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By Augustine DoPhuc, SDB Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam, 25 August 2021 -- On 15 August 2021, the whole Church celebrated the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven. Sharing that joy, the Provincial community (Vietnam...

The 46th Nojiriko Bible Camp: Since 1972 nurturing the vocation culture in Japan By Fr. Daisuke Kitagawa, SDB Nojiriko, Japan, 17 August 2018 -- By the shore of the Sea of Galilee, Jesus called the first Apostles. Lake Nojiriko (280km far i...

Daughters of the Queenship of Mary (DQM) By Fr. Vaclav Klement, SDB DQM as a secular institute of archdiocese of Bangkok, Thailand was founded by Fr. Carlo della Torre, a Salesian missionary priest in December 3,1954. The foundation was ins...

ALA_5151 The Rector Major releases a first draft of the 2020 Strenna By Our Own Correspondent RMG, 25 July 2019 -- In response to the Salesian Family’s request of the Rector Major that he provide at least an outline of the 2020 Strenna in t...

By Fr. Ramoncito Padilla, SDB Jakarta, Indonesia - More then two years after the foundation of this Salesian presence in Jakarta, the community for the specialization of Salesian Brother (Indonesia - Timor Leste) is living a calm and hard-w...

By Our Own Correspondent In a conversation with educators, Pope Francis criticized the influence of positivism, called for an openness to the transcendent and the poor, and evoked the example of St. John Bosco. “Today there is a tendency to...

By Fr. Ariel Macatangay, SDB Bomana, Papua New Guinea -- “What Kind of Salesians for Melanesian Youths of Today?” This is the theme for the first Provincial Chapter of the Salesians in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, held in Port More...

ALA_5348 Interview with a young observer in the General Chapter 28: John Nguyen By John Nguyen Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 1 April 2020 What is your dream for Salesian (SDB) formation? I believe that the SDB formation will bring a general pro...

By Fr. Albeiro Rodas, SDB Phnom Penh, Cambodia, January 13, 2016. Representatives of the 6 main educative pastoral communities of the Cambodian Salesian Delegation (THA), met in Phnom Penh January 11-13 for planning with the guidance of Fr....

ALA_5255 Interview with Fr. Leo Choi – temporary missionary in Australia By Fr Leo Choi Engadine (Sydney), Australia, 19 November 2019 -- My name is Fr. Leo Sungkyu Choi. I originally belong to the Province of Korea and was sent 3 years ago...