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By Fr. Thomas Vu Kim Long, SDB Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, June 20 - Fr Giuse Maria Bui Vu Phong, 35 years; Fr Giuse Trinh Kinh Luan, 33 years ago, both Vietnamese missionaries in Ethiopia-Eritrea Vice-province since last 2008 were ordained in t...

(complete councils, missing only Fabio due to the SYM 2015 meeting preparation in Torino) By Fr. Vacláv Klement, SDB Castelgandolfo, Italiy, July 7, 2015 - For the first time after the FMA General Chapter 23 both SDB and FMA general council...

By ANS Dear brothers and sisters, In my pilgrimage for the veneration of Jesus crucified in the image of the Holy Shroud, I chose also to come to this place which represents the heart of the life and work of St. John Bosco, to celebrate wit...

Family sharing of Pope Francis in the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians By Fr. Boedi Yohannes, SDB (ITM) Valdocco June 21 - The only EAO pilgrims – eyewitness - who participated in this memorable event was the 35 lay mission partners and ...

By Fr. John, SDB After one year and few months in his office, Fr. Angel Fernandez Artime as the Rector Major took a new approach in communication. The Rector major does continue the official ways, like the two letters in the Acts of the Gen...

By Fr. Mike Mendl, SDB Kristu Jyoti Publications, the Salesian publisher in Bangalore, has just published a new book, The Salesian Legacy of Father Philip Rinaldi by Fr. Martin Dai Loc Nguyen, SDB, a member of the Vietnam Province. Publicat...

By Our Own Correspondent Lusaka, Zambia - The Salesian province of Zmb is blessed with two new priests ordained on the 30th of May 2015 at the cathedral of the Child Jesus in Lusaka – Zambia. Fr. Peter Nguyen (Vietnam) and Fr. Alphoncious H...

Heart-warming and joyful life witness By Our Own Correspondent During last two weeks Sr. Apollinaris Shimura, the Superior General of the Caritas Sisters of Jesus did visit the recently founded (2012) first North-Brasilian presence of her C...

By Our Own Correspondent Torino, Italy, May 25 - After five days of the historical fifth meeting of Salesian Bishops, May 21-25, the 90 Salesian bishops already left Valdocco for their respective dioceses. Mutual sharing among bishops from ...

By Our Own Correspondent Torino, May 21 - Five years from the most recent encounter of the Salesian Bishops around the Rector Major (Turin, May 2010) as part of the DB200 official events, some 90 SDB bishops are coming to Turin for 4 days e...