austraLasia #3358
BATTAMBANG: 27 January 2013 -- On 24 January, the Feast day of Saint Francis of Sales, there was great joy amongst the teachers, staff and students of Vithayalai Don Bosco, of the Salabalath and the Andaung-chen campuses. There was great joy because Fr Leo Ochoa, sdb – the Director of Vithayalai Don Bosco Battambang – organized the occasion to be a combination of the Solemnity of Saint John Bosco and the annual sports day for the Vithayalai Don Bosco Schools.
The celebration started with the liturgy to praise God and thank him for Saint John Bosco, who established the Salesian mission according to God’s will. Fr Leo Ochoa, as the Director of the Don Bosco Children Fund of Cambodia and the Director of the two Salesian Schools in Battambang, then blessed the school cars, teachers' motorcycles and students' bicycles and the new mini gymnasium. The gymnasium was built to commemorate the Bicentenary of Don Bosco's birth and received sponsorship from the Kindermissionswerk of Germany and the Kinderfonds of the Netherlands.
A basketball court has also been built from sponsored donations from the YMCA, Singapore. Each of the sponsors expressed generosity of heart for young people, enabling them to have more places to play and for the gymnasium to function as a multi-purpose hall for various school activities.
Following the formal program, teachers from Vithayalai Don Bosco Battambang commenced the pre-organized games and sports for all of the students to take part in. The celebration ended with a good meal together in the Salesian atmosphere of love, joy and friendship.
BATTAMBANG: 27 January 2013 -- On 24 January, the Feast day of Saint Francis of Sales, there was great joy amongst the teachers, staff and students of Vithayalai Don Bosco, of the Salabalath and the Andaung-chen campuses. There was great joy because Fr Leo Ochoa, sdb – the Director of Vithayalai Don Bosco Battambang – organized the occasion to be a combination of the Solemnity of Saint John Bosco and the annual sports day for the Vithayalai Don Bosco Schools.
The celebration started with the liturgy to praise God and thank him for Saint John Bosco, who established the Salesian mission according to God’s will. Fr Leo Ochoa, as the Director of the Don Bosco Children Fund of Cambodia and the Director of the two Salesian Schools in Battambang, then blessed the school cars, teachers' motorcycles and students' bicycles and the new mini gymnasium. The gymnasium was built to commemorate the Bicentenary of Don Bosco's birth and received sponsorship from the Kindermissionswerk of Germany and the Kinderfonds of the Netherlands.
A basketball court has also been built from sponsored donations from the YMCA, Singapore. Each of the sponsors expressed generosity of heart for young people, enabling them to have more places to play and for the gymnasium to function as a multi-purpose hall for various school activities.
Following the formal program, teachers from Vithayalai Don Bosco Battambang commenced the pre-organized games and sports for all of the students to take part in. The celebration ended with a good meal together in the Salesian atmosphere of love, joy and friendship.
