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By Fr. Michael Lap Tokyo, Japan, 3 March 2022 -- One among the most senior members of Japan Province (95 years), Fr. Dominic Savio Kennosuke Kaneko went to the Salesian Garden on 26 February 2022. Father Dominic was born on 10 March 1927 in...

By J. Mota SDB Dili, Timor-Leste, 2 March 2022 -- Even though Timor-Leste is far away from Europe, most especially Ukraine where there is a raging war now, the Timorese people cannot close their eyes and shut their ears to what is happening...

By Sr. Maria Anh Thi, FMA FMA Vietnam, 1 March 2022 -- With the conviction that “the missionary dimension is an essential element of the identity of the FMA Institute” (cf. HL FMA, no. 75), and to help the sisters nourish their ...

By Fr. Ambrose Pereira sdb and Jubbillian Ilai DBTS Salesian Educator Kean Zuasula, Salesian Educator Gabutu, Port Moresby, PNG, 1 March 2022 -- Don Bosco Technical School, Gabutu (DBTS) celebrated the Mass of the Holy Spirit on 25 February...

By Piero Ramello SDB Lahore, Pakistan, 1 March 2022 -- On 26 February in Lahore, Fr Gabriel Cruz, Provincial Delegate for Pakistan, accepted the promise of the first three Salesian Cooperators during the Holy Mass celebrated by the Rector, ...

By J. Mota SDB Comoro, Dili, Timor-Leste, 1 March 2022 -- The members of the Salesian Family in TLS Vice-Province joined in thanksgiving to God for the gift of St Callistus Caravario on 25 February. Together with S. Louis Versiglia, both sh...

World, 27 February 2022 -- After the sudden and unjustified Russian invasion into Ukraine on 24 February, with many civilian causalities, missile strikes, fighting in many cities and an immediate flood of 150,000 refugees from Ukraine to ot...

By CSCOM FIN Manila, Philippines, 26 February 2022 -- Every 24th of the month, Don Bosco School of Theology (DBST) will feature lectures on the writings of Pope Francis. Today we launch this program with a series of lectures on Laudato Si&#...

EAO, 25 February 2022 -- ANS has recently announced the availability of the first part of Monsignor Cimatti's meditations on St Francis de Sales. It may be of interest to austraLasia readers to know that the entire set of meditations on...

By Fr. Keith Amodia SDB, FIS SocCom EAO via Zoom, 24 February 2022 -- The Social Communications Online School of Formation began its second phase of online formation for Social Communication delegates, teams, and members of the Salesian Fam...