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The Salesians in Pakistan: Some 100 families arriving daily
(ANS – Quetta) – “Our contribution to the disastrous emergency created by the floods is to note where they are and give them what they need for survival.” According to Fr. Peter Zago, this in simple terms is what he and some volunteers in Quetta do for families displaced by the natural disaster.
Jugend Eine Welt, the Vienna-based Salesian NGO, contacted Fr. Zago on August 17, giving him an initial contribution of 5,000 euros for “flood victims.” He let them know [...]
Home Away From Home: Don Bosco (Nairobi, Kenya)
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U.S. SDBs Welcome 5 New Novices
by Fr. Michael Mendl, SDB
New Rochelle, N.Y. – Fr. Thomas Dunne, provincial of the New Rochelle Province, received five young men into St. Joseph’s Novitiate in Port Chester, N.Y., on August 15. The brief rite of reception took place within a morning parish Mass at Holy Rosary Church, to which the novitiate is attached.
Assisting Fr. Tom were Fr. Timothy Ploch, provincial of the San Francisco Province and former pastor of Holy Rosary, and Fr. William Keane, master of novices. Nine [...]
Salesians Commission 22 Lay Missioners
By Father Michael Mendl, SDB
New Rochelle, NY – The Salesians of Don Bosco commissioned 28 young women and men as Salesian Lay Missioners (SLMs) or Salesian Domestic Volunteers (SDVs) on Saturday, August 7, at the close of a week of retreat. Father Thomas Dunne, SDB, provincial superior of the New Rochelle Province, presided over the commissioning Mass in the Don Bosco Retreat Center in Haverstraw-Stony Point, N.Y.[1]
The 22 SLMs come from all over the country and represent both Salesian provinces [...]
