Nashik, India – May 24th, 2017 – On May 24th, on the occasion of the feast of Mary Help of Christians, at the Don Bosco Parish of Nashik, Fr. Godfrey D’Souza, Superior of the Province of Mumbai (INB), presided over the ceremony of the First Professions of 5 SDBs and 8 FMAs.

Lubumbashi, D. R. of the Congo - May 2017 - On May 21, the Salesian Family and the Association of Mary Help of Christians (ADMA) created a pilgrimage in honor of Mary Help of Christians, culminating in the Eucharistic celebration presided over by Fr Jean-Claude Ngoy, Provincial of Central Africa (AFC).

Las Heras, Argentina - May 2017 – The Salesian missionaries and the missionaries Daughters of Mary Help of Christians arrived in Argentina in the nineteenth century to announce the Gospel to the Italian immigrants. Sister Danuta Drewnowska, FMA, a Polish missionary, continues the work of evangelization in the village of Las Heras, a community of Patagonia that has about 35,000 people and a single priest available.

Mosquera, Colombia - May 2017 - Fr Salvador Murguía, of the Department for Formation, visited the community of the Pre-novitiate "San José" in Mosquera on May 19. Fr Murguía first met with the 8 pre-novitiates and then with the 5 trainers in a dialogue focusing on the reflection on the stage of the pre-novitiate, the processes to develop and the first options and beliefs of the Salesian life that must be taken.

Nairobi, Kenya - May 2017 - On May 19, at the Shrine of Mary Help of Christians in Nairobi, Monsignor Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo, the bishop of Homa Bay, presided over the ordinations of 3 priests and 18 Salesian deacons, coming from various African countries, from Vietnam and Myanmar.

Laguna, Philippines - May 2017 - From 9 to 12 May, 145 young leaders from the "Bosconian" group, coming from various Salesian houses, took part in a training seminar.