YANGON: 7th October 2012
-- "Myanmar
has caught media headlines recently as the country moves to
democratic
reforms. The visit of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to Europe was
followed by
her visit to US, and her own President U Thein Sein. Both of
them
expressed their words of appreciation and respect for one
another in
their speeches.
As the country moves towards development the SDBs have no
other choice
but to keep themselves abreast with these changes. We need to
read the
signs of the time and move with Salesian flexibility and
creativity. We
can say that we are preparing to act to meet the challenges of
the time.
The Vice Province of Myanmar (MYM) has 29 priests, 1
perpetually
professed lay brother, 1 deacon, 4 perpetually professed and 3
temporary professed students of theology. There are 16
practical
trainees and 15 postnovices. 9 novices add to the strength of
the
province. These are numbers, but beyond quantity we hope they
are also
quality and strength.
A great deal of responsibility lies on the work of formation
as we have
so many in the formation. MYM has sufficient formation
settings though
not perfect. Last month the practical trainees had a seminar.
Most of
them expressed their enthusiasm for the Salesian mission.
Though we do
not have private schools most of them had experiences of
educating and
being with the young. 7 of them are finishing their second
year of
practical training and will be moving to theology in the
following
year. We hope and pray that God will give them the grace of
perseverance".
