Manila, Philippines - August 2024 - Salesians in the Northern Philippines  Province (FIN) gathered on 26 August at the Don Bosco School of Theology in Bicutan for the first retreat of the Pastoral Year 2024-2025. The meeting focused on the preparation for the Jubilee Year 2025 and began with a prayer led by Fr Andrew Wong, INA Supoerior, followed by the Mass celebrated by Fr Gerardo Martin, FIN Provincial. During the Mass, the new members of the Province were presented, including missionaries, newly professed Salesians and those who will stop for studies. The Salesians who are candidates for the ministries of Acolyte and Reader then delivered their letters to Fr Martin. The retreat ended with a community sharing on the state of personal and community prayer life, marking a unified beginning of the new pastoral year.