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Goma, DR Congo - December 2024 - This Saturday, 7 December, the Don Bosco Ngangi Salesian Community experienced a moment of conviviality on the occasion of the solemnity of the Immaculate Conceptiony. Salesian Family, lay collaborators and students gathered to celebrate this Marian feast, giving the event a spiritual and cultural dimension. The day was structured around three main moments: the solemn mass, a cultural performance by the students and fraternal sharing. The Eucharistic celebration, presided over by Fr Gauthier Tshibangu, Provincial Delegate of the AFC-EST St Joseph Delegation, brought together several members of the Salesian Family. In his homily, Fr Tshibangu retraced the historical roots of the Salesian mission, evoking the key encounter between Don Bosco and Bartholomew Garelli.
Fatumaca, Timor-Leste - December 2024 - On 7 December, after a year of formation in the Salesian novitiate in Fatumaca, 13 young people made their first religious profession as members of the Salesian Congregation. Twelve of these young people come from the Timor-Leste Vice-Province (TLS) and one from the Indonesia Vice-Province (INA). The solemn Eucharistic celebration was presided over by the TLS Superior, Fr Anacleto Guterres Pires, and concelebrated by dozens of Salesian priests, including Fr Lino Quintão Assis Belo, vice-Province of the INA Vice-Province. The ceremony was attended by the families of the newly professed, clerics and religious from different Congregations.
Xuan hiep - Vietnam - December 2024 - On the morning of 5 December, a Mass was held at the Philip Rinaldi Theological Community to celebrate the Community's Patron. During the Mass, Fr Barnabas Le An Phong, Superior of the Vietnamese Province (VIE) celebrated the conferral of the Ministries of Reader on six second-year Theology students and the Ministries of Acolyte on six third-year Theology students. The celebration gathered more than 400 participants, including Salesians, sisters, parents of Salesians in the community, guests and benefactors of the community.
Madrid, Spain - November 2024 - On 29 November, the headquarters Spain’s Saint James the Greater Province (SSM) was the scene of the graduation ceremony for the specialised courses in Educational Centre Management and Pastoral Coordination, organised by the Salesian Schools. The event, which was attended by prominent personalities from the Salesian educational and pastoral world, closes the 2023-2024 academic year and reaffirms the institution's commitment to the ongoing formation of educators. Over the past year, teachers have acquired fundamental tools to conduct educational and pastoral projects that respond to the current challenges of society. This approach not only guarantees educational quality, but also strengthens the Salesian identity in Salesian schools. During the day, not only the academic commitment of the graduates was appreciated, but also their dedication to the Salesian mission through the preventive system: to form people committed to building a more just and supportive society, where well-being and pleasant social coexistence are at the centre.