Žepče, Croatia – April 2024 – The 19th Provincial Chapter of the Salesian Province of Croatia (CRO) is being celebrated in Žepče on the premises of the Don Bosco Catholic School Centre from 1-4 April. The Chapter is attended by 26 Salesians with the right to vote from all the provincial presences as well as two Salesians without the right to vote (a student from Rome and a priest from one of the four Catholic Missions for Croats in Germany). The current Provincial, Fr Tihomir Šutalo, is presiding at the Chapter, also in the presence of the newly appointed Superior Fr Milan Ivančević who will be installed on 15 June 2024. At the beginning of the work there were greetings from some guests of the Salesian Family online and the mayor and the parish priest of Žepče were physically present to greet the Chapter members.

Zagreb, Croatia – January 2024 - The Salesians of the St John Bosco Province of Zagreb-Croatia (CRO) celebrated Province Day on the feast of St Francis de Sales (24 January).  About sixty Salesians from the various communities from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Germany gathered for the occasion. The event began with Terce, which was followed by the greeting of the Provincial, Fr Tihomir Šutalo, and the presentation of the program. Fr Tomislav Lukač presented the Rector Major's Strenna 2024, published these days in Croatian, indicating the main points. Fr Pejo Orkić briefly presented the Croatian edition of the document "The parish and the shrine entrusted to the Salesians". Fr Mladen Delić, CRO Vice-Provincial, recalled two Salesians who will celebrate their 50th priestly ordination this year and the renewed web page of the CRO Province was presented: www.donbosco.hr  Fr Šutalo then highlighted the most significant points of the province's life in 2023 and the most important ones to come in 2024. During the Eucharistic celebration twelve aspirants entered the Salesian prenovitiate. In his brief homily, Fr Šutalo encouraged these young people, as well as all the Salesians present, to be true shepherds in the modern world, following the example of the Good Shepherd Jesus Christ and to have a good and gentle heart following the example of Saint Francis de Sales.

(ANS – Rome) – As part of the work of the winter plenary session of the General Council, Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco, with the consent of the members of his Council, has appointed Fr Milan Ivančević Superior of the S John Bosco Province of Croatia (CRO) for the six-year period 2024-2030.

Zagreb, Croatia – September 2023 – On the occasion of the beginning of the new school year, students at the  Domink Savio school in Zagreb, and their families, received a visit from Archbishop Dražen Kutleša, Archbishop of Zagreb. In an atmosphere of joy and encouragement, the Archbishop celerbated the Mass, concelebrated by Fr Tihomir Šutalo, Superior of the Salesian Province of Croatia (CRO), Fr Danijel Vidović, Parish Priest of the Church of Mary Help of Christians, and Fr Mario Bobić, chaplain of the school. In his homily, Archbishop Dražen Kutleša stressed that everyone should always strive to go to Jesus and that it is up to parents and teachers to guide children along this path with great love. 

Zagreb, Croatia - September 2023 - For several years now, the Salesians of the St John Bosco Province of Croatia (CRO) have been organising the Salesianity Days, which this year were concentrated into a single day due to the busy schedule of events. On 1 September, almost 60 Salesians, representatives of all the Salesian communities in Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina, together with those who are temporarily in Germany, gathered together. After a moment of prayer, the Provincial, Fr Tihomir Šutalo, presented the day's programme, stating: "All of us Salesians in the Province want to discover and do God's will." The members of the Provincial Council then presented the different Sectors of the life of the Province. This was followed by a discussion and Eucharistic celebration, presided over by the Provincial. Then, after a short break, the work of the assembly resumed with an address from Fr Šutalo, who presented some information on life in the Province and the most important events in the coming pastoral and school year. In this Province, Salesians work in nine parishes and three school communities in Zagreb, Rijeka and Žepče. One Salesian is a student chaplain in Zagreb; another in Zadar, and as of this year is also the diocesan officer for youth ministry work; and another is a student chaplain at the State Military University. After a moment of dialogue, the representatives of the individual communities of the Province presented their own communities and the work of the Salesians. This year's meeting was made special by the presence of numerous young Salesian trainees and students who are scattered throughout the year in various Salesian communities in Bosnia, Croatia, Italy, England and the Holy Land.

Zagreb, Croatia - September 2023 - Salesians Frano Bešlić, Ante Bulat, Ivan Dvoraček and Zvonimir Tomaš made their perpetual profession on 1 September in the Church of Mary Help of Christians in Zagreb, during the Eucharistic celebration presided over by the Superior of the Salesian Province of Croatia (CRO), Fr Tihomir Šutalo. Present at the celebration were Salesians, members of the Salesian Family and numerous young people, as well as parents, relatives and friends of the newly perpetually professed. Also present were all the young Salesian students and practical trainees from the CRO Province, who during the pastoral year are scattered across various communities between Croatia and Bosnia, as well as in the Salesian studentates and communities in Italy, England, Malta and Israel.