Philippines – May 2024 – On the feast day of Mary Help of Christians, 24 May, the Salesian Province of the Southern Philippines rejoiced at the priestly ordination of three new Salesians, two of them from the Philippines and one from Pakistan. In the afternoon, Bishop Patricio Abella Buzon, SDB, Bishop of Bacolod, presided over the ordinations of the Salesians Antonio Velarde and Genson Banguis, at the Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, in Cebu. On the same day, Bishop Khalid Rehmat, Apostolic Vicar of Quetta, Pakistan, presided over the priestly ordination of Salesian Alfred Barnad. The ceremony was held at the Don Bosco Chapel in Quetta. Both events were attended by numerous Salesians, the families of the ordinands and members of the Salesian Family.