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6022_ASC Retreat, Japan
By Erik Sato Chofu, Tokyo, Japan, 2 August 2023 -- The Association of Salesian Cooperators in Japan (Tokyo Area) held its annual retreat on 30 July 2023. 25 members, 2 FMA Delegates, and 2 aspirants gathered at Salesian Seminary in Chofu. 2...Date2023.08.02 CategoryGIA Reply0 Views349 -
6003(III)_Recalling Don Bosco Our Father - Japan
Provincial Community Day in Japan 2023 By Cl. Kenji Lorenzo Ruiz Hasegawa, SDB Chofu (Tokyo), Japan, 20 June 2023 -- On Fathers’ Day, the Province of St. Francis Xavier (Japan) held its annual celebration of the Provincial Community D...Date2023.06.21 CategoryGIA Reply0 Views468 -
5992(II)_Japan ADMA is growing with well-animated zoom prayer sessions
By Fr. Angel Hitoshi Yamanouchi Spiritual Animator ADMA - Tokyo Tokyo, Japan, 30 May 2023 -- On the Eve of Pentecost Sunday, on 27 May 2023, at Honjo Church in Saitama Province (Tokyo metropolitan area), 18 new members made their promise as...Date2023.05.30 CategoryGIA Reply0 Views339 -
5966_Youth Catholic Camp (YCC) helps Japanese Young People To Live ‘Shalom’
By Cl. Kenji Lorenzo Ruiz Hasegawa, SDB Miyazaki, Japan, 3 April -- After having restricting gatherings due to the spread of the pandemic for three years, it was with great joy that the annual Youth Catholic Camp (YCC) was held face-to-face...Date2023.04.04 CategoryGIA Reply0 Views362 -
5965(I)_ADMA is alive in Japan: ZOOM ADMA
Tokyo, Japan, 2 April 2023 -- During the three years of the Corona Disaster, we have had difficult days for going to church. Father Angel Yamanouchi, the spiritual animator of the ADMA in Japan, quickly grasped the feelings of the starving ...Date2023.04.02 CategoryGIA Reply0 Views402 -
5947(IV)_Fr. Joseph Tani Satoshi (1954-2023), RIP
Tokyo, Japan, 18 February 2023 -- On 31 January 1888, before leaving his boys, Don Bosco said: “Dite ai miei ragazzi che li aspetto tutti in Paradiso” (Tell my boys that I will wait for them all in Heaven). Today the Province of...Date2023.02.20 CategoryGIA Reply0 Views944 -
5944(II)_The Challenge to Become Yeast in Japanese Society
By Cl. Kenji Lorenzo Ruiz Hasegawa, SDB Chofu, Tokyo, Japan, 12 February 2023 -- In mid-January of this year, the whole Salesian world celebrated the Spirituality Days with this year’s Strenna of the Rector Major: As the Yeast in Toda...Date2023.02.12 CategoryGIA Reply0 Views356 -
5928(II)_The Annual Salesian Family Joint Council in Japan 2023 ONLINE
Let us join more forces with each other in the style of Don Bosco By Chihiro OKAWA, EXDB Tokyo, Japan, 12 January 2023 -- The Annual Salesian Family Joint Council ONLINE was held on 12 January, involving the representatives from each group ...Date2023.01.13 CategoryGIA Reply0 Views622 -
5909(II)_“It's all right. No need to worry” - Fr Juan Bautista Massa, RIP (1928-2022)
By Fr. Michael Lap Tokyo, Japan, 14 December 2022 -- “It's all right. No need to worry.” This is like Father Massa's motto, who returned to Father’s garden on the feast of St Lucia, December 13, 2022. His brain see...Date2022.12.14 CategoryGIA Reply0 Views477 -
5906(I)_Caritas Sisters of Jesus in Japan: 3 perpetual and 3 first professions
By our own correspondent Tokyo, Japan, 11 December 2022 -- On December 8, 2022, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, the Salesian Family gained three new members. These three sisters are members of the Caritas Sisters of Jesus. A...Date2022.12.12 CategoryGIA Reply0 Views326