austraLasia #2253
New blog shows resilience and initiative of a people
YANGON: 14th September 2008 -- It is more than appropriate that
on the Feast of the Exultation of the Holy Cross, a new Salesian blog
has emerged. We point to Yangon in Myanmar, but perhaps we should
also point to Rome, since the blog creator, Fr Mariano Soe Naing, is
currently at the UPS in Rome. Fr Mariano has been the Social
Communications Delegate for MYM and is demonstrating his capacity in
the communications field in a particularly moving way on this occasion.
In his brief email on the blog (which you can find
at http://mymrc.blogspot.com), Fr Mariano explains that he wishes to
show what the Catholic Church's response to Cyclone Nargis has
been. He writes under his own responsibility, not that of the
Church, but the Myanmar Church will be delighted with what he has
achieved.
Although the various letters of Archbishop Bo have
been presented through austraLasia over the period following Nargis,
you will find much more available on this blog, including eye-witness
accounts of assistance given to thousands of people by the Church
through its various agencies, and photos. Salesian activity is
prominent amongst these.
It would be worth just spending 5 minutes (actually
five and a half minutes) with the YouTube video on the blog's home
page. No need to understand the language - the video images tell their
own story.
There are very many Salesians in our region active
with blogs. I wonder if each of them would be kind enough to drop
austraLasia a line and indicate their blog address? It would be
nice to offer a list of these, as yet another demonstration of
communications vitality around the Region.
In the meantime - well done Mariano!
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Title: australasia 2253
Subject and key words: EAO Provinces, MYM Blog
Date (year): 2008
ID: 2000-2099|2253