austraLasia 841
ITM
Vice-Provincial Chapter: Opened by a Salesian bishop
and concluded by the regional superior.
DILI: 16th April '04 --25 Salesians (20 priests, 4
Brothers and 1 Deacon) from the Indonesia-Timor (ITM) vice province concluded
their six days of encounter last
week in Dili, East Timor. They were fortunate to have the presence of Bishop
Francesco Panfilo (bishop of Alotau, Papua New Guinea) who was in East Timor for
the ordination of Fr. Avelino Gutteres, SDB on the 1st of May. Bishop Panfilo also attended
the episcopal ordination of Bishop Ricardo, a Timorese diocesan priest, who now
succeeds Bishop Belo as bishop of the Dili Diocese. Bishop Panfilo is familiar
with East Timor because he was formerly the provincial when East Timor was part
of Philippines-North (FIN). On May 3 he opened the provincial chapter
with the Eucharist and a spiritual talk.
The six days of
intensive discussions and sharings produced three documents: The proposed
provincial directory, the unified evaluation of the communities in relation to
the guidelines of the GC25 and some points on the Salesian Brother's vocation.
The last two days of
the chapter were graced by the presence of the Regional Superior, Fr. Klement
Vaclav, SDB. He is on a special visit for a consultation, since Fr. Andrew
Wong, SDB is about to finish his term of service as provincial for the ITM Vice
Povince. Fr. Klement also attended the sessions as observer and presided
over the concluding Mass. The last
day was also characterized by gratitude for the different preparatory
commissions and facilitators and the SDB community of Dili who collaborated with
Fr. Wong in this provincial chapter.
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