austraLasia #1771

Mary and the martyrs - Indonesia remembers

JAKARTA: 25th February 2007 -- A clash between the 1st Sunday of Lent and the Feast of the two Salesian proto-martyrs of China, Sts Louis Versiglia and Callistus Caravario, meant that the latter feast was dropped, liturgically speaking, this year.  But the 25th February feast, and the preceding memorial of the 24th of the month for Mary Help of Christians, were given due recognition in ITM province in another way - the publication of two booklets just translated into Bahasa Indonesia, by Fr Peter Tukan sdb.
    Don Bosco's Madonna, and a Short Biography of the two martyrs, were originally written by Fr Philip Pascucci, from the Easter USA Province.  They were distributed to parishioners attending masses in Salesian parishes in Indonesia on 24th February.
    St Callistus Caravario is closely related to ITM Province. He spent some time in Dili before his ordination to the priesthood in China in 1929. The ITM Province is named after this Saint.
    While still on the discussion of liturgical calendars, here is a point most have missed: Joseph Kowalski and the five young oratorians (Poznan) - in actual fact these are two separate celebrations in the Salesian calendar, Kowalski being 29th May and The Five being 12th June.  It means a minor re-write of the hard work recently achieved by the willing band of translators!  We've all somehow, but mistakenly, grouped the Polish martyrs together.
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