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A right proud little note from a right proud grand provincial!

CEBU CITY: 13 December 2010 --  Good morning! Don Bosco has arrived..... The relics of our saintly father and founder, St. John Bosco are here with us in Cebu, Philippines.....

Thousands  of people came , stayed and venerated Don Bosco during his whole day  stay in Lourdes Parish. Different people kept vigil the whole night and this morning he was brought to Don Bosco Technology Center, Labangon. There he will  be venerated for the next few days until friday.

 We left Cebu city at 2:00 AM in the morning and together with other Salesians, bosconians and parishioners, we  received  Don Bosco haded over to us by the community of St. Louis Schoo, Don Bosco Dumaguete there in Bato, as soon as the barge docked. From there  we came back by motorcade stopping for a while in  Argao where  a teary-eyed mayor Galeos ( a bosconian alumnus) welcomed Don Bosco, whom he described as his friend , mentor and guide. People in Lawa-an, St. Joseph's parish - Tabunok  went out to the streets waving flags as the motorcade passed by.   He was carried  in procession from McDonalds up to Lourdes with throngs of people and parishioners lining both sides of the street to the dance of the sinulog and the hymn "St. John
Bosco our Loving Father"
(Don Bosco ritorna), played by the brass band of St. Louis School, Don Bosco Dumaguete.   A more than capacity crowd of  worshippers attended the  mass. And then the public veneration followed with people  from all walks of life venerating , imploring, interceding Don Bosco  for help  in their needs... What a profound manifestation of  faith..... I am certain that for everyone who attended with the proper dispositions, it was a very beautiful and spiritually enriching experience.

We hope and pray that more  and more people 
these days, especially  the young,  can meet  Don Bosco, Patron , Friend and Powerful Intercessor.
St. John Bosco, pray for us...

                                         With you in Don Bosco,

                                         Fr. George MIlitante SDB
                                       

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