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ALA_5304 4 new novices By Fr. Felix Wee Novice master Daejon, Korea, 28 January 2020 -- After the Lunar New Year that fell on 25 January this year, the Korean Novitiate is moving from Naeri (quiet seashore location) back to Daejon (a city o...

ALA_5277 Interview with Bosconian, a descendant of the hidden Christians By SDB Social communication Japan and Devin Watkins, Vatican Communication Tokyo, Japan, 19 December 2019 -- During the recent visit of Pope Francis in Japan, one Bosc...

For the AustraLasia 5000 By A long-time reader of, contributor to aLa EAO, 31 January 2019 -- Today, on a feast day so cherished by Salesians, the wider Salesian Family, and countless 'friends' of Don Bosco, this writer also notices that on...

By Fr. Chinh Pham, SDB HCM City, Vietnam, 2 April 2017 -- In the beautiful Sunday morning of the 2nd of April, 2017, the Provincial, Fr. Joseph Nguyen van Quang SDB and some members of his Council, together with some Salesian priests and la...

EAO Don Bosco Green Alliance, 22 December 2022 -- The Christmas feasts are almost here. We know from our own experience that every year it is a good time of festivities, community and family gatherings but also a time of waste in many of ou...

ALA_5460 By Br. Marcelino Ximenes Paranaque, the Philippines, but from TLS Vice-province, 1 September 2020 -- Honestly, I grew up in the Salesian environment. I knew the Salesians from my childhood but I didn’t clearly know the two forms o...

By Anthony Kishore Minj, SDB Darkhan, Mongolia, 23 February 2017 -- The Salesian missionaries working at present in Mongolia gathered together to re-read, to reflect and to set a vision mission in the local (Mongolian) context from February...

First Formation chance for the Novice Directors after 23 years By Fr. James K. Hoe, SDB Generalate, Rome, 3 December 2016 -- Twenty three Novice directors of the English speaking provinces got a golden opportunity for their formation from N...

ALA_5501 By Cl. Jean Paul Mutombo Congolese missionary in Malta Crocetta, Turin, Italy, 4 November 2020 -- October - the traditional missionary month - is already over, but shortly it will be 11 November - the departure day of the first Sa...

ALA_5480 By Fr. J Mota, SDB Quelicai, Timor Leste, 3 October 2020 -- On the first Saturday of October the Salesian parish community in Quelicai celebrated the belated feast day of their patroness saint, St. Therese of the Child Jesus. The ...