Rector of Don
Bosco Technical Institute, Honiara, visits
Australia
MELBOURNE: 9th March 2006
-- Fr Luciano
Capelli, who has headed Salesian work in the
Fr
Luciano is being accompanied by two volunteers from
Fr. Capelli is now seeking support for a
hospital in the neighbouring district of Tetere. "The hospital is necessary
because a large number of women and children are dying because of lack of basic
health resources", Fr. Capelli said. The building has been largely
completed, built by Italian volunteers. Fr Capelli expects the hospital to
benefit 19,000 people in the Guadalcanal region, with First Aid, malaria
treatment, a maternity ward, dental and orthopaedic facilities. It is a 32
bed hospital.
The Australian visit has offered Fr. Capelli
opportunity to meet with Bishops in Brisbane and Melbourne with the Australian
Provincial, the Italian Consul in South Australia (Adelaide) and students from
Xavier College Gawler, who have become keen supporters of the mission in the
Solomon Islands. But an important part of his visit will also include a
meeting with the Salesian Sisters. Sr Edna Mary FMA has recently announced
that the Salesian Sisters will commence a presence in Honiara in 2007.
This will be the first presence of the Sisters in the Solomons and is a major
expansion of their presence now in Australia, Samoa and American Samoa in their
SPR or South Pacific
Region.
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