austraLasia
#1891
Salesian Provincial
Day for ITM in Jakarta
JAKARTA: 30th
June, 2007 -- On Saturday 30th June, Tigaraksa witnessed for the first
time in Indonesia, a gathering of Salesians from the 4 communities of Indonesia.
Previously the Provincial Day was celebrated only in East Timor, annually. But
now, due to the increasing number of Salesians and the increasing distance among
houses throughout ITM, a Provincial Day is celebrated in both countries. Present
were 10 priests, 3 perpetually professed Brothers, 2 deacons and 27 young
clerics and Brothers. The 12 aspirants and pre-novices helped prepare the places
for the Mass, conference, luncheon and games.
It was only
fitting that Fr. Andres Calleja, ITM Superior, dwelt on UNITY as the theme of
the Mass and Conference, because the two countries form one circumscription. The
confreres prayed for a peaceful election in East Timor and remembered the two
Salesian Brothers in East Timor who are poor in health. In his homily, Fr.
Andres reminded all the Salesians to keep united also in the charism of Don
Bosco, working for poor boys in the style of the preventive system.
It is interesting to note that in the Indonesian sector
of ITM, the four communities are mostly formation houses: the post-novitiate
house in Sunter, the novitiate house in Sumba and the pre-novitiate house of
Tigaraksa. Only the Parish of St John Bosco in Sunter is not a formation house.
_________________
AustraLasia is an email service for the
Salesian Family of Asia Pacific. It also functions as an agency for
ANS based in Rome. For queries please contact mailto:admin@bosconet.aust.com. Use
BoscoWiki to be interactive. RSS feeds - subscribe to
www.bosconet.aust.com/RSS/rssala.xm Avail yourself of the Salesian Digital Library
at at http://sdl.sdb.org/. To contact austraLasia by voice on Skype, the Skype
name is austraLasia1