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By Fr. Joseph Do Vu Dong, SDB Caracas, Venezuela, 19 March 2017 -- The priestly ordination of the Salesian Vietnamese missionary Joseph Do Van Dung took place in the parish of Mary Help of Christians in Sarría, Caracas, Venezuela (VEN Provi...

Open hose becomes One Family By Fr. Francis Xavier Thieu, SDB Ho Chi Min City, 16 February 2017 -- Our Migrant Services - Pastoral Care - in Xuan Hiep Don Bosco Compound was founded already in the year 2001. Based in the Salesian parish of ...

East Asia - Oceania Region, 26 December 2022 -- In November, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis is preparing to release an Apostolic Letter on 28 December on Saint Francis de Sales to celebrate the 400th anniversary of his death. The a...

By Hien Nguyen Salesian Cooperator of Tan Cang Center Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 3 May 2021 -- On 27 April 2021, the Salesian Family in Vietnam bid eternal farewell to one of their members, Salesian Cooperator, Ms. Tran Thi Minh Thu (68 yrs...

ALA_5505 By our own correspondent Hamamatsu, Japan, 10 November 2020 -- Since the start of the Covid19 pandemic, the Salesian community of Chofu (Tokyo, Japan, Rector: Fr. Nobyuki Tamura) continues step by step in small actions but with th...

ALA_5364 By our own correspondent Valdocco, Turin, 29 April 2020 -- Pope Francis invited the whole Salesian Congregation to renew our 'Valdocco Option'. We like it and wish to explore this challenging invitation. But what is Valdocco, indee...

Exploratory visit to Flores Island By Fr Vaclav Klement, SDB Ruteng - Ende - Maumere, Flores Island, Indonesia, 8 October 2019 -- The motivation for the 4 day exploratory visit (4-8 October)on the roads of Flores Island (Eastern Indonesia) ...

By Joseph Nguyen Thinh Phuoc, SDB Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 6 June 2019 -- The Province of Vietnam-Mongolia, the Family and the Parish community celebrated the Thanksgiving Mass of the newly ordained Father Joseph Le Quoc Hung SDB, and his...

By Fr. Ariel Macatangay, SDB Port Moresby, PNG, 7 October 2016 -- The new Salesian Vice Province of Blessed Philip Rinaldi (PGS) was blessed with a Salesian cleric in the person of Francis Mallol. Cl. Francis made his First Salesian Religio...

Missionary Message for 11th February By Fr. Alfred Maravilla, SDB General Councillor for Missions RMG 10 February 2023 -- The First World War was followed by a period of missionary revival in the Catholic Church. Thus, the period was marked...