austraLasia #2580
There is movement in the region...
23rd January 2010 -- The following news item is really several
items; there is a lot happening around the Region (and a lot happening
in Rome too as the Salesian Family has arrived in its hundreds for the
Spirituality Days and the General Council moves to winding down its
'winter' session.
Let's begin with the Haiti response. Provinces
around the Region have begun to indicate the nature of their response
to the Rector Major's appeal. In some instances the province or
delegation (as in the case of PNG/SI) have given an indication of a
pledged amount. China, Vietnam, ITM, Australia have all indicated
to Fr Wong what they are doing and how they are going about it.
In the case of Australia-Pacific, the Provincial Council has decided an
overall target, an amount that it has pledged as a minimum, but asked
the Houses to send in what they can towards that target - if those
amounts don't reach the overall target, the province will top it
up. If the amounts reach the target or exceed it, the Province
will add to it anyway! The Provincial has written to his
confreres indicating that this item must feature in the Lenten penance
that is chosen annually in accordance with C.74.
No doubt everyone is following the updates through
ANS or, where something new is involved, through this medium. There are
confreres in the Region who are in direct contact with one or more of
our Salesians in Haiti, confreres they have known previously.
These letters, sometimes written in struggling English but all the more
heartfelt for that, give us a more personal insight into things.
Here is a quote from one:
In my family my little
brother slept under his office where he is
working,thanks God he is alive with some pein,and we hope that
everything will be fine soon;in my school some of my pupils are
dead...,it's a terrific moment for us.Now we are just strugguling to
live day after day.Please i beg you all to keep us in your prayer
because we do need that more than ever. Now in our country most of the
catholic Churches in the capital are destroyed and our archibishop and
his general vicar are dead in the capital, a lot of religious are
dead...In the capital maybe we still at the most 3 or 4 churches. A lot
of students passed away because it was a time for the Universities to
work...it's terrific.Please help us by your prayer to the good Lord.
Take care and God bless
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Those who receive SSCS News (which should be sent
out shortly after this aLa edition goes out) will be interested to
follow the communications logistics involved in this event. As one can
imagine it is a massive exercise with many, many facets. If you donpt
get the monthly SSCS News - a communications exercise in itself from
the SC Department, but would like to, just ask.
New Delegate for Mongolia.
There is movement of another kind in the Region too.
Signs of growth, in fact. Mongolia has been part of the VIE province
since our presence there began. In the previous General Council session
it was approved as a Delegation (under Vietnam province, obviously).
Now the Rector Major and his Council have approved Fr Andrea Trung Tin
Nguyen as the Superior of the Delegation. Fr Andrea is currently
the Rector in Darkhan, near the Russian border.
New Delegation of Indonesia
The Rector Major and his Council have approved
Indonesia as a Delegation under the Vice Province of ITM. The
Vice Province has its 'provincial' office in Dili, but the new status
accorded Indonesia acknowledges the growth that has taken place in that
part of the vice province.
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