Tigaraksa, Indonesia – December 2024 – The Salesians and the Salesian Family in Indonesia celebrated Christmas 2024 together and welcomed the new year 2025. The celebration was held at the Salesian Novitiate Community of Don Bosco, in Tigaraksa, Tangerang, on 28 December 2024. The series of Christmas celebrations began with a conference by Fr Vincentius Prastowo, Superior of the Salesian Vice-Province of Indonesia (INA), who spoke with those present about Strenna 2025. Ample space was then given to the 150th anniversary of the sending of the first missionaries to Argentina and the beginning of the Jubilee Year. The conference was followed by a Eucharistic celebration in the chapel at the Salesian Novitiate in Tigaraksa and by listening to the testimony of Fr Noel Villafuerte, a Filipino missionary in Indonesia. The day ended with a shared meal and some artistic shows from groups of the Salesian Family.