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Kuarmunda, India - October 2022 - The inauguration of the first Marian Congress and Pilgrimage at the Provincial level of the Salesians of Dimapur (IND) was held on October 23 at the Mary Help of Christians Church in Kuarmunda, Odisha state. The church is becoming a center shrine of pilgrimage, and this is testified by the many pilgrims who have come from all the parishes in the province, members of the Salesian Family, and priests and religious who work in Salesian parishes or collaborate with the Sons of Don Bosco. On Oct. 24, Bishop Kishore Kumar Kujur of Rourkela presided over Mass in honor of Mary Help of Christians.

Southwest Sumba – SMK (Vocational High School) Don Bosco in Southwest Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tengggara Province, held a Workshop on the Implementation of Bullying-Free Schools. This activity took place in the school hall on Thursday (20/10/2022). The resource persons were the Police Chief of Southwest Sumba Regency, I Gede Ariada and the activist of Women and Children-Talita Kum, Imelda Sulis Setiawati. The activity was attended by students of grade X and grade XI of the two majors, namely, Electrical Power Installation Engineering and Network Computer Engineering. Grade XII students did not attend it since they were still doing the internship. The activity was also attended by teachers and staff.

Buenos Aires, Argentina - October 2022 - On October 22, 2022, at the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Almagro, Buenos Aires, Salesian Marco Antonio Pita Celis was ordained a priest through the laying on of hands and consecratory prayer of Cardinal Mario Poli, Archbishop of Buenos Aires. Also present were Fr. Darío Perera, Superior of the Salesian Province of South Argentina, various Salesians and Daughters of Mary Help of Christians.

San José, Costa Rica - October 2022 - The Association of Mary Help of Christians (ADMA) celebrated its VI Central American Congress, last October 7 and 8, on the theme "Mary Help of Christians, Model of Christian Life," in mixed mode - presential and virtual. Costa Rica, as host, gathered its members in the Don Bosco temple in San Jose. For their part, the rest of the region's delegations experienced the meeting through the Zoom platform and live on the Costa Rican Salesian Family page. The meeting, which aimed to celebrate and promote devotion to Mary Help of Christians as a model of holiness for the Salesian Family, began with words of welcome and the recitation of the Rosary, led by members from each of the participating countries. Afterward, participants deepened the motto of the meeting and shared the theme "Mary, a believing woman," addressed by Fr. Julio Navarro, SDB. This was followed by a plenary session and Eucharistic adoration led by Fr. Guido Maroto, Salesian Delegate of ADMA in Costa Rica. The "Salesian Goodnight" was by Fr. Ángel Prado, Superior of the Salesian Province of Central America (CAM), who emphasized the need to spread devotion to Mary Help of Christians, aware of the principle from which Don Bosco started: "Being members of ADMA means listening to a call to work to spread a doctrine that asks us to constantly look at the Church in its Eucharistic and Marian dimensions."

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