5 June 2014 -- With official permission from the State
Publishing House, Salesian Vietnam has gone into publishing
aimed at both general readership (Don Bosco Magazine, pictured
left) and various publications to help catechists, including
Vietnamese translations of materials from Elledici (again with
due permission, this time from Elledici). Fr Bruno Ferrero
might go down as the most published Salesians - other than
Rector Majors! - of modern times, in as many languages as you
can think of. He is hugely popular in Eastern Europe and
it is interesting to see that he is now able to appeal to
Vietnam.
The Don Bosco Magazine (Chuyen
De Don Bosco - and we apologize for not including all the
accents ont his and subsequent titles) currently has a 3,500
print run per edition. Can we assume it is a monthly edition?
That info was not provided.
Word & Life (Loi
& Cuoc Song), a title already developed and made popular
by the Philippines North Province out of Makati, currently has
a print run of 4,000 but this is constantly growing. It is
aimed at catechists and already goes out to 5 dioceses where
it is very much appreciated.
The Soc. Com Vietnam team is also busy translating and
publishing titles from Elledici, especially ones that might
appeal to a broader public and again to catechists. It is in
this context that Fr Bruno Ferrero's material seems to be
popular here too. Note that this item is the work of an
FMA, so good indications of useful cooperation in the
publishing area are evident.
Just as obvious when you think about it, is the fact that
behind all this work is an intense translation effort.
Vietnam stands tall in this regard, though it is not the only
Province in the Region that has a well-organised team working
on this area. Significant translations of Salesian material
are being done also in Thai, Japanese, Korean, Chinese
(certainly Cantonese), Tetum, Bahasa Indonesia, Mongolian,
some too in Khmer ...
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