austraLasia #2041
Another brief 'roundup' of items
ROME: 28th January 2008 -- With quite a number of news 'snippets' coming through these days, rather than let some of them lapse due to the 'one news item a day' approach austraLasia usually takes for the sanity of both readers and its coordinator, let me round up a handful that have come in most recently:
BERKELEY (SUO): 25th January 2008, -- Arthur J. Lenti, SDB, author of the seven volume work, "Don Bosco History and Spirit," was given a Doctoral Degree ,Honoris Causa, bestowed by Rev. Michael, Sweeney, O.P., President of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology at Berkeley. This award was given in recognition of the outstanding contribution of his scholarly work on the life of Don Bosco and his many years of service to the Church and the Salesian Society as an educator and writer. Throughout the EAO Region, conferes and members of the Salesian Family generally have been able to benefit from Fr Lenti's work, either directly as students of his at the ISS Berkeley, or most recently through the two volumes now published.
HCM VIE: Mekong Delta, Vietnam 24th January 2008 -- Opening of the new canonical community at Can Gio, amongst the poorest of the poor. A true 'mission work' at home for the VIE Province. Can Gio is still technically within HCM City but about three hours fromt he Provincial House by motorbike and boat.
TIGARAKSA (ITM), Indonesia, 25th January -- Aspirants, pre-novices and post-novices were treated to 'open house' at the local TV station. They were able to enter the different studios where film-making equipment and props were set up. They witnessed an 'on-air' noonday news presentation. There was time too for an exchange of ideas and a question and answer session. Knowing the visitors were fromt he Salesians - known for their educational apostolate - a member of the TV production team confessed that many of their finished products were really not educational, but more in the form of popular entertainment and sensational presentation. They were at times, he said, pressured to come up quickly with a TV program which resulted in high ratings amongst viewers and ensuring financial survival. Food for thought for young Salesians interested in influencing the world of communications
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Title: australasia 2041
Subject and key words: EAO Provinces, SDB General
Date (year): 2008
ID: 2000-2099|2041
Another brief 'roundup' of items
ROME: 28th January 2008 -- With quite a number of news 'snippets' coming through these days, rather than let some of them lapse due to the 'one news item a day' approach austraLasia usually takes for the sanity of both readers and its coordinator, let me round up a handful that have come in most recently:
BERKELEY (SUO): 25th January 2008, -- Arthur J. Lenti, SDB, author of the seven volume work, "Don Bosco History and Spirit," was given a Doctoral Degree ,Honoris Causa, bestowed by Rev. Michael, Sweeney, O.P., President of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology at Berkeley. This award was given in recognition of the outstanding contribution of his scholarly work on the life of Don Bosco and his many years of service to the Church and the Salesian Society as an educator and writer. Throughout the EAO Region, conferes and members of the Salesian Family generally have been able to benefit from Fr Lenti's work, either directly as students of his at the ISS Berkeley, or most recently through the two volumes now published.
HCM VIE: Mekong Delta, Vietnam 24th January 2008 -- Opening of the new canonical community at Can Gio, amongst the poorest of the poor. A true 'mission work' at home for the VIE Province. Can Gio is still technically within HCM City but about three hours fromt he Provincial House by motorbike and boat.
TIGARAKSA (ITM), Indonesia, 25th January -- Aspirants, pre-novices and post-novices were treated to 'open house' at the local TV station. They were able to enter the different studios where film-making equipment and props were set up. They witnessed an 'on-air' noonday news presentation. There was time too for an exchange of ideas and a question and answer session. Knowing the visitors were fromt he Salesians - known for their educational apostolate - a member of the TV production team confessed that many of their finished products were really not educational, but more in the form of popular entertainment and sensational presentation. They were at times, he said, pressured to come up quickly with a TV program which resulted in high ratings amongst viewers and ensuring financial survival. Food for thought for young Salesians interested in influencing the world of communications
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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 queries please contact admin@bosconet.aust.com . Use Bosconet-wiki to be interactive. RSS feeds - just go to Bosconet, click on austraLasia 2008 in the sidebar. You will see the RSS orange icon in your browser address bar - add it from there. Avail yourself of the Salesian Digital Library at at http://sdl.sdb.org
Title: australasia 2041
Subject and key words: EAO Provinces, SDB General
Date (year): 2008
ID: 2000-2099|2041
