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SEOUL: 16 July 2013 -- It has been a three year labour of love by a former Salesian and the sister of a Salesian, but it means that the Korea Province is the first Province in the world to ensure that all seven volumes of Fr Arthur Lenti's monumental series on Don Bosco, 'History and Spirit', are now available to confreres in Korea in their own language.
With the seventh and last volume in hand, Fr Stephen Nam, Provincial in Korea thanked the many people involved in translation and publication of the series, saying that now, local Salesians have a magnificent and abundant amount of material "to discover our origins and return to Don Bosco". He said he was sure that "this series is a great gift for us in preparing for the bicentenary, so let's suggest it and present it to people who want to know about and imitate Don Bosco".
Five of the series, including this final one, were translated by Joseph Kang, a former Salesian and now retired teacher of English from Incheon, where he taught at the Catholic Secondary school there. "I am really happy to have translated this wonderful work of Fr Lenti's", he said. "I have taken great pride in belonging to the Salesian Family and starting out from Don Bosco's spirit. The translator for the other two volumes, Mrs Teresa Lee, is a sister of Fr Raphael Lee, parish priest in Seoul. She has collaborated in translation tasks with the Salesians now for over twenty years.
Don Bosco Media, the Salesian Publishers in Seoul managed under the leadership of Bro Hilario Seo, has published 500 copies of this final volume. It is a hardcover edition, as are four other of the volumes. The first three were originally paperback editions but the plan is to give this work the quality that it its due and reprint the first three as hardcover editions as well. The full hardcover set is due to be published by January 31st 2014.
At 567 pages and at a special price of 17,500 Won (approx 15.16 USD) or 30% discount for Salesian family members, this is a good buy for Korean readers.
Seven volume series on Don Bosco in Korean
SEOUL: 16 July 2013 -- It has been a three year labour of love by a former Salesian and the sister of a Salesian, but it means that the Korea Province is the first Province in the world to ensure that all seven volumes of Fr Arthur Lenti's monumental series on Don Bosco, 'History and Spirit', are now available to confreres in Korea in their own language.
With the seventh and last volume in hand, Fr Stephen Nam, Provincial in Korea thanked the many people involved in translation and publication of the series, saying that now, local Salesians have a magnificent and abundant amount of material "to discover our origins and return to Don Bosco". He said he was sure that "this series is a great gift for us in preparing for the bicentenary, so let's suggest it and present it to people who want to know about and imitate Don Bosco".
Five of the series, including this final one, were translated by Joseph Kang, a former Salesian and now retired teacher of English from Incheon, where he taught at the Catholic Secondary school there. "I am really happy to have translated this wonderful work of Fr Lenti's", he said. "I have taken great pride in belonging to the Salesian Family and starting out from Don Bosco's spirit. The translator for the other two volumes, Mrs Teresa Lee, is a sister of Fr Raphael Lee, parish priest in Seoul. She has collaborated in translation tasks with the Salesians now for over twenty years.
Don Bosco Media, the Salesian Publishers in Seoul managed under the leadership of Bro Hilario Seo, has published 500 copies of this final volume. It is a hardcover edition, as are four other of the volumes. The first three were originally paperback editions but the plan is to give this work the quality that it its due and reprint the first three as hardcover editions as well. The full hardcover set is due to be published by January 31st 2014.
At 567 pages and at a special price of 17,500 Won (approx 15.16 USD) or 30% discount for Salesian family members, this is a good buy for Korean readers.
