austraLasia #2511

ADMA reborn in Japan
(note: yesterday's city address should have been Manila, not Jakarta obviously!)

TOKYO: 29th September 2009 -- From the very beginnings of the Salesian presence in Japan, Salesian confreres, the Sisters, Cooperators and in a special way the Sisters of Charity of Miyazaki have always sought to spread devotion to the Help of Christians. Don Cimatti  had also set up the Mary Help of Christians Association (now represented by the initials ADMA), but in the post-Vatican II period it had almost disappeared entirely.
    Now the Salesian Family in Japan has decided to renew this decidedly Salesian tradition, and has invited Fr Nestor Impelido, ADMA delegate for FIN province, Manila, to give a hand.
   On Friday  25th at Beppu, Fr Nestor offered a well-prepared seminar to this effect for sixty or more members of the Salesian Family Kyushu region. On Saturday afternoon, 26th, he repeated the seminar in Tokyo Suginami so those at the formation house in Chofu could be exposed to the same material.
   All those who took part showed lively interest in the topic and thanks to Fr Nestor 's very practical advice there is a good hope now that the  ADMA movement can look forward to a rebirth in the province where devotion to the Help of Christians was a heartfelt one.

 On the Saturday evening in Chofu another important little milestone took place. As part of the Evening Prayer service, four young aspirants began their prenovitiate journey.  Over the next six months they will be followed up and guided as prescribed in the Ratio, noting that this part has recently been reformulated. There are no novices this year, but the prenovitiate group gives hope that the novitiate will once again have members to form.

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Title: australasia 2511
Subject and key words: EAO Provinces Japan ADMA, prenovitiate
Date (year): 2009
ID: 2000-2099|2511