MELBOURNE: 7th July 2006 -- Preparations are complete
for the ordination to diaconate in Melbourne tomorrow of Solomona
Pouniu Paulo, from Samoa. 'Mona, as he is commonly known, will be
ordained by Archbishop Dennis Hart, archbishop of Melbourne.
In the 26 years of Salesian presence in Samoa, there
has been a steady vocational growth for the Salesians, to the point
where there are now six Samoan born Salesian priests and several others
either now at the diaconate stage or close to it. There is one
Salesian Brother residing at Alafua, near Apia in Samoa. The
Rector of the community in Samoa is a Samoan, as is the principal of
the technical college. Other young Samoan Salesians and
prenovitiate candidates are spread throughout the stages of formation
in Samoa, Fiji and Australia. At least two of the Samoan priests
have begun or are about to begin advanced studies in educational and
youth leadership for the planned expansion of work in those Pacific
Islands served by the Australian Province.
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