NEW KOREAN PROVINCIAL ANNOUNCED
ROME: 20th June -- The Rector Major, Fr. Pascual
Chavez, has approved the nomination of Fr. Paul Hwang as the first Korean-born
Provincial. He replaces Fr. Vaclav Klement, recently appointed as Regional
for the East Asia-Oceania region.
Fr.Paul was born in Suwong, S. Korea in 1947, made
his frist profession as a Salesian in 1967 and was ordained in 1980. His
ministry has been varied: after ordination he worked in the youth centre at
Seoul for six years, then moved to the formation community at Kwangju where he
became Rector in 1988. On completion of his term he took over as Principal
and Rector of the Middle and Senior school at Kwangju while also carrying the
role of Vice Provincial from 1990 until this moment.
Fr. Paul has studied extensively oveseas; three
years at Maynooth in Ireland for theology, and a further three years at the UPS
where he gained his licentiate in Salesian spirituality. He will be
officially installed as Provincial on 29th June.
ALSO FROM KOREA
news of the forthcoming ordination of 3 priests and
1 deacon. They will be ordained on the Feast of St. John the Baptist, June
24th. All in all much excitement and many blessings for our confreres in
Korea!
