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Two special events: Football team rescue and new diocese in Chiang Rai By Our Own Correspondent Chiang Rai, Thailand, 15 July 2018 -- During past three weeks the North of Thailand, precisely the rescue operation near Chiang Rai (Mae Sai dis...

Salesian Missions, New Rochelle By Fr. Mark Hyde, SDB Mindanao, the Philippines, 15 July 2018 -- Poor youth and their families attending the Mary Help of Christians parish, located in Mindanao, Philippines, have access to clean, safe water ...

The start of the new Viceprovince of Indonesia is coming soon By Our Own Correspondent Jakarta, Indonesia, 11 July 2018 -- Finally Fr Andrew Wong, the Provincial-elect of the new Vice-province of St. Louis Versiglia (INA - Indonesia) commun...

The Installation of the 14th Japan Province Superior, Fr. Jacob Hamaguchi By Mr. Chihiro Okawa, EXDB Tokyo, Japan, 14 July 2018 -- The installation of the 14th Superior of the Japan Province,Fr. Jacob Hideaki Hamaguchi, SDB, took place duri...

Two new-old missionaries finally arrived to their new provinces By Our Own Correspondent Manila-Cebu, the Philippines, 13 July 2018 -- Two 'new-old' missionaries arrived to their new provinces - one to Manila and the other to Cebu during la...

Strenna 2019: presentation of the theme By Our Own Correspondent RMG, 13 July 2018 -- "So that my joy may be in you" (John 15: 11). As every year since 2014, the Rector Major shared in the beginning of July the Presentation of his Strenna f...

Seminar-workshop for the Rectors and the Economers of FIN By Fr. Drans Nolasco, SDB Batulao, the Philippines, 13 July 2018 -- The Rectors and the Economers of all the Salesian Houses of the FIN Province spent two days in the Mary Help of Ch...

Finding more volunteer readers for the weekly gospel readings By Michael Gartland Melbourne, Australia, 12 July 2018 -- With the recent publication of its 25th episode, Audio Divina has reached over 5,000 unique downloads across 47 countrie...

SDB and FMA in the 2018 Synod dynamics By Our Own Correspondent Rome, Itlay, 12 July 2018 -- This time the regular semestral meeting of SDB & FMA General Councils was held at the FMA General House, Via dell'Ateneo Salesiano, 81 on July ...

Vocation Story of Brother Raffy Besonia By Bro. Raffy Besonia Mati, the Philippines, 12 July 2018 -- When I was a young 7-year old boy, I already heard of the name ‘Don Bosco’. I got it from one of my uncles and aunts. My mother had three s...