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ALA_5259 By Our own correspondent Tiruchy, Tamil Nadu, India, 26 November 2019 -- There are 90 Salesian provinces around the world and each year some of them get a new provincial, to exercise the service of authority for a 6 year period. Ea...

ALA_5254 Papal Visit to Thailand By THA SC Bangkok, Thailand, 18 November 2019 -- 2019 is a year of great significance for Thai Catholics, with many auspicious anniversaries. It marks the 350th anniversary of the first Apostolic Vicariate o...

ALA_5253 MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS THIRD WORLD DAY OF THE POOR 33th Sunday in Ordinary Time 17 November 2019 Dear Friends - EAO Delegates for the Social Communication and Formation, a few days before the visit of Pope Francis to ...

ALA_5244 Turin, Italy, 5 November 2019 -- Brother Piero Ramello, 55 years of age, is among the 3 new missionaries sent by the Rector Major to our Region in 2019. Two practical trainees were sent to Mongolia and Br. Piero to the Delegation o...

ALA_5239 VDB 100 years from first professions By Dagmar K, President General, VDB My Dear Sisters, On 26 October we celebrate the Centenary of the profession of the first seven 'Zealots' who laid the foundations for our Institute. It is bea...

2019 Mission Sunday statistics made public By CEP (Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples) Vatican City, 19 October 2019 -- For the tiny Catholic population of most of the EAO countries the global overview of the Catholic Church 'nu...

By Our Own Correspondent Vatican City, 18 October 2019 -- On the Feastday of St. Luke the Evangelist, Pope Francis appointed Fr Lucas Dau Ze Jeimphaung, S.D.B., until now Provincial Councilor and Rector of the Salesian Postnovitiate communi...

By Bro. Giampietro Pettenon, SDB Missioni Don Bosco Turin, Italy, 14 October 2019 -- Following the mandate of the General Chapter 27, to make the Don Bosco holy places more available for the numerous pilgrims, also the heart of the Valdocco...

By Hungarian Province SC Óbuda-Békásmegyer, Hungary, 29 September 2019 -- Another three Salesian missionaries took the nationality oath and received Hungarian citizenship at the Mayor's Office of the Óbuda-Békásmegyer Local Government on 26...

Cause of Beatification and Canonization of Fr. Andrej Majcen, Servant of God By Fr. Alojzij Snoj, SDB Vice-postulator of the Cause Rakovnik - Ljubljana, Slovenia, 28 September 2019 -- Friday 27 September, the Salesian Family of Slovenia wit...