This weekend the Institute of Salesian Studies (ISS) in Berkeley, CA, hosted 6 candidates who were furthering their process of discernment in becoming Salesian Lay Missioners for the 2010-2011 year. While on the weekend, the candidates learned about who Don Bosco and the Salesians are, the Salesian Oratory Criteria, Catholic Social Teachings, and also learned […]
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February 28 finally dawned – the day we had long been preparing for (which in Bolivian standards is actually about 2 weeks). An even greater event than the coming of the inspectora from Italy, the relic of St. John Bosco, the founder of the Salesians (the religious community that I serve with), was coming to visit Bolivia on it´s world-wide tour with it´s first Bolivian stop at Casa Maín.
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Hello friends and family, I hope you are all well and that this Lenten season brings you closer to God. Last week was an incredibly busy yet spiritually fulfilling time here in Ji-Paraná for our Salesian community and parish. We had such an amazing and blessed week and my soul is on fire with the
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(ANS – Port-au-Prince) – Joy and sorrow, dismay and hope marked the first day of Fr. Pascual Chavez’s visit to Haiti. Speaking to the youngsters and the Salesians, he said, “Our purpose is, first of all, to give hope to Haiti.” The Rector Major arrived in Santo Domingo on the evening of February 11. Fr.
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As an SLM back in the day, this is the phrase that I would hear over and over waiting for taxis to take me back to my mission site. It wasn’t until my second year of serving as a lay missioner that I had a chance to see some of the work that is done
“Yapacaní Para Dos!” Read More »
Security of the Salesian properties in Port-au-Prince is urgent. This means that rebuilding the security walls needs to be done as soon as possible. Without these walls, the SDBs can’t re-open production at ENAM’s bakery, which, if not for lack of security, could have been operating for some time now. The bakery and all the
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A convoy of 3-4 trucks will leave on Tuesday morning, Feb. 2, from La Vega, D.R., for Pétion-Ville and Thorland with food and emergency relief supplies. A second convoy will depart later in the week with food and emergency relief supplies bound for Cap-Haitien. The warehouse and repacking facility at Jimaní on the Haiti-Dominican Republic
Haiti: Field Update, Fr. Mark Hyde SDB Read More »
A five-truck convoy arrived on January 26th in Port-au-Prince from La Vega for distribution in Pétion-Ville and Carrefour-Thorland. Commodities included food stuffs (2 trucks), potable water (2 trucks), and medications and clothing (1). All relief items were purchased in the Dominican Republic. The 300,000 chlorine tablets reported on earlier were delivered in Port-au-Prince on the
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From Rome Fr. Julian Fox: In Haiti, there is yet another twist to the disaster which unfolded on January 12. Under the rubble of the archbishop’s quarters (he died amid that rubble) lie the archdiocesan communications structures, all now destroyed: Radio and Télé Soleil. The station manager for Radio Soleil is Hubert Mesidor, a young
Developing countries, communications, earthquakes — a Salesian contribution Read More »
(ANS – Rome) – Two great sporting champions — Danilo Gallinari, the best Italian basketball player in the National Basketball Association, and Rino Gattuso, a midfield player who has helped write the history of Italian soccer over the last 15 years – have come together as spokesmen for the International Volunteers for Development (VIS) in
VIS spokesmen Danilo Gallinari and Rino Gattuso launch appeal for Salesians in Haiti Read More »
