1234 Mid-August ordinations for EAO: Indonesia, Timor, Cambodia (Colombia)
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Mid-August ordinations for EAO: Indonesia, Timor,
Cambodia (Colombia)
JAKARTA: 29th August 2005 -- The 14th and 15th August
in two very different parts of the world, saw ordinations for four
Salesians who are either from the East Asia Oceania region or are
working within it: Fr Matius Sujantoro from Indonesia, Frs. Acasio
Domingos de Castro and Jose Agusto Caetano from Timor Leste, and Fr
Reinaldo Albeiro Rodas Torres from from Colombia (Bogota').
The Archdiocese of Jakarta was the location for the
three ordinations from ITM, and the Archdiocese of Bogota' for the
other. For the three ITM men the ordination was held in the
Parish Church of St. John Bosco at Sunter, Jakarta, the ordaining
prelate being Cardinal Julius Darmaatmadja SJ or Jakarta. No
fewer than 120 priests from the Archdiocese concelebrated for the
occasion, which also saw the ordination of three Franciscans and one
diocesan priest. Precise details of Fr Albeiro's ordination in
Colombia are not to hand at present.
All four Salesian ordinandi were students of
theology at Cremisan and then Ratisbonne, Jerusalem. Some time in
October, Fr. Albeiro will return to his mission field in
Cambodia. Back In ITM, Fr Matius will be with the pre-novices in
Tigaraksa, while Frs Acasio and Jose Agusto will be assigned to Fuiloro
and Fatumaca respectively.
August has been a grace-filled month for EAO - not
only August; a number of earlier ordinations for the region have
already been reported in austraLAsia, as well as first and final
professions, and there are more of the latter to come in September!
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