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Hua Hin, Thailand - May 2022 - On the morning of May 11, the Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, visited the Generalate House of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (SIHM in English), the 14th group of the Salesian Family. The Rector Major, accompanied by the Councilor for the East Asia-Oceania Region, Fr Joseph Nguyen Thinh Phuoc, and the Provincial of the Salesian Province of Thailand (THA), Fr John Bosco Dheparat Pitisant, were given a warm welcome by the Mother General, Sister Maliwan Poramatviroj, her sisters and the candidates. The latter performed a dance to the notes of the SIHM anthem, in which the Rector Major was invited to participate, adding a note of joy and color to the event. Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, addressing the candidates then urged them to be generous and full of love, not to be afraid, but to be courageous, and to always keep God at the center of their hearts.

Kinshasa, D.R. Congo - May 2022 - On May 7 and 8, the young people of the Salesian Missionary Group of Kinshasa organized the first edition of the "Study, Prayer and Service Weekend". This activity aims to allow young missionaries to live the weekend differently in the deepening of their missionary identity and fraternal joy. This is done through the study of various missionary documents, moments of meeting, and service to others. For this first edition, the Missionary Group was composed of about forty young people gathered at the Salesian Institute "La Gombe 2". On the evening of May 7, Fr Jacques Isha, SDB, leader of the group, gave a lecture on the identity of the Salesian missionary, followed by a moment of sharing, exchange, and deepening. The following day, Sister Bernadette Kappy, FMA, animated a conference on "The importance of prayer in the life of the young missionary".

Argentina - May 2022 - During the last week of April and the first week of May, the Provincial Delegation for Social Communication of Southern Argentina led various meetings in different pastoral areas with the heads and communication teams of the Salesian houses. Meetings were held on April 26 with the heads of the Comahue region; on April 29 with those in the Patagonia Nord and Patagonia Austral regions, and on May 5 with those responsible for houses in the Buenos Aires region. The meeting’s objective was to introduce the new Delegate of Social Communication (SC), Nicolás Mirabet, to deepen the reality of communication in the works, and to reflect on the importance of communication in the Church and in the Salesian Congregation. For the second half of the year, the SC Provincial Delegation of Southern Argentina plans to carry out a series of training sessions on specific topics to be defined according to the needs of each Salesian house.

Caserta, Italy - May 2022 - The youth orchestra of the Salesian Institute "Sacred Heart of Mary" of Caserta has brought high the name of the city and of Don Bosco, as it recently won three first prizes, two in international music competitions and a national one. The competitions: "International music competition Giovani promesse" of Bracigliano (April 8); "National music competition Umberto Giordano" of Foggia (May 2); and the "Concorso Internazionale Musicale Città di Pesaro" (May 6). Formed by about 50 pupils of the Don Bosco school (from the first year of elementary school to the fifth year of high school), the orchestra is directed by Maestro Enzo Anastasio, with the organizational supervision of Professor Massimo Barone and Agostino Barone, former principal of the Salesian middle school. Now they are aiming at "Procida Capital of Culture": the young musicians of the Don Bosco school, in fact, will be the protagonists of the event "The world saved by children" in the splendid setting of the island of Procida.

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