FIN-FIS NEWS
FOREVER YES
SDB Perpetual Profession Held in FIN By Cl. Jogar Villanueva, SDB Parañaque City, the Philippines, 1 May 2021–Despite the uncertainties that exist at the present, especially the worsening pandemic we experience in this country, God still calls. And a “forever yes” to God’s call injects hope into a world full of despair. The Salesians of Don Bosco, particularly the Philippines North Province (FIN), are exceptionally glad and blessed to receive the perpetual profession of seven (7) clerics from three different countries. They are Paul Aldrin Dungca, Daniel Gonzales, Nathaniel Petate, Jose Isidro Torres (FIN), Genson Banguis (FIS), David Yan Naing Aung (MYM), and Filomeno Belo (ITM). Following the call of the Lord, these Salesians professed their perpetual vows on the Memorial of St. Joseph, the Worker, on Saturday, May 1, 2021, at the Seminaryo ng Don Bosco Chapel. They took as theme “Love Yesterday, Today, and Forever (Jer. 31:3).” Though visitors were not allowed except for some confreres, the entire community gathered for the Holy Mass presided over by Rev. Fr. Gerardo Martin, SDB, Provincial Superior of the Philippine North Province. In his homily, he challenged the perpetuandi to look at St. Joseph and his being a worker in relation to their living and giving witness to the evangelical counsels as they bind themselves permanently to the service of God and the Church. “Don Bosco promised us only three things: Bread, Heaven, and Work,” Fr. Provincial said, after expounding on Don Bosco’s St. John Bosco Today | April - June 2021
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