May, the Annual General Assembly of the Don Bosco Network was held, with the participation of Fr Guillermo Basañes,
General Councilor for Missions, and Don George Menamparampil, Coordinator of the Missions Office. Discussed during the meeting: the future steps and development of
the Don Bosco Network and elections of the unanimously-elected new President, Peter Annegarn, also President of VIA Don Bosco and the European Forum of National Laity Committees.

Madurai, India - May 2017 - To testify that sport unites everyone without discrimination and makes
everyone young, dynamic and energetic, the 18th Don Bosco Football Tournament took place from
23 to 28 May, a competition organized by the Salesians of Don Bosco ITI of Madurai, the Madurai
District Football Association (MDFA), and the Tamilnadu Football Association (TFA), which
covers the whole Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Ascunción, Paraguay - May 2017 - On 27 May, the traditional nautical procession of Mary Help of Christians took place in Río Paraguay. The statue of the Virgin was transported on board a motorboat from the Marina's arsenal to the Port of Asunción to commemorate the arrival of the first Salesians in Paraguay over 120 years ago and, thanks to them, the devotion to Mary Help of Christians.

Ljubljana Rakovnik, Slovenia – 24 May, 2017 - During the Eucharistic celebration in honor of Mary Help of Christians, led by Fr. Janez Potočnik, Superior of the Province of Slovenia, in the Salesian Church of Ljubljana-Rakovnik, five young people made their promise as members of the Salesian Cooperators Association (ASC). Tilll Mlakar, ASC Regional Coordinator, greeted the new Cooperators with best wishes of faith and joy for a steady growth of Salesian Cooperators in Slovenia.

Paranaque City, Philippines - May 2017 – on 31 May, the Perpetual Professions of 11 Salesians (10 clerics and a Co-Salesite) took place at the National Sanctuary of Mary Help of Christians. The Eucharist was presided over by Fr Paul Bicomong, Superior of the North Philippine Province, and concelebrated by don Charles Saw Thi Han Lwin, Superior of the Pre-Province of Myanmar, and don Honesto Geronimo, Vicar of the South Philippines Province.

Maynoot, Ireland - On Sunday, May 28, in St. Patrick's Church, Mgr. Michael Neary, Archbishop of Tuam, ordained 2 Salesian deacons: Vietnamese missionaries Dominic Binh Nguyen and Paul Binh Tran, along with the three Irish diocesan Kevin Connolly, Anthony McAleese and Gerard Quirke. The Eucharist was also concelebrated by Don Guillermo Basañes, General Counsel for Missions, and IRL Inspector, Don Michael Casey.