Category: AustraLasia / BoscoLink
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Follow up of Pentecost retreat online – SYM Philippines
Manila – Philippines, 1 June 2020 — Interview with Fr Juvenal Samia SDB, Salesian Youth Movement How did you come up with the idea of LIT? The SYM Council started the online ministry with “#GOTChu: SYM Online Kamustahan Series.” It aimed to check on the SYM youth, especially their mental and emotional well-being during the…
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Sharing of Faith during Pandemic Time – CDB of Manila
By Fr. Eli Cruz Assistant CDB (Con Don Bosco) secular institute Manila, Philippines, 2 June 2020 — Since 2014, the few members of the CDB Center (Group) in Manila, Philippines , is slowly but surely growing – in numbers, in their vocation and in secular apostolic consecration. Accompanied by their Ecclesiastical Assistant face-to-face in Manila…
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Don Bosco Calauan kicks off Monthly Youth Formation
By John Lester Dela Cruz Calauan, Laguna, the Philippines, 25 January 2019 — In time for the upcoming feast of St. John Bosco, the Youth Center of Don Bosco Calauan kicks off a monthly formative event for young people. Dubbed as “Juan Night Only,” it has been designed to respond to the needs of…
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BISPERAS SA VERITAS @15
By Fr. Bernard P. Nolasco, SDB Makati City, the Philippines 3 December 2019 — “Bisperas sa Veritas” has now been fifteen years on air. It had its initial broadcast on the eve of the First Sunday of Advent (Year A) in November, 2004. Divine Providence has never been wanting. So also the spontaneous response of…
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Above all, a Mother
Marian exhibit at the Museo di Don Bosco, Mandaluyong By Mr. Adrian B. Tambuyat Mandaluyong City, the Philippines, 2 November 2019 — She is a model, but above all, a Mother. She is a mother who teaches, who listens and guide; a mother who assists her children in times of necessity, a Mother of compassion…
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Blessed István Sándor Community: Quadruple Celebrations
By Br. John Raymond Montejo, SDB Parañaque, Manila, 23 October 2019 — Following are details of events earlier this month concerning the Blessed István Sándor Salesian Brothers Community, established in 2013 to provide the Brothers of the East Asia-Oceania (EAO) region a venue for their specific formation. 7 October: Feast of the Most Holy…
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Practical Trainees’ Formation Gathering
By Cl. Lorenzo Gabriel Estrella, SDB Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines, 29 September 2019 — The FIN Province conducted its Formation Gathering for Practical Trainees from 27-29 September 2019 at Port Antonio, Los Baños, Laguna. This gathering, the first of the three for the formation year, was attended by all 16 Practical Trainees of the…
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Monthly commemoration of Mary Help of Christians in Canlubang
By Br. John Corral, SDB Canlubang, Philippines, 24 September 2019 — The 24th of the month has been celebrated In the diocesan shrine of Mary Help of Christians in Canlubang since the early days with the consistent support of the Salesian formation house and with involvement of the Catholic community coming regularly to the Shrine…
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A reflection after more than two years in Kuching mission
By Fr. Ramon Borja, SDB Kuching, Malaysia, 4 September 2019 — “When God closes a door, He opens a window.” I have heard of this saying a number of times before, but only now have I experienced it so true so strongly and so personally… In my case, it sounds more like “When God still…
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DB TECH ASEAN
By Fr. Dindo Vitug, SDB DB TEACH ASEAN COORDINATOR Parañaque, Manila, Philippines, 29 August 2019 — During the recent August 2019 Paranaque Curatorium meeting second level (Provincials and Superiors of the Delegation) the ‘DB TECH ASEAN’ was also present. This is a network of some 40 Don Bosco TVET centers working for the needy youth…