Japan province fetes jubilarians and holds assembly
TOKYO: 17th June 2006 -- Japan Province today held its
Province Day and a general assembly of confreres from the Province, in
Tokyo. But the event was preceded by two days of intense work
involving Rectors and Provincial Councillors, looking at a revision of
the local manual for Rectors and planning for the coming years.
The planning was focused on the rediscovery of Don Bosco and studying
how best to make him alive and present to today's youth in Japan.
Today, after a short presentation from the
Provincial, the confreres broke up into four groups to study
evangelisation approaches for the different settings where Salesians
are working today in Japan - schools, parishes, social works and youth
centres. Central to the day was the celebration of the Eucharist.
The day also had a missionary element to it: firstly
the screening of the short film on Sudan, the focus of this year's
Salesian mission project, then a missioning ceremony for Fr Michael Lap
who is going to spend the next five years working in the Solomon
Islands. Present too was the group of university level aspirants
including five from Vietnam. They provided some entertainment by
way of dances and songs.
Thirteen members of the province were feted for
jubilees, though not all were able to be present. Deserving of
particular mention are Fr Clodoveo Tassinari, celebrating his 70th
anniversary of priesthood and who was the first provincial to follow on
from Don Cimatti, Fr Nikodem Pisarski who celebrated his Golden
Jubileee of priesthood ten years ago with John Paul II in Rome!
Three others were celebrating their Golden Jubilee of ordination this
year: Fr Paul Faroni, Fr Joseph Di Prinzio and Fr John Massa.
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