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Kauai resident Craig Duff is among nine Salesian Lay Missioners commissioned this year for missionary service. A parishioner at St. Catherine of Alexandria Church in Kapaa, Duff will serve at a Salesian school and mission center in Bolivia. Drawing on his previous experience living and teaching overseas, he says the Salesian emphasis on “reason, religion and loving kindness” deeply resonated with his own approach to education and his desire to use his gifts in service to Christ and young people.

Recent university graduate Veronica D’Andrea is following God’s call to serve as a Salesian Lay Missioner in Montero, Bolivia. The 22-year-old Canadian shares how a profound sense of peace during her discernment helped confirm her vocation to mission and her desire to serve young people. Commissioned as an SLM in August, Veronica will serve at Hogar Sagrado Corazón, a home for approximately 120 girls, trusting that God’s peace will continue to guide her along the way.

Nine Salesian Lay Missioners were commissioned for missionary service on August 14 at the Don Bosco Retreat Center in Haverstraw, New York. Following three weeks of formation and preparation, the new SLMs were sent forth to serve in Ecuador, Bolivia, and the United States. During the commissioning, Fr. Dominic Tran, SDB, reminded the missioners of their call to make Christ present to others—whether serving far from home or in the ordinary circumstances of daily life.

When Denverites think of missionary work, their minds may wander to far-off countries and unfamiliar languages. But this summer, one of our own stepped forward to take up that call.

The Salesians of the New Rochelle Province commissioned ten lay missionaries during Evening Prayer on Thursday, August 14, in the chapel of the Don Bosco Retreat Center at Haverstraw, N.Y.

Port Chester, NY – From June 21-23, 8 Salesian Lay Missioner (SLM) candidates gathered at the Salesian community in Port Chester, NY, to take part in a weekend designed to help them reflect on how God might be calling them to serve. The Discernment Weekend offered a blend of prayer, conversation, and immersion in the

Aspiring Salesian Lay Missioners gathered for a weekend of prayer, reflection, and learning, deepening their understanding of the Salesian charism and discerning their call to mission.