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By Bernadette Eriko Sato, Provincial Coordinator ASC Tokyo, Japan, 28 April 2024 -- On 21 April 2024, the Salesian Cooperators in Japan Province held their General Assembly at the Salesian Seminary in Chofu, Tokyo. Around 40 members gathere...

By Fr. Nakada Shoichiro Joseph Yamanaka, Japan, 4 June 2024 -- The Japanese Province commenced its 2024 Provincial Chapter at the Retreat House of the Salesian Sisters in Yamanaka on 2 June 2024. It will continue until 6 June. Under the the...

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...

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...

By Fr. Nobuyuki Tamura, SDB Tokyo, Japan, 4 September 2023 -- On Saturday, September 2, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., the priestly ordination of Deacon James Chihiro Morito, was held at Himonya Catholic Church in Tokyo. The bishop who presided over t...

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...

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...

By Mr. Kentaro Kikuchi, Volunteer of Seibo Japan, Yokohama Salesian Junior and Senior High School Past Pupil Yokohama, Japan, 5 October 2023 -- As a Volunteer staff member of NPO Seibo, I would like to share one of our activities for our lo...

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...

Tokyo, Japan, 25 October 2022 -- Fr Gaetano Compri, 92, an Italian missionary in Japan for 67 years, is still there thriving and engaged in missionary work, also in the digital world! This week he finished presenting the explanation on YouT...