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Shillong, India – December 2024 – The Don Bosco Media Network in Shillong, in collaboration with the Don Bosco Youth Centre in Laitumkhrah, organised a prestigious dance competition called Step Battle Dance, whose grand finale was held on Tuesday 3 December. The Majestic Dance Academy won the first prize, followed on the podium by Megha Warriors and ACE Merakis. During the award ceremony, Fr Anthony Kharkongor, Principal of the St Anthony's" Senior Secondary School, urged the competitors to set ambitious goals and strive to achieve their best. He then stressed that dance is a noble art which can lead to success and provide job opportunities. Under the leadership of Fr Michael Makri, who is its Director, the Don Bosco Media Network is dedicated to the promotion of skills and education through various initiatives and programmes.
Da lat, Vietnam – November 2024 - On 30 November, at the Postnovitiate Community, the Mission Sector of the Province of Vietnam (VIE), organised Salesian Mission Day in the Lam Dong – Highlands Region, bringing together more than 300 participants, including the Archpriest of the Diocese of Da lat, Fr John Bosco Hoang Van Chinh, the Provincial of Vietnam, Fr Barnaba Le An Phong, the Provincial Councillors, Salesians, Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, Salesian Cooperators, parents, families, Salesian missionaries ad gentes, lay people and young people from the Salesian communities and parishes. After the opening and the blessing by the Provincial, the participants watched a video clip on the theme of the SMD: "Builders of dialogue" and the 25th anniversary of the sending of the first Salesian missionary ad gentes of the Province. The heart of the Salesian mission day was the Mass of thanksgiving for the anniversary. In the homily, the Provincial invited the community to become evangelisers, to have a loving heart, to look at others with the heart, with love starting from the family, in the parish, in the environment. The evangeliser, he recalled, should put God first, not works, and turn on the light of Jesus' love in everyone.
San Juan, Argentina – November 2024 – On 30 November, the city of San Juan experienced a profoundly significant moment with the priestly ordination of Salesian deacon Hugo Sánchez. The celebration was presided over by Bishop Alejandro Musolino, SDB, Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, accompanied by Fr Horacio Barbieri, Superior of the Salesian Province of Argentina North (ARN), and by the Rector of the Salesian work of San Juan, Fr Andrés Peirone. Family, friends and Salesians gathered to welcome the new priest, sharing together the joy of this important step in his life.
Kinshasa, DR Congo – December 2024 – Members of the Salesian Family met Our Lady of the Nativity Salesian community in Masina II, headquarters of the Mary Help of Christians Vice-Province of Africa Congo-Congo (ACC), on Sunday 1 December, concluding the year with a meeting on "The Dream at Nine Years of Age". After welcoming the different groups of the Salesian Family, the day began with a Eucharistic concelebration presided over by Fr Sylvain Woto, Vice-Superior. After Mass, a group photo was taken in front of the new building of the St Thomas Aquinas postnovitiate. The theme of the day was then commented on by Fr Grégoire Marie Kifuayi, SDB, parish priest of St Achille Kiwanuka parish. At the end of the conference, the members of the various groups of the SF – Past Pupils of Don Bosco, Volunteers of Don Bosco, Salesian Cooperators, Salesians and the Association of Mary Help of Christians – met to discuss the dreams of young people, who are at the centre of the mission of the Salesian Family.