by Father Velasli Bandya for BISMumbai

Father Blany Pinto and Father Velasli Bandya of the MumbaiSalesians' Vocation Animation team visited the various communities in the province, in August and September, to animate the local vocation teams. Having finished meetings with the communities in the Mumbai region, in the coming months, meeting with communities in the other regions in the province, is scheduled.

The purpose of the meeting:

1. Introduce members to the team

2. The role and responsibility of members of the vocation team

3. Evaluation of the last year's vocation plan of the community

4. Introduce Don Bosco Lonavla to the vocation team members

5. Preparing a strategy and forming a vocation plan

Communities visited:

10 August: St. Dominic Savio Wadala [E] (There were six members and Salesians belonging to the community were present)

11 August: Our Lady fo Dolours Wadala [W](There were three members and Salesians belonging to the community were present)

27 August: Don Bosco Borivali (There were nine members and two Salesians belonging to the community were present)

06 September: Don Bosco Naigaon (Salesians belonging to the community were present)

07 September: Don Bosco High School Matunga (There were two members and two Salesians belonging to the community were present)

The meeting was held online.

07 September: DBCL Kurla (Salesians belonging to the community were present)

08 September: Dominic Savio Andheri (There were seven members and Salesians belonging to the community were present). The meeting was held online.

11 September: JyoptiMata Church-Virar (There were three members and Salesians belonging to the community were present)

12 September: Resurrection Church-Virar (There were four members and rector of the community were present)

Decisions taken up by the vocation team

• The team will undertake one activity for a month

• Monthly/ bi-monthly meetings will be held to evaluate the activities

• The team to be expanded for a better outreach (Salesian and non-Salesian parishes)

• The community will create a database of the students who belong to the institution and contact them regularly

• Disseminate information of Don Bosco Lonavla (through videos and brochures) to the parents and family friends

• To get in touch with the other parishes through the vocation team

There was a lot of enthusiasm and eagerness shown by the local vocation team members in all the communities visited, to animate vocations.