Shillong, India – July 2024 – The Salesian Saint John Paul II Province of Shillong, India  (INS), has organised a seminar in memory of Servant of God Fr Costantino Vendrame, currently on the path to venerability, at the Theological Studentate of the Sacred Heart, on Tuesday 23 July. Fr Richard Majaw, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Shillong, was the main guest at the event, which was attended by Fr Genesius Wanniang, Provincial Economer, priests, sisters, novices and some young people from Italy, led by Fr Lorenzo Barbieri, head of Youth Ministry in the Diocese of Vittorio Veneto. During the seminar Frs Mawrie Barnes, Phillip Borjo and Jose Anikuzhikattil spoke,  tracing the life and work of Fr Vendrame, popularly known as the "Apostle of the Khasi". Many of the participants asked questions to learn more about the life of this missionary, who carried out his work in the villages of the Khasi people, on the hills of Khasi Jaintia. Fr Barbieri, in particular, spoke at the seminar reading a message taken from the life notes of Fr Vendrame. The programme ended with a singing performance by the novices of the Salesian novitiate in Sunny Side, who sang a song about the Servant of God written and composed by Fr Mawrie Barnes.