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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...

By Br. Donnie Duchin Duya, SDB Makati City, Philippines — The Parish under the patronage of St. John Bosco, whose bicentenary of birth we mark this year, became a timely venue of the perpetual profession of 10 young clerics who desired to s...

By Manuel J.C. Da Silva, ACS Dili, Timor Leste - Communion and Autonomy: These are two key words for the growth of the Association of the Salesian Cooperators in 21st century. Also in Timor Leste, with the first center of Salesian Cooperato...

By Fr. Ramoncito A. Padilla, SDB Fatumaca, East Timor - Another memorable happening for the ITM (Indonesia-Timor) Vice-Province just occurred a few hours before. Rev. Fr. Provincial, Fr. Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, SDB, and four of his comp...

Traditional Fijian Kava Ceremony By Fr. Bernie Graham, SDB Suva, Fiji - The annual ordination ceremony for students from the Pacific Regional Seminary, Suva, Fiji, where some members of the Australia-Pacific Province study, was held on Sund...

By Fr. Peter Chinh, SDB Saigon, Vietnam - At 3:00 of Saturday afternoon May 30th 2015, more than 1.400 young people from Salesian works in Saigon (South of Vietnam) came to Don Bosco Ben Cat community for a youth gathering to celebrate the ...

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 Br. Peter, SDB Three in one! 27th of May 2015 entered the history of Vietnam-Mongolia province with three special events celebrated in one sunny day in Xuan Hiep provincial house, still in the temporary Church -Gym due to the constructio...

By Fr. Anthony Nguyen Ngoc Dung, SDB Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam, May 26 - On the eve of the installation of the new provincial, most of the 300 Salesians from Vietnam – Mongolia province gathered together with 15 novices and 23 pre-novices in...