austraLasia 1480
Welcome to a new ray of sunshine, "timidement, comme le soleil chaque matin, mais..."
LOMÉ-PORT: 7th March 2006 -- Lomé-Port is in Togo, Africa, well out of our region. But the occasion of a brand new Salesian Bulletin is enough to warrant a special mention in the interests of keeping ourselves well-informed. Le Bulletin Salésien No. 1 has just hit the streets in Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, Guinea Conakry and Senegal, the nations making up the Francophone African Salesian Vice province called AFO. "Timidement, comme le soleil chaque matin" says the editor, "mais avec l'intensité et l'intention d'illuminer". As timid but as intense as the sunrise, and with a view to shining forth.
The birth of this new Salesian Bulletin makes a total of 53 editions of the Salesian Bulletin that we are sure of with the possibility of three others in the making. ITM has longer term plans - it wants to get its Provincial Newsletter well established first - and both Japan and AFW hope to produce a Salesian Bulletin in the near future.
Amongst significant features of this new French-language Salesian Bulletin is that it has come into being as the result of planning between both SDB and FMA members of AFO. To emphasise this, we read letters of congratulations from both the Rector Major and the Mother General in this first number. The articles likewise reflect this cooperation.
While there is substantial textual material, there is also no doubt that this magazine is produced to be visually attractive, and the pics leave one in no doubt that it is Africa, and indeed youthful Africa, at the heart of the endeavour. Most of the articles are written by African Salesians sdb or fma.
Should anyone be interested in receiving a copy or simply in contacting the editorial team to congratulate them, the editor is Fr Faustino Garcia and the email address is bulletinafo@donbosco.es One might also add that the Province Information Bulletin from AFO is a delight to read - imaginative layout, colourful, and obviously the shared work of many in the province, led again by Fr Faustino. Should anyone want to look at an example of this, and email to austraLasia is enough - a pdf copy can be emailed back to you.
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AustraLasia is an email service for the Salesian Family of Asia Pacific. It also functions as an agency for ANS based in Rome. For RSS feeds, subscribe to www.bosconet.aust.com/rssala.xml
Welcome to a new ray of sunshine, "timidement, comme le soleil chaque matin, mais..."
LOMÉ-PORT: 7th March 2006 -- Lomé-Port is in Togo, Africa, well out of our region. But the occasion of a brand new Salesian Bulletin is enough to warrant a special mention in the interests of keeping ourselves well-informed. Le Bulletin Salésien No. 1 has just hit the streets in Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, Guinea Conakry and Senegal, the nations making up the Francophone African Salesian Vice province called AFO. "Timidement, comme le soleil chaque matin" says the editor, "mais avec l'intensité et l'intention d'illuminer". As timid but as intense as the sunrise, and with a view to shining forth.
The birth of this new Salesian Bulletin makes a total of 53 editions of the Salesian Bulletin that we are sure of with the possibility of three others in the making. ITM has longer term plans - it wants to get its Provincial Newsletter well established first - and both Japan and AFW hope to produce a Salesian Bulletin in the near future.
Amongst significant features of this new French-language Salesian Bulletin is that it has come into being as the result of planning between both SDB and FMA members of AFO. To emphasise this, we read letters of congratulations from both the Rector Major and the Mother General in this first number. The articles likewise reflect this cooperation.
While there is substantial textual material, there is also no doubt that this magazine is produced to be visually attractive, and the pics leave one in no doubt that it is Africa, and indeed youthful Africa, at the heart of the endeavour. Most of the articles are written by African Salesians sdb or fma.
Should anyone be interested in receiving a copy or simply in contacting the editorial team to congratulate them, the editor is Fr Faustino Garcia and the email address is bulletinafo@donbosco.es One might also add that the Province Information Bulletin from AFO is a delight to read - imaginative layout, colourful, and obviously the shared work of many in the province, led again by Fr Faustino. Should anyone want to look at an example of this, and email to austraLasia is enough - a pdf copy can be emailed back to you.
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AustraLasia is an email service for the Salesian Family of Asia Pacific. It also functions as an agency for ANS based in Rome. For RSS feeds, subscribe to www.bosconet.aust.com/rssala.xml
