In DB's garden

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...

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 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 ...

Fr. Antonio Shirieda RIP (1937-2017) By Mr. Chihiro Okawa, EXDB Tokyo, Japan, 6 October -- Salesian Priest Antonio Takei SHIRIEDA, passed away at Hospital in Tokyo (Meguro Ward) at 1:55 AM on October 6, 2017 due to pneumonia . He was 80 yea...

86 years of age, 63 for Salesian and 54 for priest By Fr Will Matthews, SDB Melbourne, Australia, 1 September 2017 -- A much loved priest, hardworking individual and Salesian pastor from the province of Mary Help of Christians, Australia-Pa...

A gentle Salesian with a lovely smile By Fr. Will Matthews, SDB Melbourne, Australia, 28 August 2017 -- A much-loved priest, a highly respected Salesian and a gentleman, Fr Joe Pulis SDB, passed away peacefully at Cabrini hospital in Melbou...

By Fr. Kriengsak Joseph, SDB Hua Hin, Thailand -- On the 22nd August 2017 passed away in Hua Hin, Thailand, to the House of the Father our beloved Salesian Priest Sanong Chornthong at the age of 82 years - after 57 years of Salesian religio...

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...

Brother Luis Kawabe went to the Salesian garden: Witness of contagious joy and happiness By Fr. Mario Yamanouchi, SDB Beppu, Japan, 5 August 2017 -- Salesian Brother Aloisio (Luis) Kawabe Kinshiro was called to the house of the Father on 3r...

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...

Fr. George Williams goes to Salesian Garden at the age of 101 years By Fr. Kieran Anderson, SDB GBR Provincial secretary Manchester, United Kingdom, 6 June 2017 -- Fr. George Cuthbert Williams was the only child of George Frederick and Tere...

Extract from the Mortuary Letter for Bro. Edward Kowala, SDB By Fr. Lanfranco Fedrigotti, SDB Hong Kong, 1 June 2017 -- The last words we heard from Br. Edward, before he passed away in Canossa hospital on February 10th, were (spoken in Can...

Salesian for the poor and Mission partners By Bro. David O'Brien, SDB Melbourne, Australia, 30 April 2017 -- I believe Fr. John Murphy (Senior) was born in the Melbourne suburb of Middle Park on May 15 1924. He was finally professed on 31 J...

The first Vietnamese Salesian passed away! By Fr. Joseph Phuoc, SDB HCM City, Vietnam -- On April 7 in the presence of more than hundred of SDB, Salesian Family members in Salesian cemetery in Cau Bong (HCM City) was buried the first Vietna...

The Patriarch of Japan Province enters the Salesian Garden By Our Correspondent Tokyo, Japan, 9 August 2016 -- “Blessed are the meek, they will own the earth” (Mat 5,5). On August 9, 2016 went to the Salesian garden the most senior member o...

“Rejoice, becasue your names are written in heaven” (Lk 10.20) By Fr. Mario Yamanouchi, SDB Beppu, Japan, 2 August 2016 -- In the early morning of August 2nd, 2016 passed away Salesian priest Paul YAMANO Gentaro at the age of 69 years in Be...

Whole Salesian life witnessing amidst the Young By Our Correspondent Tokyo, Japan, 16 July 2016 -- Fr. Omaki was born in Seoul (Korea) in 1936, passed way in Tokyo on July 16 after 61 years of Salesian consecrated life. His funeral was cele...

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 ...

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. ...