(Turin, Italy – September 2024) – The members of the 155th missionary expedition have reached their final preparations before the missionary send-off on 29 September in the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians. On Saturday, at sunset, they will receive the final transfer letter to their new Province with effect from 29 September. After dinner on 28 September they will have a meeting with the Vicar of the Rector Major, Fr Stefano Martoglio, and with the Mother General of the FMA, Mother Chiara Cazzuola, together with the FMA missionaries. “We continue to accompany them with our prayer,” said Fr Alfred Maravilla, General Councillor for the Missions.

On Sunday 29 September at 12:30 p.m., there will be the missionary sending (155th SDB missionary expedition, 147th for FMA and 7th for CMB lay missionaries, ‘Don Bosco Mission Community’)  in Valdocco, at the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians. It will be possible to follow the live broadcast on ANS Agenzia iNfo Salesiana Youtube channel.