austraLasia 1374
A footnote to history - Cambodia 1960
PHNOM PENH: 2nd January 2006 -- .....yes, and the 500th anniversary of St Francis Xavier, the 100th of the Salesians in China, the 100th in India; it goes on, really. 2006 will be a year of celebration, obviously! (If that line is mysterious, read aLa #1373). But in the meantime, while we are talking history, another little note has come in, which may be of more than passing interest, firstly because its true origin is Fr Bernard Tohill, once regional in this area, at least for the Asia-Oceania part of the famed English-speaking region of the time (before some readers were thought of!), and still residing in the region, as it happens. Fr Tohill recently wrote to Fr Leo Ochoa in Phnom Penh, who has passed on this interesting footnote to the Salesian presence in Cambodia:
The Rector and community ofDon Bosco Technical School at Phnom Penh Vietnam Cambodia Cambodia Cambodia
Fr. Bernad Tohill, SDB.
(The Bishop mentioned by Fr Tohill was Msgr Gustave Raballand MEP, Vicar Apsotolic from 1956-62: austraLasia's correspondent note)
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A footnote to history - Cambodia 1960
PHNOM PENH: 2nd January 2006 -- .....yes, and the 500th anniversary of St Francis Xavier, the 100th of the Salesians in China, the 100th in India; it goes on, really. 2006 will be a year of celebration, obviously! (If that line is mysterious, read aLa #1373). But in the meantime, while we are talking history, another little note has come in, which may be of more than passing interest, firstly because its true origin is Fr Bernard Tohill, once regional in this area, at least for the Asia-Oceania part of the famed English-speaking region of the time (before some readers were thought of!), and still residing in the region, as it happens. Fr Tohill recently wrote to Fr Leo Ochoa in Phnom Penh, who has passed on this interesting footnote to the Salesian presence in Cambodia:
The Rector and community of
Fr. Bernad Tohill, SDB.
(The Bishop mentioned by Fr Tohill was Msgr Gustave Raballand MEP, Vicar Apsotolic from 1956-62: austraLasia's correspondent note)
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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
