Eighteen candidates were commissioned as Salesian Lay Missioners, and four more as Salesian Domestic Volunteers (or as “Home Missioners,” some would prefer to say), in a rite at Don Bosco Retreat Center in Haverstraw, N.Y., on August 17.

Bishop Luc Van Looy, SDB, of Ghent, Belgium, presided over the commissioning rite, assisted by Adam Rudin, director of the SLM program, Megan Fraino, director of the SDV program, and Fr. Tom Dunne, SDB.

The commissioning was the culmination of three weeks of orientation [...]