In DB's garden

ALA_5345 By Fr Will Matthews, Provincial AUL Province Centre, Ascot Vale, Melbourne, 24 March 2020 -- An Australian Salesian Brother, Noel Hannabery, entered into Eternal Life on Monday 23rd March 2020, at Mercy Place in Parkville, Victoria...

ALA_5335 Joyful and faithful disciple of Jesus - Br. Paolino LIN By Province provincial secretary China Province, 11 March 2020 -- Salesian Brother Paul (Paolino) LIN Yin-nien was born in Shanghai on 16 July 1928 and made his first professi...

ALA_5320 1929-2020 By CIN provincial secretary Hong Kong, China, 18 February 2020 -- Fr. Stanislaus LOH Tat Cho was born 16 November 1929 in Shanghai, China; made his first religious profession on 16 August 1950 in Hong Kong; had his perpet...

ALA_5307 Following Christ in long sickness and suffering By Japan provincial secretary Tokyo, Japan, 30 January 2020 -- Fr. Francis Xavier Higashiki passed away silently in Beppu, Kyushu Island, Japan, on 28 January 2020 after 81 years of l...

ALA_5306 A Great Salesian of Vietnam in difficult times By Provincial Secretary Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 30 January 2020 -- Dear confreres, With loving memory and gratitude, the Province of Vietnam-Mongolia sorrowfully announces the Heave...

ALA_5301 24 January 2020 Dear EAO region friends, Today in the evening our beloved Fr. Francesco Maraccani passed in a silent mood to the house of the Father. Simple sketch of a great Salesian Fr. Francesco Maraccani (1936-2020) a great Sal...

ALA_5284 Fr. Monix, welcome to the Salesian Garden! By our own correspondent Cebu, Philippines, 30 December 2019 -- The FIS Province breaks the sad news of the sudden death of Fr. Ramon Pacada, SDB. Fr "Monix" as he was called, who collapse...

Fr Francis Sacco passed away By Fr Joseph Kriengsak, SDB Bangkok, Thailand, 19 October 2019 -- One of the most senior members of THA province (Thailand - Cambodia - Laos), Fr Francis Sacco, passed away on 19 October at 4:50 a.m. in Banpong,...

Thanks, dear Fr Luigi Cei (1944-2019) By Our Own Correspondent Rome, 22 June 2019 -- Many of us got know Fr Luigi Cei in the Salesian Central Archives at the General House, where he served from 1993-2017 with his whole heart, welcoming thos...

Fr. Havasi, SDB (1929-2019) By Bro Geza Nadurvari, SDB Provincial Secretary - UNG province Budapest, Hungary, 8 June 2019 -- As we know, Fr. Joszef Havasi ( Provincial Hungary1991-2008) was the precursor of Project Europe launched by Fr. Ch...

By Bro Tetsushi Francis Sudo, SDB Prov. Secretary Tokyo, Japan, 5 June 2019 -- The most senior Salesian in the Japan Province, Fr Joseph Emi Zenkichi, passed peacefully away to the house of the Father at the hospital in Beppu (Kyushu island...

Message of the Rector Major to the Salesian Family in the world By Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, SDB RMG, 18 May 2019 -- Dear brothers and sisters of the Salesian Family in the world, I write to you to share sad news and to invite you again to...

Fr Luis Badilla, SDB returned to the Father By FIS provincial secretary Cebu, the Philippines, 12 April, 2019 -- Fr. Luis Badilla, was born on 21 May, 1957, grew up in Tondo (Manila) and entered the seminary after his high school. He profes...

Vietnam Province mourns Brother: Br. Peter Duong Hien By VIE provincial secretary HCM City, Vietnam, 1 March 2019 -- At 12:00, March 1, 2019 Br. Tien was called by God, at Ben Cat Community, No. 258/3 Duong Quang Ham, Ward 5, Go Vap Distric...

By Fr. Peter Vu Anh Tuan, SDB Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 18 February 2019 -- One of the first generation Salesians of Vietnam, Fr Marco Hyunh, passed away on 18 February 2019 at 6 a.m. He had spent the last 42 years in the Ben Cat community...

Salesian missionary Antonio César Fernández murdered (Burkina Faso) By Fr. Ángel Fernández A., SDB Rector Major RMG, 16th February 2019 -- To my Salesian Confreres, To the Salesian Family in the world, My dear brethren, It’s just a few minu...

By Provincial Secretary KOR Seoul, Korea, 13 January 2019 -- With profound sorrow the Korean provincial community announces that Fr Valentino Shin has passed to the house of the Father after a pro-longed battle with cancer at the age of 56 ...

64 years of zealous missionary life in Thailand By Fr Joseph Kriengsak THA provincial secretary Banpong, Thailand, 25 December 2018 -- The most senior member of the THA (Thailand – Cambodia – Laos) provincial community, Fr Pietr...

Missionary in Thailand for 62 years By FMA secretary Thailand Ban Pong Ratchaburi, Thailand, 28 November 2018 -- The funeral took place on 28 November at Ban Pong Ratchaburi of our dear Sister Nadia Ferro FMA, Missionary to Thailand for 62 ...

Homily during the Funeral Mass of Fr Andres Cervantes SDB By Fr. Favie Faldas, SDB Manila, the Philippines, 24 November 2018 -- ‘When there's no one left in the living world who remembers you, you disappear from this world. We cal...