austraLasia #3096
Cardinal Zen visits PNG
PORT MORESBY: 5 July
2012 -- JOSEPH
Cardinal Zen Ze-kium, accompanied by Archbishop Santo Gangemi,
Apostolic Nuncio for Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands and
Fr.
Emmanuel Fadeyi, Secretary, were warmly welcomed by Fr. Raffy
Galve
sdb, PNG-SI Delegate, Rectors and confreres on 5th July, 2012
at Emmaus
Retreat Centre, Port Moresby.
Benedict XVI appointed Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kium, retired
bishop of
Hong Kong, as his special envoy to celebrate the centenary of
the birth
of Blessed Peter To Rot. The celebrations honouring the
catechist and
martyr of Papua New Guinea will take place in Rabaul on
Saturday.
After the meal, Fr. Eduardo Revilla, Rector of Savio House,
Boroko
expressed his joy in song, while Fr. Raffy thanked him for his
visit to
the Salesian community – his second visit to the
country. The Cardinal
recalled incidents of his past visit and requested the
confreres to
pray for the church in China.
The Rectors of the PNG-SI Delegation, presently on their
retreat, which
concludes on 6th July, 2012, were happy to spend the evening
and enjoy
a delicious meal together with their esteemed guests.
The retreat is
being preached by Fr. Henry Boneti sdb has novel insights into
the life
and pastoral activity of Don Bosco and the early Salesians.
The Rectors and Council meeting will be held at the end of the
retreat,
after which the confreres will return to their communities.