In DB's garden

A reflection: Bro. Elmer now rests in our garden in heaven! By Cl. Jerome Quinto, SDB Photo from: his Facebook profile, Frs. Favie Faldas, Vester Casaclang, SDB Makati City, the Philippines, 22 July 2017 -- Early morning on the Feast of Mar...

ALA_5447 By Cl. Paulo Miguel Calderon, SDB Photo By Cl. James Aro, SDB Canlubang, Calamba City, Laguna, the Philippines, 17 August 2020 --The Salesian Philippine North Province (FIN) celebrated the gift of life to the fullest of one of its...

By Fr. Peter Vu Anh Tuan, SDB Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 18 February 2019 -- One of the first generation Salesians of Vietnam, Fr Marco Hyunh, passed away on 18 February 2019 at 6 a.m. He had spent the last 42 years in the Ben Cat community...

Fr. Jerónimo da Rocha Monteiro SDB, former World Delegate for the Past Pupils passed away By Bro. Crispim Hornay, SDB Manique, Portugal, 31 August 2018 -- Fr. Jeronimo Rocha Monteiro (1938-2018) passed way in Manique – Portugal at the age o...

By Fr. David Buenaventura, SDB Manila, Philippines, 5 January 2016 - The old man is gone to heaven. The confession box at the back of St. John Bosco Parish (Manila – Makati) will no longer be the same. As is best friend, Mr. Pacheco texted ...

Fr Francis Sacco passed away By Fr Joseph Kriengsak, SDB Bangkok, Thailand, 19 October 2019 -- One of the most senior members of THA province (Thailand - Cambodia - Laos), Fr Francis Sacco, passed away on 19 October at 4:50 a.m. in Banpong,...

By Fr. Theparat Pitisant, SDB Bangkok, Thailand, 11 August 2017 -- At 91 years of age, 61 years a priest and missionary in Thailand passed away Fr Alberto L. Gustav Roosens, a Belgian Salesian missionary par excellence. About half of his mi...

By the UPS Viceprovince secretary UPS, March 29 -- The comunity of St. Francis de Sales of the Vice-province “Maria Sede della Sapienza” (Rome) comunicates that today on Holy Thursday, our Good Lord have called to His house Fr. Federico Bag...

By Our Own Correspondent Turin, Italy, 28 December -- Fr. Peter Zago, SDB (former provincial of FIS - Cebu province, 1992-1998) passed suddenly (heart attack) away in Perosa Argentina (Torino - Italy) yesterday night (December 28) in the ho...

Fr. Julio Olarte went in the Salesian garden By ANS Bogotá, Colombia, 26 May 2018 -- The "San Pietro Claver" Province of Colombia-Bogotá, with deep sorrow, reports the death of Fr. Julio Humberto Olarte Franco, SDB, who passed away on May 2...

Fr. Edward Udom Nidhibhadrabhorn passed away By Fr. Aaron Alcoseba, SDB Vice-provincial Bangkok, Thailand, 30 October 2017 -- Our beloved confrere Fr. Edward Udom Nidhibhadrabhorn passed away on October 30 at St. Louis Hospital, Bangkok. Re...

By Provincial Secretary KOR Seoul, Korea, 13 January 2019 -- With profound sorrow the Korean provincial community announces that Fr Valentino Shin has passed to the house of the Father after a pro-longed battle with cancer at the age of 56 ...

By Fr. William Matthews, SDB Melbourne, Australia, 8 October 2017 -- The second oldest Salesian Brother of the Australian-Pacific Province of Mary Help of Christians, Br Cahill Gleisner SDB, returned to the Lord after suffering a short but ...

64 years of zealous missionary life in Thailand By Fr Joseph Kriengsak THA provincial secretary Banpong, Thailand, 25 December 2018 -- The most senior member of the THA (Thailand – Cambodia – Laos) provincial community, Fr Pietr...

Model of Salesian missionary zeal, Fr. Nicosia - passed to the Salesian garden! By Fr. Lanfranco Fedrigotti, SDB Provincial CIN Hong Kong, 7 November 2017 -- On Monday, 06 November, 2017, at 17:15 hours Hong Kong time, the oldest Salesian c...

By Fr. Vaclav Klement, SDB Dear Confreres This morning (Dec 7) we received the sad news about the passing away of Felicita Cattaneo, the mother of Fr. Francesco Cereda (fcereda@sdb.org), the Vicar of the Rector Major. She was 93 years old. ...

Salesian missionary Antonio César Fernández murdered (Burkina Faso) By Fr. Ángel Fernández A., SDB Rector Major RMG, 16th February 2019 -- To my Salesian Confreres, To the Salesian Family in the world, My dear brethren, It’s just a few minu...

Fr. Dino Donaggio (1934-2018) - Welcome to the Salesian Garden! By TLS SC Dili, Timor Leste, 4 September 2018 -- When Fr. Dino Donaggio passed away in his native Italy (province of INE, Italy - Venezia) on September 3, 2018 - many Salesians...

Homily during the Funeral Mass of Fr Andres Cervantes SDB By Fr. Favie Faldas, SDB Manila, the Philippines, 24 November 2018 -- ‘When there's no one left in the living world who remembers you, you disappear from this world. We cal...

Rest in peace, Fr. Ambrosio Park Yang Ung By Our Own Correspondent Seoul, Korea, 6 January 2018 -- Known to many who visited or lived in the former General House community (Pisana: 1982-1984, 1988-2006) where he was in charge of the Central...