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Vietnam ordinations Bishop De's first
HO CHI MINH CITY: 15th July 2006 -- Bishop Peter De sdb, recently consecrated as auxiliary bishop of Bui Chu diocese in the North, today ordained four young Salesians to the Priesthood in Ho Chi Minh City. They were his first priestly ordinations.
Following the event one of the newly ordained, speaking in the name of the others, said simply: "I spent a week of retreat (in preparation), contemplated the meaning of being a Salesian missionary and ask God for strength and courage. I entrust all my fears into God's hands and in friendship with Jesus. Please keep me in your prayers".
An additional nine confreres were ordained deacon. The ordinations make the fifth set of ordinations for Vietnamese confreres this year, though a good number of these have been ordained in one or other part of the world where they have been studying.
The majority of Salesian candidates for the priesthood are already university graduates before they enter the novitiate, so tend to be in their early thirties by the time of their ordination. One of those most recently ordained is already assigned to the missions in Africa.
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Vietnam ordinations Bishop De's first
HO CHI MINH CITY: 15th July 2006 -- Bishop Peter De sdb, recently consecrated as auxiliary bishop of Bui Chu diocese in the North, today ordained four young Salesians to the Priesthood in Ho Chi Minh City. They were his first priestly ordinations.
Following the event one of the newly ordained, speaking in the name of the others, said simply: "I spent a week of retreat (in preparation), contemplated the meaning of being a Salesian missionary and ask God for strength and courage. I entrust all my fears into God's hands and in friendship with Jesus. Please keep me in your prayers".
An additional nine confreres were ordained deacon. The ordinations make the fifth set of ordinations for Vietnamese confreres this year, though a good number of these have been ordained in one or other part of the world where they have been studying.
The majority of Salesian candidates for the priesthood are already university graduates before they enter the novitiate, so tend to be in their early thirties by the time of their ordination. One of those most recently ordained is already assigned to the missions in Africa.
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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 Try out BoscoWiki to be interactive. For RSS feeds, subscribe to www.bosconet.aust.com/RSS/rssala.xm A separate service entirely is called F/OSSERVATORE to help us keep abreast of trends in the digital world.
