austraLasia #2135
The
Passion of GC26 put into practice in Pakistan...
LAHORE: 28th April 2008 -- March was a complicated month after
the terrible bombing that destroyed the Federal Building,
right across the street from the Lahore Cathedral. We had the chance to
visit the site a few hours later and the place was havoc: the
Archbishop’s Residence was badly damaged, the doors of the Cathedral
had been torn off and the stain glass windows (imported from Belgium
100 years ago) were destroyed. The Caritas Building was also
considerably
damaged and it was by sheer luck that “only” a security guard and the 3
year old daughter of the Bishop’s driver were killed. We will take a
direct role in the construction of the new Bishop's Residence but we
cannot give details yet...
But even such events could not destroy the
work at Don Bosco and we achieved, for the second consecutive time, a
100% tally
of Graduates in the last Government call for Technical Exams. This way
we became outstanding for the training being conducted on our site and
this has had an immediate effect: we are the only Christian Technical
Institution selected in the whole of Punjab
to be beneficiary of a Government Package as an incentive towards
quality of Technical Training. We had the second Government Inspection
just last Friday and the conclusion was:
“Fathers, we will stand by your side because you are doing a great
service to this nation. Expect the best of Reports from our side”. They
were impressed with the Contract we have signed recently with the
Belgian Capuchin Province to fabricate hundreds of dining
tables, thousands of chairs and beds, the construction of 232 houses,
assembling of 100 rickshaws etc.
And so we march on towards our
6th graduation ceremony that will see some students already employed in
big
Companies thanks to the work of our ILO (International Labour
Organisation representative). He, together with the
Administrator, were recently trained in the Don Bosco Politech in the
Southern Philippines. And in a few days time 2 youths from Pakistan
will
start the Novitiate in Cebu while another will profess as a Salesian
and yet another start his 2nd Year of Philosophy.
Something is moving in
Pakistan…
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Title: australasia 2135
Subject and key words: EAO Provinces FIS - Pakistan
ID: 2000-2099|2135
