(Pictured: Jessica, Mary and Sr Connie)

On Sunday 14th May, the day after the feast of St Mary Mazzarello and on a beautiful sunny day, Mary Biddle, from Kendal was enrolled as a Salesian Cooperator.

Sr Connie Cameron FMA, the Provincial, presented Mary, having known her and worked with her for many years when she ran VIDES UK. Mary made her first promise during Mass which was celebrated by Fr Michael Cunningham SDB, at the Sisters' Provincial House in Blundellsands, near Liverpool.

Jessica Wilkinson, the current Provincial Coordinator for the Cooperators, was delighted to be there to celebrate with Mary, her husband Iain, several Salesian Sisters and other Salesian friends.

Thanks to the sisters for their kind hospitality. We congratulate Mary and thank her for responding to God's call to serve the young and the poor as a Salesian Cooperator.