Cagliero 11 - Luglio 2010 ing


Cagliero 11 - Luglio 2010 ing

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Newsletter for Salesian Missionary Animation
DON BOSCO’S MISSIONARY DREAMS
D ear
missionaries,
Salesian
confreres, friends of
the Salesian missions!
Cordial greeting
from Rome during
the summer session of the
General Council!
As we contemplate the
missionary heart of Don Bosco
we are invited to rediscover,
this month, his second
missionary dream. In fact every
missionary dream of our Father
reveals his heart beating to
bring the Gospel to the young
of the whole world. Let us
learn from his way of thinking!
Probably the materials for the
Salesian Mission Day 2011
(DVD, poster, etc) have already
arrived in the Provinces, with
the theme Volunteers to
proclaim the Gospel [download
from www.sdb.org].
We make Don Bosco’s dreams
a reality with the formation of
a missionary group in every
house, and of the missionary
volunteer service in every
Salesian Province all over the
world!
One of the missionary dreams of Don Bosco - the second - was a dramatic alle-
gorical representation about the future of Salesian Missionary work through-
out South America: Those who were with Don Bosco had already an intuition
that there was something more than human in these epic dreams. Don Bosco
narrated this dream on September 4, 1883 during the afternoon session of the
General Chapter. [For the full text see MB XVI, 385-398; SDL.SDB.ORG].
«My young friend continued: - Well: these mountains are
like a bank, a boundary. So far, there is the harvest prom-
ised to the Salesians. There are thousands and millions of
people awaiting your help, they are waiting for the faith.
These mountains were the Cordilleras of South America
and the sea is the Atlantic Ocean ... And without knowing
how, I found myself at a railway station. ... We got on the
train. I asked where we were. .... The beautiful new train
moved on, always going forward. ... we travelled through
forests, going into tunnels, we passed over huge viaducts,
we went through mountain gorges, lakes and swamps using bridges, we
crossed wide rivers, run through prairies and plains. We passed along the
shores of Uruguay. I thought it was just a short river, but instead it is very long.
At one point I saw the river Paranà which flows close
to Uruguay ... And the train was always going down, it
was turning on one side and then to another. After a
long period of time it stopped a second time...
The train resumed its journey across the Pampas and
Patagonia. The cultivated fields and houses scattered
here and there indicated that civilisation took posses-
sion of those deserts.
In the place where Patagonia begins we passed a
branch of the Rio Colorado or the Rio Chubut. ... Finally
we reached the Straits of Magellan, I looked at it. We went down. Before us
was Punta Arenas. ... My friend mentioned to me all these things. Then I asked:
- And now what do you mean by that?
He answered: - What is being planned in the future, will one day be a reality. ...
Given the wonderful progress of the Catholic Church, of our congregation and
of civilisation in those regions, I thank Divine Providence that he had deigned
to use me as an instrument of his glory and salvation of so many souls …»
Fr. Václav Klement, SDB
Councillor for the Missions
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Come, Give us a Hand in Mongolia!
arrived in Mongolia on 14 November 2009 to fulfil my missionary dream. I have
long dreamt to be a missionary and I am very happy that now that dream has
become a reality. I believe that Don Bosco will not abandon me and will always
protect me, so that with the help of Mary Help of Christians I may serve the Lord Jesus un-
til the end of my life in the missions.
Our missionary work in Mongolia is full of dreams and full of promises. I am sure that Don Bosco had also seen
Mongolia in his dreams. Now we have two communities; one in Ulaanbaatar and one in Darhan. In Ulaan-
baatar we have a community made up of four Salesians. There are also four Mongolian Cooperators. In that
community all of our confreres work in our technical school and centre for the poor. In Darhan our community
is composed by four Salesians. All of them work in our parish church, school for non formal education, print-
ing shop and daily oratory.
When I arrived in Mongolia, I stayed in our community at Darhan where I studied the
Mongolian language and helped Bro. Chris in the animation of our young people in the
daily oratory. Four months later I moved to Ulaanbataar. In Ulaanbataar I continued
my study of the Mongolian language but I also gave a hand to Fr. Victor as assistant of
young people at Don Bosco Care Centre where we have 21 street children. These kids
have all lost contact with their families who live in the country side. They stay in our
Care Centre and we send them to our school. We also search for their parents so that
they could be reunited with them.
I am very happy here in my mission land. Here I have learnt to be flexible and work
hard to save souls especially of young people. Gradually there are young people who
come and inquire about our life, our spirit and our apostolate. And some of them
come to church and join our boys in the oratory. I truly believe, as Don Bosco said, that all young people who
come to our house or our Centre are brought to us by Mary Help of Christians. We also work together with the
other congregations to evangelise and to help young people. Our only problem is that we do not have enough
confreres to start a Salesian presence in the other places in Mongolia where many young are waiting for us.
Please come and give us a hand!
Br. Anton Werun
Indonesian, missionary in Mongolia
Salesian Missionary Intention
The Salesian Family in the Interamerican Region
That the members of the Salesian Family who operate in the metropolis in North
America and Latin America may know how to journey alongside young migrants
and their families.
Ever since the apostle Paul, the Church has launched the Urban Missions. Today in
the era of great worldwide migration we are called to rediscover its dynamics (cf.
Acts of the Apostles - Corinth, Ephesus, Athens ...). In America we see double mi-
gratory movement - from South to North, from the rural areas to the urban cen-
tres. The first generations of immigrants also face many challenges at the religious
level, sometimes without Pastors who understand their language and culture.
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