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By Fr. Randy Figuracion, SDB Lawaan, Philippines, February 15, 2016 - Fr. Godofredo T. Atienza, Provincial Superior of the Philippine South Province (FIS), declared yesterday the opening of the 8th Provincial Chapter which is held at the Do...

By Fr. Andre Delimarta, SDB Every 15th of the month the EAO confreres are invited to pray for the Salesians in Indonesia (cf. EAO prayer card). Since last 2001 the Salesian presence in Sumba Islands of Indonesia is known as a formation cent...

By Fr. Durans Nolasco, SDB Manila, Philippines, February 4, 2016 - Fr. Maria Arokiam Kanaga, SDB., the General Councillor for South Asia Region, arrived in Manila last February 3, 2016 for his Extraordinary Visitation to the Philippine-Nort...

Thanjavur, India 1906 By Fr. Lanfranco Fedrigotti, SDB Hong Kong, February 12, 2016 - One hundred and ten years ago the first Salesian missionaries arrived to Macau, the first community in the East Asia - Oceania region. Already one month b...

By Fr. Durans Nolasco, SDB Calauan, the Philippines, February 12, 2016 - The last stop of the DB200 Ayala Mall Tour Exhibit that started last August 1, 2015, opened last February 11, 2016 at THE DISTRICT MALL. This time, the exhibit feature...

By Fr. Mathew Vadakkevettuvazhiyil, SDB Auckland, New Zealand, 11 February 2016 - The 2016 Salesian Mission Day with focus on Oceania brings its first fruits! With the recent coming of Fr. Joseph Binh Pham from Vietnam strengthen the Auckla...

By Fr. Gaetano Compri, SDB Vice-postulators for Mons. Cimatti Chofu-Tokyo, Japan, 11 Febrauary 2016 - In his annual letter to the Italian 'Friends of Don Cimatti' the Vice-postulator of the cause of our Venerable, Fr. Gaetano Compri (86 yea...

By Fr. Lanfranco Fedrigotti, SDB Provincial of CIN Hong Kong, February 9, 2016 - Fr. Francesco Pezzola, SDB passed away in the early hours at 01:21 AM in the St. Mary’s Home for the Aged in Wong Chuk Hang, Aberdeen, Hong Kong. This house is...

By Fr. Vaclav Klement, SDB EAO, 7 February 2016 - In many countries of East Asia the Lunar New Year (February 8, 2016) is a major traditional Feast-Day, celebrated mainly in family-centered manner in China, Korea, Vietnam and in some other ...

Fr. Peter Porio, SDB in Don Bosco Tainan, Taiwan By Fr. John Baptist Zen, SDB Tainan, Taiwan, 6 February 2016 - Dear friends in Christ and in Don Bosco. Many thanks for your message prompted by love and concern. This morning our dear Rector,...