austraLasia 1547
St. Joseph the Worker Day marked by 15 Final
Professions in the Region
PARAÑAQUE: 2nd May 2006 -- After a year of intense
preparation for perpetual profession with intense prayer too (two
individually directed retreats!), the 15 perpetuandi
(candidates for perpetual profession) who have been preparing in the
Philippines were ready to make
their perpetual profession. Yesterday, May 1,
the feast of St. Joseph the worker, the Seminaryo ng Don Bosco
Parañaque celebrated the perpetual profession of fourteen
(14) cleric
brothers and one (1) Coadjutor brother.
The
profession was held in two places. Two clerics from FIS made their
profession in the morning at Cebu. This was presided over
by Fr Julius Sanchez
the provincial of FIS. The rest made
their profession in the afternoon
at Parañaque presided over by Fr. Andrew Wong, provincial of
FIN.
The
perpetuandi came from the
following provinces: three (3) from Philippine North
Province, two (2)
from Philippine South Province, four (4) from Vice
Province of Sri
Lanka, one (1) from Korean province, and five (5) from
Indonesia - East
Timor province.
A Coadjutor brother, Bro. Ves
Cresencio who hails from Bohol, an island in the
Visayas, made his
profession this year. The Congregation is making great efforts, with
the EAO Region one of those at the forefront of those efforts, to
encourage further Brother vocations.
There were
a good number of visitors who came for the celebration in Manila:
families and friends of the confreres, other religious congregations,
members of the
Salesian Family. The
Provincial Economer from Korea came to represent the province for the
perpetual profession of Bro. Timothy Choi who is applying as a
missionary to Papua New Guinea. While most of the guests from other
religious congregations were fellow countrymen of the Indonesian and
East Timorese brothers.
Bro. Aquiles from ITM
gave a short talk after the celebration. He thanked everybody present
and also asked prayers for their perseverance. The celebration was
followed with refreshments offered by the Seminaryo.
Now
the perpetually professed brothers are off to their new assignments for
the summer apostolate. Bro Ves will be assigned as technical director
of the training center in Don Bosco Youth Center, Tondo. It will be a
home-coming of sorts for him since he did his practical training in
the same place.
If you wish to add further comments, a word of
congrats perhaps to those professed, or information about such
professions in other parts of the Region, feel free to do so at BoscoWiki
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