austraLasia #1976
Salesians in
Vietnam celebrate Mission Day
DALAT: November 4th 2007
-- Every year, around early November, the Salesians in Vietnam
solemnly celebrate the Salesian Day for Missions (Domisal) in memory of
the first expedition of Salesian missionaries sent by Don Bosco to Patagonia,
Argentina. This
year, on Saturday 3rd November, they celebrated Domisal in the Salesian
community of
Dalat where there are 67 young confreres in post-novitiate
formation. There were about one hundred Salesians, ten FMA and two VDBs
who gathered for the event. Because of the distance, those in the far
South
will celebrate Domisal one week later (on November 10).
Following the presentation of the
situation of the missions in the East Asia-Oceania region, and another
interesting presentation of those Vietnamese Salesians involved in
mission “ad gentes” (in around 13 countries), the
participants were divided into groups to share their reflection on the
Salesian missions. Lively exchange of ideas and proposals showed that
the participants were really in high spirit for missions.
The
peak of the day came at the end of the Eucharistic celebration when
five post-novices solemnly approached the altar to present their letter
of application to be missionaries “ad gentes”. [As is well
known, over the last few years a good number of young Salesians who
applied for missions were from this community. Fr. Klement, the
Regional Councilor for East Asia-Oceania, has already named it as
the community for missionaries]. The community was filled with
profound joy to witness the courageous commitment of these young
confreres who, in spite of their limitations, have allowed God’s call
to be efficient in their daily life. They prayed that there would be
more and more Salesians generously respond to God's call to become
missionaries for the sake of the young in need. They also believed that
those five confreres will not be the last of their batch, since some
of their classmates (in the last year of the post-novitiate program)
have
not yet put their commitment in writing.
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