austraLasia 1426
As the bishop said....in snow and sizzling heat
ULAANBAATAR and HONIARA: 3rd February 2006 -- The various reports of what communities did on Don Bosco's Feast day are trickling in. Here are two from the Region's extremities, Mongolia and Solomon Islands.
Mongolia: where it is c-c-c-cooold at this time of the year! In fact the community celebrated the Feast on the 24th, because it was easier that day to bring the various individuals together from the three presences in the country, along with staff and youth. They came together in the Don Bosco Industrial Training Skills Centre in Ulaanbaatar. In the morning the Bishop and Prefect Apostolic of Ulaanbaatar, Most Rev. Wenceslaus Padilla CICM celebrated the Mass and remained with the group. He reminded everyone that 'the characterstic spirit of a Salesian House should be like that of a family, and offered FAMILY as an acronym: F for father, A for and, M for mother, I for I, L for love and Y for you. Thus in a Salesian House each one needs to respect and love the other and this makes your Youth Centres and Technical Schools so different, something already proven in Mongolia where the Don Bosco school is already one of the best in the country'. After Mass, everyone went off to one of the mountain slopes nearby for a snow picnic. You could check out the pics on the DB Mongolia website at www.dbmongolia.org
Solomon Islands: where it never snows, is always hot but certainly rains a lot (at this time of the year)! Archbishop Adrian Smith SM told the assembled Salesians, volunteers, guests on 31st 'to be happy, tolerant and search for inner truth'. The Archbishop dwelt on the readings for the Feast, highlighting vision, charism and hope: ' We are born free and religious life is to enable us to live free, and in this freedom serve God', he said. The liturgy was coordinated by Brother Shinici Suzuki sdb and followed by a delightful supper with songs and games interspersed.
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As the bishop said....in snow and sizzling heat
ULAANBAATAR and HONIARA: 3rd February 2006 -- The various reports of what communities did on Don Bosco's Feast day are trickling in. Here are two from the Region's extremities, Mongolia and Solomon Islands.
Mongolia: where it is c-c-c-cooold at this time of the year! In fact the community celebrated the Feast on the 24th, because it was easier that day to bring the various individuals together from the three presences in the country, along with staff and youth. They came together in the Don Bosco Industrial Training Skills Centre in Ulaanbaatar. In the morning the Bishop and Prefect Apostolic of Ulaanbaatar, Most Rev. Wenceslaus Padilla CICM celebrated the Mass and remained with the group. He reminded everyone that 'the characterstic spirit of a Salesian House should be like that of a family, and offered FAMILY as an acronym: F for father, A for and, M for mother, I for I, L for love and Y for you. Thus in a Salesian House each one needs to respect and love the other and this makes your Youth Centres and Technical Schools so different, something already proven in Mongolia where the Don Bosco school is already one of the best in the country'. After Mass, everyone went off to one of the mountain slopes nearby for a snow picnic. You could check out the pics on the DB Mongolia website at www.dbmongolia.org
Solomon Islands: where it never snows, is always hot but certainly rains a lot (at this time of the year)! Archbishop Adrian Smith SM told the assembled Salesians, volunteers, guests on 31st 'to be happy, tolerant and search for inner truth'. The Archbishop dwelt on the readings for the Feast, highlighting vision, charism and hope: ' We are born free and religious life is to enable us to live free, and in this freedom serve God', he said. The liturgy was coordinated by Brother Shinici Suzuki sdb and followed by a delightful supper with songs and games interspersed.
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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
