austraLasia #2821 Don Bosco's Relic at Monash University
MELBOURNE: 14 March 2011 -- After a hectic schedule
of Masses and times for veneration all within the regular
Sunday timetable of Parish Celebrations at Holy Redeemer
Church in East Oakleigh, Sacred Heart Church in
Oakleigh and St Peter’s Church in Clayton, the Statue
moved on to the Religious Centre at Monash
University. The Religious Centre is a
multi-faith Chapel and facilities where “Catholics on
Campus” had reserved a period for veneration from 3:00 p.m.
on Sunday afternoon until 5:00 p.m. Bishop Tim
Costelloe SDB. arrived during this time to lead the
celebration of Eucharist on this special occasion.
Bishop Costelloe is the Vicar for Education in the
Archdiocese and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mannix
College (the Catholic Residential College at Monash
University).
During the period of reflection and
veneration, Fr Laurie Foote OP, Catholic Chaplain at the
University, lead the Rosary interspersed with
reflections from the life of Don Bosco. During this
time the gathering gradually swelled as students and members
of the Catholic Community at the University joined in and
prepared for the Mass with Bishop Costelloe. During
the Mass the Bishop linked the theme of the First Sunday of
Lent with Don Bosco’s generous commitment to serve the
Church by gathering and forming young people. He
indicated, with reference to St Dominic Savio, how Don Bosco
found his penance in being ready to respond to the needs of
others around him no matter what the inconvenience or
personal ‘cost’.
With over two hundred people present and
the choir leading the music for the Mass, this was a
memorable and enriching community experience of which, as
the Bishop noted, Don Bosco would be very proud to have such
a gathering of young people join him for the celebration of
the Eucharist in this fitting manner.
After the celebration of Eucharist, the
Catholic Community hosted a social barbecue for all
present. At this time the Statue of Don Bosco was
quietly replaced in the transporting vehicle and prepared to
leave this area of Melbourne to spend the next week visiting
Salesian Centres around the Western and Northern part of the
city of Melbourne while being based at the parish of St
Margret Mary in North Brunswick, where the Salesians have a
considerable presence. _________________
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