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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...

By SC KOR Seoul, Korea, 25 February 2018 -- Korea Salesian Cooperators had their Lent Retreat in Seoul. All about 170 members of 16 Local Centers including SalesiTh(Youth Salesian Cooperators) had their time to reflection on themselves and ...

DB Quetta in Pakistan celebrates St Mark By Fr Sami Adnan, SDB Quetta, Pakistan, 25 April 2018 -- The Don Bosco Learning Center, Quetta ended their second month of academic activity by invoking St. Mark, the Evangelist. The last Friday of e...

First message of new Saitama bishop, Mario Yamanouchi By Our Own Correspondent Urawa City, Japan, 7 October 2018 -- In his first message to the People of God in Saitama diocese, just a few days after his ordination (September 24), Bishop Ma...

Missionary journey via Ireland to Australia-Pacific from Dalat: interview with Cl. Peter Anh Vu Nguyen, SDB By Our Own Correspondent Melbourne, Australia, 3 December 2018 -- Another new missionary has arrived in our Region. Vietnamese Sales...

San Tarcisio in Rome By Fr. Joseph Phuoc, SDB San Tarcisio, Rome, 7 September 2019 -- Last Sunday, 1st September 2019, the 36 new missionaries began their preparation for the 150th Salesian Missionary Expedition (Valdocco, 29 September). Th...

ALA_5307 Following Christ in long sickness and suffering By Japan provincial secretary Tokyo, Japan, 30 January 2020 -- Fr. Francis Xavier Higashiki passed away silently in Beppu, Kyushu Island, Japan, on 28 January 2020 after 81 years of l...

By Fr Vaclav Klement, SDB General House, Rome, 23 June 2016 -- On the Feast-day of Don Bosco, Nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24) is traditionally celebrated a thanksgiving day of our Rector Major. After the GC27 it became a family g...

By Fr. Anthony Paul Bicomong, SDB Turin, Italy, 29 September 2016 -- Three years of service have passed for this group of Provincials: we find ourselves once again in the places dear to our hearts, the places where Don Bosco lived and moved...

St john Bosco Parish celebrates 50th anniversary By Mrs. Jessica Lee, ASC Taipei, Taiwan, 8 February -- This year of 2017 is the milestone for St John Bosco Parish in Taipei, stepping into the 50th year of it's life. Our Catholic community ...