austraLasia #2728 Friends of Don Bosco (FDB) come into being at Visitation Chapel
in Tung Chung
Hong Kong: 7 October 2010: We find increasing reference,
at least as part of the 'vast movement' today in Salesian terms, to the
'Friends of Don Bosco'. This is an unofficial grouping intended to
cover those who sympathise with and act according to Salesian
principles in close cooperation with Salesians, but who are not part of
an official Salesian Family group. Recently, in HK, Fr Osvaldo Metz,
the
parish priest of Visitation Chapel in Tung Chung near HK International
Airport, announced the
inauguration of “Friends of Don Bosco at Visitation Chapel” and
presided over the setting up of the first leadership council
himself. The
council consists of 5 members – a Coordinator, Administrator,
Secretary, Programmer, and Advisor who has to be a Salesian
Cooperator.
As patron for the FDB, the Salesian Cooperators,
China
Province, offer financial as well as spiritual support. There
were
some 50 members who came to witness the historical moment. They also
brought home-made food to share with the
parishioners after the Mass!
Meanwhile, the movie “Mission to Love”
was projected. Fr Simon Lam, Salesian Provincial, came
personally to elaborate on how Don Bosco loved the young and dedicated
his life to save them.
The newly formed FDB in Tung Chung, it needs to be
explained, is in fact a youth group now aiming to serve the young in
the Tung Chung area, with particular concern
for those coming from families of ethnic minorities. Youngsters aged 12
to 25, Catholics and non-Catholics alike (which is one of the
advantages of any FDB structure) are welcome to join, on one condition:
that they want to be friends of Don
Bosco and want to share his love and joy with others. _________________ AustraLasia is an
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