HONG KONG 29 August
2012 -- Emulating the international Nobel
Prize, the
Salesian Family of the China Province has recently established
for its
secondary schools a Don Bosco Prize. In memory of Don Bosco’s
relic
coming to China in 2011, of the 150th Anniversary of the
Founding of
the Salesian Society, and in anticipation of the 200th
Anniversary of
the birth of Don Bosco, the Salesian China Province, in
conjunction
with the Louis Leung Education Foundation, has established the
Don
Bosco Prize, which will be awarded each year to the best
students of
Salesian Family secondary school in Hong Kong, Macau and
Taiwan, so as
to enshrine Don Bosco’s loving care for youth, and to
encourage
students to imitate his selfless spirit of service.
This year therefore, each secondary school of the Salesian
Family has
nominated 3 of its best students, not only are they excellent
in
academic studies and conduct, possessing the spirit service,
they are
also inspired by Don Bosco, keen to follow Don Bosco’s virtues
and
charism.
Altogether more than 30 students were nominated, from whom 5
were
selected for the 1st year Don Bosco Prize. They would receive
a
respectable sum of scholarship from the Louis Leung Education
Foundation, and a nice certificate signed by our Rector Major,
Very
Reverend Fr. Pascual Chavez Villanueva, which would be a very
precious
and memorable gift indeed.
This year, the Don Bosco Prize was distributed to students on
16th
August, during the festival dinner which honored the
jubilarians and
the cleric who took his perpetual vow. The prize recipients
were elated
and felt very much encouraged. Our Rector Major and Mr. Louis
Leung
hope that this prize can even be promoted to the whole
Salesian EAO Region, if the funding is available from the
Foundation.