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From Chennai to Suva
SUVA (Fiji Islands): 22nd October 2005 --
The first day of the annual Provincial Visitation to Don Bosco
House in Suva coincided with the arrival of Fr. Bellarmine Fernando
SDB. In the context of a traditional Samoan welcoming ceremony,
Fr. Ian
Murdoch (Provincial) officially introduced Fr. Bellarmine to the
Salesian Community.
Fr Ian also expressed the heartfelt gratitude of the whole Province of
Mary Help of Christians to Fr Bellarmine for volunteering his life and
service to this Pacifican Community of Salesians.
Fr. Bellarmine has come to Suva to assume
the role of Rector of Don
Bosco House, which educates and forms younger Salesians who are in
various stages of their formation to the priesthood and religious life.
He will take over the role of Rector next year, a role held by Fr.
Petelo Vito Pau since 2003. He will
also be teaching Church History at the Pacific Regional Seminary in
Suva. Fr. Bellarmine is very well suited to this task, having spent
most of his priestly life as a Professor of Church History in
Seminaries, and he has has considerable experience as a Rector of
Studentates and Seminaries. Most recently, Fr. Bellarmine was the
provincial of the Chennai Salesian Province in South India for six
years.
Fr. Bellarmine studied Theology in England
and completed a Masters
Degree in Church History at London University. He was ordained in
1984. The Don Bosco House Community looks forward to benefiting
from the
experience and leadership of Fr. Bellarmine, as he seeks to guide the
formation of future Salesian priests and brothers.
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