HO CHI MINH CITY: 15th July 2006 -- Bishop Peter De sdb,
recently consecrated as auxiliary bishop of Bui Chu diocese in the
North, today ordained four young Salesians to the Priesthood in Ho Chi
Minh City. They were his first priestly ordinations.
Following the event one of the newly ordained,
speaking in the name of the others, said simply: "I spent a week of
retreat (in preparation), contemplated the meaning of being a Salesian
missionary and ask God for strength and courage. I entrust all my fears
into God's hands and in friendship with Jesus. Please keep me in your
prayers".
An additional nine confreres were ordained
deacon. The ordinations make the fifth set of ordinations for
Vietnamese confreres this year, though a good number of these have been
ordained in one or other part of the world where they have been
studying.
The majority of Salesian candidates for the
priesthood are already university graduates before they enter the
novitiate, so tend to be in their early thirties by the time of their
ordination. One of those most recently ordained is already
assigned to the missions in Africa.
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