Hua Hin, Thailand - July 2018 - The annual Retreat for the members of the Association of Salesian Cooperators (ASC) of Thailand took place from 20 to 22 July at the Salesian house in Hua Hin with 90 participants from 13 centers of the country. Almost all local SDB and FMA delegates were present. Mgr Joseph Prathan Sridarunsil, SDB, bishop of the diocese of Surat Thani, led the exercises on the theme "The disciples of Jesus Christ, live and proclaim the new evangelization". During the Mass on 22 July, presided by Fr J. Bosco Thepharat Pitisant, Provincial of Thailand, 12 new Salesian Cooperators made their promise. Thus the number of ASC members in Thailand rises to 177.