FROM GERMANY
'austraLasia' has readers in many provinces outside of our region,
including Germany. Fr. Norbert Wolff has asked if we could run this little
bit of news. Willingly.
Norbert Wolff SDB
"There are two interesting German internet pages to
be mentioned, both concerning the "Don Bosco Stiftung" - "Don Bosco Foundation",
erected on 31st January 2001.
The Salesians of the South German Province have
founded this new institution. The official ceremony took place at
Benediktbeuern. In the presence of Msgr. Dr. Walter Mixa (Bishop of Eichstätt
and main celebrant of the festive mass) the Regierungspräsident (President of
District Governement) Werner-Hans Böhm handed out the erection diploma to Fr.
Provincial Herbert Bihlmayer.
The purpose of this foundation ist to give
financial support to salesian youth projects in Germany - especially those where
we have to pay employees - and also the Benediktbeuern Faculty of Theology. At
the moment we are not looking for projects to be supported, but for for donors
...
Informations can be found under the following
internet addresses:
and
I would be very pleased, if you could give a short
notice to the australasia email
list."
