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5909(II)_“It's all right. No need to worry” - Fr Juan Bautista Massa, RIP (1928-2022)
By Fr. Michael Lap Tokyo, Japan, 14 December 2022 -- “It's all right. No need to worry.” This is like Father Massa's motto, who returned to Father’s garden on the feast of St Lucia, December 13, 2022. His brain see...Date2022.12.14 Views210 -
5871(II)_Fr. Murakami Kosuke called to the Father's Home
By GIA province center Yotsuya, Tokyo, Japan, 24 Sep 2022 – Our brother Salesian Priest, John Maria Vianney Murakami Kosuke (89 years old, 65 Religious Profession, 57 Salesian Priest) was called to the Father's home at St John'...Date2022.09.25 Views239 -
5871(I)_The passing of Fr. Lawrie Moate
By Will Matthews, SDB Melbourne, Vic, 24 September 2022 -- The Salesians of Don Bosco marked the passing to the Lord of Fr Lawrence MOATE on 21st September 2022 at Cabrini Hospital, Malvern Victoria. Fr Moate was born in Melbourne on 21st F...Date2022.09.25 Views224 -
5863(V)_Fr. Franco Laid to Rest
By FIS SocCom Correspondence Cebu City, the Philippines, 7 September 2022 -- The Province of Mary Help of Christians, Philippines South (FIS), lost a great missionary in the person of Fr. Pietro Franceso Uras, SDB, or Fr. Franco to those wh...Date2022.09.07 Views271 -
5839(IV)_Don Bosco welcomes Dominic Savio Nagasawa to his garden (July 24 16:17)
Provincial House, Tokyo, Japan, 25 July 2022 -- Our confrere, Salesian Fr Dominic Savio Yukio Nagasawa (aged 82, 62 years of profession, a priest for 53 years) was called to Father's home at St. Francis Hospital (Nagasaki) on July 24, 2...Date2022.07.25 Views209 -
5828(II)_A zealous Pacific missionary Fr James Adayadiel, RIP
By Fr. Will Matthews SDB, Provincial Auckland, New Zealand, 2 July 2022 -- United in the Risen Lord, I inform you of the death of our brother and friend, Fr James Adayadiel SDB, at the Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Auckland, New...Date2022.07.02 Views311 -
5828(I)_Confrere and Scholar, Fr. Norman Ford SDB has passed away
By Australia-Pacific Province Melbourne, Australia, 3 July 2022 -- Our brother and friend, Fr. Norman Ford SDB, passed away peacefully at Mercy Place in East Melbourne on 25 June, at 8:00 am. Fr. 'Norm' was 87 years of age. He was a...Date2022.07.02 Views262 -
5791(III)_Dc. Baltasar Pires, SDB Has Passed Away
By J. Mota, SDB Comoro, Dili, Timor-Leste 6 April 2022 -- As time moves on our great Salesian missionaries do to, one by one, as if waving and disappearing in the sight of everyone. After two years since the great late Fr. João de De...Date2022.04.07 Views328 -
5768(III)_An Australian Salesian enters Heaven
By Fr. Will Matthews, SDB Melbourne, Australia, 26 January 2022 -- Fr Peter Rankin SDB, the Vice Provincial and Rector of the Formation House in Clifton Hill in 2021, passed away at his sister’s house Melbourne on 14 January after bat...Date2022.01.26 Views281 -
5757(IV)_“If you want something done, ask a busy person”
Fr. Tsuchiya, SDB (1934-2021) RIP By Fr. Michael Lap, SBD Tokyo, Japan 6 January 2022 -- Father Tarcisio Tsuchiya Shigeaki ,sdb entered Don Bosco's garden on 29 December 2021 at the age 87 and 68 years of Salesian life in Osaka - Japan....Date2022.01.07 Views345 -
5723(I)_Funeral Mass of Brother Vincent Hoang Van Chuyen, SDB
By Augustine DoPhuc, SDB Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 5 November 2021 -- At 8:00 a.m, on 3 November 2021, at Ben Cat parish (Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City), a funeral Mass was celebrated for Salesian Brother Vincent Hoang Van Chuyen, SDB....Date2021.11.05 Views388 -
5690(II)_"With a heavy heart..." Passing of Fiji's Fr. Mika Leilua, SDB
By Fr. Will Matthews Provincial AUL Melbourne, Australia, 10 September 2021 -- Shocked at the sudden and totally unexpected passing of the key figure in the Pacific Delegation's recently established Salesian Priash in Suva, the Australi...Date2021.09.10 Views262 -
5656(I)_Obituary on Father Peter Pham Van Chinh SDB
By Fr. Joseph Nguyen Thinh Phuoc, SDB Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam, 24 July 2021 -- The Salesian Province of Vietnam has lost one of its best confreres, Fr. Peter Pham Van Chinh SDB (65 years old, 33 years as Salesian and 22 years in priesthoo...Date2021.07.25 CategoryVIE Views557 -
5642_Fr. George P. Militante, SDB enters the Salesian Garden
By FIS Social Communications Cebu, The Philippines, 2 July 2021 -- At around 3:00 PM on July 1, 2021, Fr. George P. Militante, SDB returned to the Lord. Fr. George was about to turn 69 this year but his battle with cancer overtook him. Jovi...Date2021.07.03 Views269 -
5606(III)_Death of outstanding Salesian Cooperator in Vietnam
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...Date2021.05.03 Views268 -
5602(II)_Passing of First Asian member of the General Council, Fr Thomas Panakezham
By our own correspondent World, 25 April 2021 -- "In two days two great Salesians (Fr Jose Carbonell and Fr Thomas Panakezham) have left us to enter into the glory of God. They have contributed immensely to the Salesian mission, of Asia and...Date2021.04.25 CategoryWOR Views402 -
5601(I)_Salesians in EAO mourn Fr Jose Carbonell Llopis, RIP
By our own correspondent World, 23 April 2021 -- In the early morning hours in El Campello - Spain, a great Salesian missionary, Fr. Jose Carbonnel Llopis (1927-2021) passed away on 22 April 2021, after 74 years of Salesian consecrated life...Date2021.04.23 CategoryWOR Views430 -
5598(I)_Witness of daily simple Gospel life - Br Francis Sasaki
By Fr. Michael Lap Tokyo, Japan, 14 April 2021 -- A simple life, a sincere way of life, that is Salesian Brother Francis Masahiro Sasaki! Brother Francis Masahiro Sasaki, SDB was born in Kobe in 1937. He made his first religious vows in 195...Date2021.04.14 CategoryGIA Views494 -
5582(II)_RIP Fr Julien Jackers,a true hero of formation in 5 Salesian Regions
By Formation Sector, Rome Rome, 12 March 2021 -- Fr Julien Jackers, 76 years of age, passed away in Kenya. In the EAO region he was best known in Myanmar and in Timor Leste, but also through his work in formation (postnovitiate stage in 201...Date2021.03.13 CategoryWOR Views389 -
5534(I)_Missionary of hospitality: Fr. Fraga called by God
ALA_5534 By Fr. Michael Lap, SDB Vice-provincial Tokyo, Japan, 16 December 2020 -- After many years of hospitalization, one of the most senior confreres of Japan Province, Fr. Cesar Fraga was called to God in Beppu, Okajima Hospital, on th...Date2020.12.16 CategoryGIA Views538