Pakistan's Floods and Us
Quite apart from the worldwide awareness of a disaster described by Ban Ki-Moon as the worst natural disaster and human tragedy he's witnessed, and he's seen a few, we should not forget that Pakistan belongs to our EAO region! Hence it behoves us to say something, given some occasional snippets of information 'on the ground'.
As you know we have two communities in Pakistan (Quetta and Lahore), with some seven or eight confreres all told, at least two of whom are Pakistani. this Salesian presence belongs to the Southern Philippines Province, and despite various difficulties along the way, is a superb example of a Salesian activity which benefits youth of any religion, but is of enormous value to the Christian and indeed Catholic community in that country.
New Province Website Launches
A number of Salesians from the Province of Mary Help of Christians gathered to witness the official launch of the new province website, www.salesians.org.au, on Thursday 19th August at 7:30pm. It was held at the Salesian Province Centre at Ascot Vale in Victoria.
The official launch was opened by an opening prayer and a welcome speech by the provincial, Fr. Frank Moloney. During his speech, he thanked all those attended the launch, and particularly the Social Communication Team of the province, for their project in building up this new website.
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Province Website
Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary
8th September
