austraLasia #1891

Salesian Provincial Day for ITM in Jakarta

JAKARTA: 30th June, 2007 --  On Saturday 30th June, Tigaraksa witnessed for the first time in Indonesia, a gathering of Salesians from the 4 communities of Indonesia. Previously the Provincial Day was celebrated only in East Timor, annually. But now, due to the increasing number of Salesians and the increasing distance among houses throughout ITM, a Provincial Day is celebrated in both countries. Present were 10 priests, 3 perpetually professed Brothers, 2 deacons and 27 young clerics and Brothers. The 12 aspirants and pre-novices helped prepare the places for the Mass, conference, luncheon and games.
    It was only fitting that Fr. Andres Calleja, ITM Superior, dwelt on UNITY as the theme of the Mass and Conference, because the two countries form one circumscription. The confreres prayed for a peaceful election in East Timor and remembered the two Salesian Brothers in East Timor who are poor in health. In his homily, Fr. Andres reminded all the Salesians to keep united also in the charism of Don Bosco, working for poor boys in the style of the preventive system.
    It is interesting to note that in the Indonesian sector of ITM, the four communities are mostly formation houses: the post-novitiate house in Sunter, the novitiate house in Sumba and the pre-novitiate house of Tigaraksa. Only the Parish of St John Bosco in Sunter is not a formation house.
   
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