DON
BOSCO TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
BLESSING AND INAUGURATION
CEREMONY
EMPOWERING
- Fr.
Luciano Capelli sdb, Rector and Principal
HONIARA
30 June -- ‘Christianity is more than a solution to problems; it is a
proclamation of the good news’. That is exactly what Don Bosco Faculty, students
and guests from here and abroad headed by Prime Minister Sir Allan Kemakeza did
on Friday June 28th at 9:00 am at the Don Bosco Compound at
Henderson.
The
message proclaimed loud and clear was perceived by all: There is a God who cares
for the Solomon Islands youth and provides for them opportunities for growth and
educations in many ways. The Don Bosco way is but one of
them.
Saint
John Bosco’s message was also proclaimed loud and clear to all and especially to
the 81 strong students body gathered to proudly display their talents, abilities
and skills on the occasions: “Dear Friend, you carry within your heart
the treasure of true friendship with the Lord. If you keep it you are the
richest person on earth. If you lose it you become one of the most unhappy and
poorest persons in the whole world…”(Don Bosco)
The
Prime Minister expressed what everybody deeply felt in his heart for the
occasion: a personal and community sense of gratitude to God for this gift of
His Spirit through Saint John Bosco.
He said
that the emphasis on technical skills would provide young Solomon Islanders with
the training they need to find future employment.
The
display of decent technical skills acquired in such a short span of time was the
icing on the cake. The guests marveled at the excellent layout and fine
equipment and the high concern for detail so evident in every corner of the
complex. Not a few placed a good
number of orders for ovens, BBQ plates, coconut scrapers and others, not to
mention chicken, piglets and eggs production.
The day
ended with the blessing and a hearty snack followed by a spontaneous “talent
show” by various talented Bosconians eager to perform to informally entertain
each other and to express their belief in what don Bosco said: “JUMP, RUN, MAKE
NOICE, BUT DO NOT SIN”
The
youth felt it was their day and expressed through music what was in their hearts
said by Don Bosco more than a100 years ago “It is enough that you are young for
me to love you… for you I will offer my life even to my last breath”
.
Fr.
Stephen Fujikawa, Provincial of Japan, was happy and delighted to note that the
boys are responding well and are interested in acquiring skills and
talents. His advice to us goes
thus: “Try to conserve all that is good in your culture and all do your best to
improve your skills and talents through your work and study”.
