austraLasia #1884

DB Kumgi celebrates Solemnity of Sacred Heart by donating blood

KUMGI (PNG): 21st June 2007 -- After eleven years as a technical school, Don Bosco Kumgi this year added the novitiate for the Salesians in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands to its mission.  And as is traditional for many Salesian novitiates, they are named after the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
    Each year the spirit of love and sharing generated by the Solemnity was marked in practical terms by blood donations. Staff from the Kundiawa hospital visit the school. This year 25 students offered their blood.
    In the evening, at the vigil of the feast, staff, hostel boys and girls gathered in the Savina Hall (named after Fr Savina, Salesian pioneer missionary in PNG) for a religious program in honour of the Sacred Heart.  The prayerful part of the event was coordinated by Novice Augustine Bitu. Other items were prepared by students.   
    On the day of the Solemnity the school community celebrated with a whole school Mass and recognition of contributions of different individuals and groups in the  school community.  The novice master also used the occasion to gather vocation candidates - some thirty of them - for a bible sharing.
   
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