The missionary dimension belongs to both the Congregation and the Salesian Family. It was observed that at Don Bosco's death about a fifth of his spiritual children were engaged in Salesian missions in Latin America. From then on, the zeal to bring the Gospel and the charism of Don Bosco to all corners of the world through an explicit word or through the witness of a life genuinely at the service of the most needy young people, has never stopped and has reached over 135 countries on five continents.
However, for the missionary fire to continue there is always a need for new standard bearers. And it is here that the evocative event of the Missionary Expedition takes place, the final stage, for the Salesians who participate in it, of several years of vocational and missionary discernment and the culmination of the five weeks of the "Germoglio" preparatory course.
The 27 Salesians of the 155th SDB missionary expedition will receive the missionary cross, and with them also the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians from the 147th FMA missionary expedition and some lay volunteers from the Community of the Mission of Don Bosco (CMB), a private association of the faithful belonging to the Salesian Family.
Thinking of the many interested parties around the world who will not be able to be physically present, the live broadcast of the Mass has been scheduled, accessible to all on the ans YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ANSchannel
"We join in prayer for this sign of fruitfulness and availability at the service of the Church for the good of so many young people around the world!" says the Congregation's Mission Sector, the Salesian office that cares for and promotes Salesian missions in the world and prepares missionaries for sending.
