June 14
2012
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ƚŚĞƌĞǁĂƐƐŽŵĞƟŵĞĨŽƌǀŝƐŝƟŶŐ
the
sacred
places
in
the
Holy
City,
in
Jericho,
in
Galilee.
Chuyen
had
arranged
a
special
Mass
for
our
group
it
will
be
missed,
because
now
Judy’s
life
journey
has
led
her
to
decide
to
ĂĐĐĞƉƚĂƉŽƐŝƟŽŶĂƐƐƐŽĐŝĂƚĞWƌŝŶĐŝƉĂů
ĨŽƌ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ>ŝĨĞĂŶĚ/ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů
at
Gethsemani
on
my
last
day
in
Israel.
Students
at
Ramona
Convent
It
happened
to
be
the
memorial
of
our
Secondary
School
in
Alhambra.
In
June
14,
2012
Dear
Brother
and
Sister
Salesians:
young
Polish
martyrs
of
World
War
II,
^ĂůĞƐŝĂŶŽƌĂƚŽƌLJůĞĂĚĞƌƐ͘KīĞƌŝŶŐDĂƐƐ
over
the
rock
of
Jesus’
agony
I
prayed
for
the
young
“oratory
leaders”
of
our
province,
especially
those
gathering
for
SYLC
next
week.
Be
strong
in
your
ǀŽĐĂƟŽŶĂƐũŽLJĨƵůĚŝƐĐŝƉůĞƐ͕ƐĂĐƌŝĮĐŝŶŐ
everything
to
help
other
young
people
ďĞĐŽŵĞŚŽŶĞƐƚĐŝƟnjĞŶƐĂŶĚŐŽŽĚ
ŚƌŝƐƟĂŶƐ͘
the
name
of
the
province
I
thank
Judy
Wilber
Alvarez
for
all
she
has
been
and
done
among
us,
both
in
youth
ministry
ĂŶĚŝŶƐŽĐŝĂůĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ͘tĞ
all
wish
her
every
success
in
her
new
work.
Salesians
through
and
through,
she
and
her
husband
Mike
are
bringing
the
charism
and
spirit
of
St.
John
Bosco
ƚŽŽƚŚĞƌĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐĂŶĚĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ͕
always
making
the
young
their
life’s
My
Birthday.
The
actual
day
of
my
birthday
last
Friday
I
spent
in
an
early
morning
car
ride
from
Hergolshausen
to
Wurzburg
(Germany),
two
train
rides
from
Wurzburg
to
Frankfurt,
two
plane
ŇŝŐŚƚƐĨƌŽŵ&ƌĂŶŬĨƵƌƚƚŽƵƌŝĐŚĂŶĚdĞů
Aviv,
and
one
car
ride
from
Tel
Aviv
to
Jerusalem.
All
day
on
road,
rails
and
air
lanes.
Arriving
in
Jerusalem
I
found
all
LJŽƵƌŐƌĞĞƟŶŐƐŽŶƚŚĂƚƐƉĞĐŝĂůǁĞďƉĂŐĞ
so
cleverly
designed
by
Judy
Alvarez
and
InTouch
ƐƚĂī͘dŚĂŶŬLJŽƵƐŽŵƵĐŚ͘
I
can
only
assure
you,
most
gratefully,
that
I
did
pray
for
every
one
of
you
here
at
the
holy
places,
my
family
and
friends,
my
confreres,
and
everyone
in
the
Salesian
Family
of
western
USA.
Jerusalem.
DLJĮƌƐƚƉƵƌƉŽƐĞŝŶĐŽŵŝŶŐ
here
was
to
share
in
Chuyen’s
joy
as
he
received
the
sacrament
of
holy
ŽƌĚĞƌƐ͕ŽƌĚĂŝŶĞĚĂĚĞĂĐŽŶďLJƚŚĞ>ĂƟŶ
Patriarch
of
Jerusalem,
Fouad
Twal,
in
Bethlehem,
the
place
of
Jesus’
birth.
Some
of
Chuyen’s
family
came
over
for
the
occasion,
as
well
as
other
folk
from
ĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂ͘tŚĂƚĂĚĞůŝŐŚƞƵůƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ
to
see
them
here,
Anthony
Castaneda,
Mary
Ellen
Carlson,
Sr.
Gloria
Mar!
Of
ĐŽƵƌƐĞĂŌĞƌƚŚĞŽƌĚŝŶĂƟŽŶĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶƐ
ĞůĞŐĂƚĞĨŽƌ^ŽĐŝĂůŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ͘
For
two
years
now
our
province
has
enjoyed
the
services
of
Judy
Wilber
Alvarez
as
my
delegate
for
social
ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ͘/ŶϮϬϭϬ͕ĂŌĞƌĂďŽƵƚ
twelve
years
in
our
youth
ministry
ŽĸĐĞ͕:ƵĚLJǁŝůůŝŶŐůLJĂĐĐĞƉƚĞĚŵLJ
ŽīĞƌŽĨƚŚŝƐĐŚĂŶŐĞŝŶĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ͘
Since
then
she
has
competently
led
our
province
to
new
heights
in
our
awareness
of
the
urgency
of
social
ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐĂƐĂŶĞƐƐĞŶƟĂůƉĂƌƚ
of
and
tool
for
our
mission.
Within
ƚŚĞƐŽĐŝĂůĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐĂƌĞĂƐŽĨ
ĂŶŝŵĂƟŽŶ͕ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶĂŶĚĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͕
Judy
has
blazed
a
path.
InTouch
is
the
most
evident
example,
but
her
work
on
the
editorial
board
of
The
^ĂůĞƐŝĂŶƵůůĞƟŶŚĂƐĂůƐŽďĞĞŶĐƌŝƟĐĂů
for
improving
the
quality
of
that
joint
ƉƌŽǀŝŶĐĞƉƵďůŝĐĂƟŽŶ͘ŽƵƌƐĞƐŽŶ
ƐŽĐŝĂůĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐĂƌĞŶŽǁƉĂƌƚ
ŽĨƚŚĞŝŶŝƟĂůĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶĐƵƌƌŝĐƵůƵŵĂƚ
almost
every
stage,
thanks
to
Judy’s
ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĂƟŽŶĂŶĚƐŬŝůůƐĂƐƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞƌ͘
And
there
are
many
other
areas
in
the
ĮĞůĚŽĨ^ĂůĞƐŝĂŶƐŽĐŝĂůĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ
where
Judy’s
impact
on
our
province’s
development
has
been
profound.
And
InTouch 1 6.14.12
mission.
Thank
you,
Judy,
and
God
bless
you
always!
Sincerely
in
Christ,
Rev.
Timothy
C.
Ploch,
SDB
Provincial
Pro
v
incial’s Calendar
June 2012
14 Board Meeting, Don
Bosco Technical Insti-
tute (AM)
15-17 Office Days
18-22 Salesian Education
Seminar (SES), Don
Bosco Hall, Berkeley
21 Members Meeting, Sale-
sian High School,
Richmond
22 SES Concluding Mass
23 SYLC Concluding Mass
24-29 Confreres Retreat,
Three Rivers
