austraLasia #3340
KARGHULI, GUWAHATI 1 January 2013 -- Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam, is the venue for the largest meeting of Salesian Brothers ever held in the South Asia Region. And amongst the 160 delegates present are a number invited from outside the Region - three Brothers from ITM, one from Uganda (AGL), one from Ethiopia ( ATE, studying Computer Science at Don Bosco University in Guwahati) and one from Ghana (AFW) along with his Vice Provincial. The South Asia Brothers Congress, adopting the theme 'Be holy!', commenced on 30 December and concludes on 3 January.
The Brothers Congress, following on from a similar event held in the EAO Region several months back, is able to draw on the long, broad experience of the Salesian lay vocation in South Asia. Many of the Brothers are principals of schools, managers and superintendents of major technical and vocational education centres and activities, or playing important roles in formation communities.
The Congress, opened officially by the Regional for South Asia, Fr Maria Arokiam, also has a fair sprinkling of Bishops and Provincials! The Provincials of Guwahati, Silchar, Mumbai, Kolkata are present, as also Archbishop Dominic Jala sdb ffrom Shillong and Bishop George Palluiparampil sdb from Miao.
Talks include:
'Salesian holiness re-read from an historical perspective', 'The Brother's call to holiness', 'Holiness of the contemporary Salesian in a globalised world', 'Holiness ans wholeness', 'Salesian holiness and the world of work'. The focus is clearly in preparation for the Bicentenary of Don Bosco's birth in 2015, and the leadup to this as expressed in the Rector Major's Strenna for 2014 on Don Bosco's spirituality.
You can follow many of the aspects of this Congress on Facebook, though you would need to be a registered FB user to interact with them. Still and all, there is extensive information available publically at the URL.
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Meanwhile, we should mention that the EAO Brothers Congress has a follow up video on the Brother. (Click to play). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpszmF-BDvc
KARGHULI, GUWAHATI 1 January 2013 -- Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam, is the venue for the largest meeting of Salesian Brothers ever held in the South Asia Region. And amongst the 160 delegates present are a number invited from outside the Region - three Brothers from ITM, one from Uganda (AGL), one from Ethiopia ( ATE, studying Computer Science at Don Bosco University in Guwahati) and one from Ghana (AFW) along with his Vice Provincial. The South Asia Brothers Congress, adopting the theme 'Be holy!', commenced on 30 December and concludes on 3 January.
The Brothers Congress, following on from a similar event held in the EAO Region several months back, is able to draw on the long, broad experience of the Salesian lay vocation in South Asia. Many of the Brothers are principals of schools, managers and superintendents of major technical and vocational education centres and activities, or playing important roles in formation communities.
The Congress, opened officially by the Regional for South Asia, Fr Maria Arokiam, also has a fair sprinkling of Bishops and Provincials! The Provincials of Guwahati, Silchar, Mumbai, Kolkata are present, as also Archbishop Dominic Jala sdb ffrom Shillong and Bishop George Palluiparampil sdb from Miao.
Talks include:
'Salesian holiness re-read from an historical perspective', 'The Brother's call to holiness', 'Holiness of the contemporary Salesian in a globalised world', 'Holiness ans wholeness', 'Salesian holiness and the world of work'. The focus is clearly in preparation for the Bicentenary of Don Bosco's birth in 2015, and the leadup to this as expressed in the Rector Major's Strenna for 2014 on Don Bosco's spirituality.
You can follow many of the aspects of this Congress on Facebook, though you would need to be a registered FB user to interact with them. Still and all, there is extensive information available publically at the URL.
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Meanwhile, we should mention that the EAO Brothers Congress has a follow up video on the Brother. (Click to play). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpszmF-BDvc
