Cambodia: Year-end Drama at Don Bosco Phnom Penh Draws more than 3,500  

 

PHNOM PENH, 31 December 2004 --  In a truly Salesian style of mobilizing  children and young people, the Salesian Youth Movement of Don Bosco Phnom Penh presented a yearender drama “The Greatest Story Ever Told", the Birth of the Savior, that drew more than 3,500 people mostly non-Christians.

     In beautiful, creative dramatic actions, movements and dances the cast of eighty children and youth of whom only four  are Catholic depicted the nativity scenes easily understood by local viewers. The message was clear:  we celebrate the Son of God, the Savior. He comes to liberate us from the human predicament, our sinfulness. He declares to us the Good News that we are loved by God. “He gave power to become children of God” (Jn. 1:12).