Thai Salesian Newsletter - May 2022

Salesian Thailand Published by Salesian Social Communication

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oice of Provincial The future of the country is you, the young.

I have the opportunity to meet the young of all races in every continent of the world. Do you know what is the most beautiful thing in every young person?

The most beautiful is your heart. Your heart is the most precious treasure. Thailand is beautiful because of you.

The future of the country is you, the young.

Don Bosco said “I believe in the young” All of us here, superiors and adults, believe also in this.” “พ่อมีโอกาสพบกับเยาวชนจากทุกทวีปทั่วโลก ทุกผิวพรรณ... รู้มั้ยว่าอะไรคือสิ่งที่งดงามที่สุดในตัวเยาวชน? สิ่งที่งดงามที่สุดก็คือ ‘หัวใจ’ ของพวกเธอ หัวใจเป็นขุมทรัพย์ประเสริฐ ที่สุด...ประเทศไทยจะงดงามเพราะมีพวกเธอ! อนาคตของประเทศชาติ ก็คือ พวกเธอ เยาวชน คุณพ่อบอสโกกล่าวว่า “พ่อเชื่อในตัวเยาวชน” พวกเราผู้ใหญ่ที่นี่ก็เชื่อ เช่นเดียวกัน” (The message of the Rector Major to the young of the institutes of the Salesian Family of Thailand.)

“Do All Through LOVE Nothing Through Constraint” (St.Francis de Sales)

“ลูกๆ ทั้งหลาย หากลูกปรารถนาการยืนหยัดมั่นคง จงมีความศรัทธาต่อพระมารดามารีอา” นักบุญฟิลิป เนรี

“My children, if you desire perseverance, be devout to our Blessed Lady.”

St. Philip Neri

Fr.Dheparat Pitisant, SDB (Provincial)

สารอัคราธิการ Don Ángel Fernández Artime

THE SDB GOOD SAMARITAN - A SAINT! This is a very special Easter for us. In the Salesian Family, in the Church of Argentina, especially in the Viedma Diocese, in Italy, in the Reggio Emilia Diocese, and especially in Boretto, his birthplace, there reigns great enthusiasm: Artemides Zatti will be declared a Saint.

Dear friends of the Salesian Bulletin and of Don Bosco, A luminous ray of hope breaks through the dark thoughts of these days, occasioned by the pandemic and, above all, by the many wars, in particular the one in Ukraine, for they bring death, pain, and

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destruction. We have great news: the Universal Church has officially recognized the sanctity of a Salesian “from the farthest reaches of the world:” Artemides Zatti.

Our dear Saint Zatti is a most beautiful figure, whose sanctity was manifested in his daily life, in simplicity,

in his humble and cheerful service, in particular, to the sick. He incarnated Don Bosco’s heart and the richness of the Salesian Charism. He reflects the most human and loving aspect of the Salesian Family.

He had a gentle heart that knew suffering. He knew very well what poverty, emigration, frailty, and sickness were. He also knew doubt through the difficult decisions he had to make, including the one to “remain with Don Bosco” and live his original vocation as a Salesian Brother to the full, as Don Bosco wanted: as a witness, near to the people, and dedicated to the service of the sick and the poor.

He was the administrator of San José Hospital in Viedma, extending the circle of his patients to all the ill of the city, especially the poorest, making his rounds on his ever-present bicycle. He dealt with money but his life was of the poorest.

He even had to borrow a suit, hat, and suitcase to travel to Italy for the canonization of Don Bosco.

He was loved and esteemed by the sick and by the doctors who had very great confidence in him,

abandoning themselves to his influence which sprang from his sanctity: “When I am with Zatti, I can do nothing else but believe in God,” exclaimed a doctor who was a self-proclaimed atheist. To Zatti, every patient was Jesus Himself. When his superiors recommended that he not admit more than 30 patients, he was heard to mumble: “And if the 31st patient would be Jesus Himself?”

Artemides’ witness as a true Good Samaritan every day of his life, merciful as the Father, was a mission and a style that involved everyone who, in whatever way, dedicated themselves to the hospital: doctors, nurses, auxiliaries and caregivers, the Sisters, and the volunteers who gave their precious time to those who were suffering. He was attentive when listening to the patients, to their stories, sufferings, and fears. He knew that even when it would be impossible to cure the illness, one could always give care, console, and let the ill person feel one’s closeness which demonstrated concern for the one confronting his/her illness.

In everything and always he was Salesian—a Salesian Brother; i.e., not a Priest. This lay Salesian vocation is part of the physiognomy that Don Bosco wanted to give to the Salesian Congregation. To them Don Bosco said very clearly, “I need you.”

Pope Francis himself experienced the efficacious intercession of Artemides Zatti regarding the lay consecrated vocation when he was the Provincial of the Jesuits in Argentina. He wrote in a letter: “In 1976, while making the canonical visitation to the missionary Jesuits in the north of Argentina, I spent several days in the Archbishop’s house in Salta. At the end of one of the meals, amid various discussions, Archbishop Perez spoke to me of Br. Zatti.

He even gave me the opportunity to read a book on his life.

The fact that he was a Coadjutor Brother in every way struck me. At that moment, I felt that I had to ask the Lord, through the intercession of Br. Zatti, to send us Coadjutor vocations. I made the novenae and asked the novices to make them also.” Then he continued: “From the time we began our prayers to Br. Zatti, 23 young Brother Jesuits have persevered. I am convinced that it was due to his

intercession since, taking the number into consideration, this is unusual for our Order. I repeat that I am convinced of his intercession because I know just how much we had prayed to him to be our intercessor.”

This is a splendid and authoritative encouragement also for us to ask for Artemides Zatti to intercede for us to increase the number of good and holy vocations as Salesian Coadjutor Brothers.

In this year dedicated to St. Francis de Sales, defender and promoter of the vocation of sanctity for all people, Artemides Zatti’s witness reminds us of what Vatican Council II states: “All the faithful, in every state and condition, are called by the Lord, each in his own way, to a sanctity whose perfection is the same as that of the Heavenly Father.” Francis de Sales, Don Bosco, and Artemides make their daily lives an expression of the Love of God, which is received and returned. Our Saints wanted to bring relationship with God into their daily lives and daily life into relationship with God. This is the proposal of “next-door sanctity” or of “middle class sanctity,” about which Pope Francis speaks with such great affection.

The figure of Artemides Zatti is a stimulus and an inspiration for us to become signs and bearers of the Love of God for the young and the poor. As I wrote in the Strenna this year, “we, too, need to unfurl the ‘charism of the visitation’ as our heart’s desire to announce, without waiting for others to come to us, but by going into those places inhabited by so many and for whom a kind word, an encounter, and a respectful gaze can open up their horizons to a better life.” Artemides Zatti was a “man of the Visitation” who carried Jesus in his heart, recognizing Him and serving Him joyfully and generously in his ill and impoverished brothers and sisters.

St. Artemdies Zatti, intercede for us all!

Don Ángel Fernández Artime

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Perpetual Profession of

Bro.Harris

Raymond Lawrence On 23 May 2022, Bro.Harris Raymond Lawrence made his perpetual religious profession in the presence of Fr.Joseph Phuoc, the Regional Councillor of EAO, Fr. Roel Soto, the representative of the Provincial Superior and salesian confreres at the Chapel of Mary Help of Christians located inside Don Bosco School, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. We continue to pray for him, that he may continue to live his Religious Profession and grow in the Salesian Vocation to be signs and bearers of God’s Love to the young, day by day.

Bro. Harris Raymond Lawrence Date and Place of Birth: 7th August 1995 in Bangalore, India.

Family: 2nd Son of M. H. Harris Pousty and Stella Maria Pousty.

I have one elder brother, Harris Edward Patrick.

Education and Vocation 1999 – 2002: Kindergarten to grade 2 in Holy Christ Public School,

Bangalore, Karnataka.

2003 – 2011: Grade 3 – Grade 10 in ASC Public School,

Bangalore, Karnataka.

2011 – 2012: Aspirant in Don Bosco Tumkur, Karnataka.

2012 – 2014: Pre University college in Kalidasa Pre University College,

Tumkur, Karnataka.

2014 – 2015: Pre- Novitiate in Don Bosco Mysore, Karnataka.

2015 – 2016: Novitiate in Don Bosco Padivayal, Wayanad, Kerala.

24th May 2016: First Profession in Don Bosco Padivayal,

Wayanad, Kerala.

2016 – 2018: Post Novitiate in Don Bosco College, Aluva, Kerala.

May – Aug 2018: Don Bosco Ajjanahalli, Karnataka.

Sep – Oct 2018: Missionary Course in Sacro Cuore, Italy.

Oct 2018 – Jan 2021: Practical Training in Don Bosco Technical School, Sihanoukville, Cambodia.

Jan 2021 – May 2022: Practical Training in Don Bosco Technical School,

Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

23rd May 2022: Perpetual Profession at Don Bosco Technical School,

Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

“God has not called me to be Successful. He has called to be Faithful.”

(St Teresa of Calcutta) First of all, I am grateful to God for this beautiful life, Christian and Salesian Vocation and for His unconditional guidance throughout my life. I am also grateful to my Parents, for being instruments of God. I thank them for all that they have done for me, all the little and great sacrifices they made to make the plan of God and my dreams come true. I am grateful to all the people, specially my relatives, teachers, friends, etc., who have helped me in one way or another to grow physically, mentally and spiritually.

I cannot but thank all my superiors who nurtured my little desire to follow the lord, guided me and supported me all through my journey. Starting from the Salesians in the Sacred Heart Province of Bangalore, Salesians in the Missions Sector and also all the Salesians in the St. Paul province of Thailand, and in a special way to all my confreres in the Delegation of Cambodia, who are always there helping, guiding and supporting me in my journey as a missionary. I humbly thank all the benefactors and faithful who have helped me knowingly and unknowingly, directly and indirectly. I thank you for all the prayerful support you give to all of us.

I humbly requested you all to continue to support me and all the Priests and Religious with your Prayers. Promising my humble prayers for all God’s people.

God Bless us all.

ข่าวซาเลเซียน

By SDB Reporter

VISITATION of the RECTOR MAJOR 5-19 May 2022 Thailand

ต้อนรับ คุณพ่ออัคราธิการ 05.05.22

Welcome 10th successor of Don Bosco to Thailand The Rector Major arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok at 13.10 hrs. of 5 May 2022.

He received a warm welcome from Fr.Joseph Nguyen Thinh Phuoc, Regional Councillor to the Rector Major for the EAO Region, Fr.John Bosco Dheparat Pitisant, the Provincial and the representatives from the various members of the Salesian Family of Thailand.

The itinerary of the visit of the Rector Major to Thailand is divided into 2 parts: the first to preach the spiritual retreat of the Provincials of the EAO Region and their Councils from 7-12 May 2022 at the Salesian Retreat House in Huahin; the second - to visit the salesian confreres and their works from the 13-19 May 2022.

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ย้อนรอย ธรรมทูต ซาเลเซียน

(บางนกแขวก) 06.05.22

ฟื้นฟูจิตใจ

คุณพ่อเจ้าคณะ และคณะที่ปรึกษา EAO อ.หัวหิน จ.ประจวบฯ 7-12.05.22

ศูนย์กลาง คณะ SIHM 11.05.22

ร.ร.นารีวิทยาและ บ้านพรพัชรฯ 06.05.22

บ้านเณรหัวหิน 11.05.22 May 2022

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By SDB Reporter

Welcome

ร.ร.เซนต์ดอมินิก 14.05.22

10th successor of Don Bosco to Thailand

ปฏิญาณตน ครั้งแรก สามพราน 13.05.22

พบสมาชิก ซาเลเซียน สามพราน 13.05.22

ชุมนุม ครอบครัว ซาเลเซียน

(ร.ร.พระแม่มารี สาทร) 14.05.22

บ้านธารพระพร สามพราน

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เสกลาน พระเมตตา

พบสมาชิก ADMA

กทม 15.05.22

วิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยี ดอนบอสโก กทม

15.05.22

วัด น.โยเซฟ บ้านโป่ง

14.05.22

15.05.22

ร.ร.สารสิทธิ์ฯ

อ.บ้านโป่ง จ.ราชบุรี 15.05.22

ร.ร.นารีวุฒิ

อ.บ้านโป่ง จ.ราชบุรี 15.05.22

ดอนบอสโกโฮม บางสัก

16.05.22 May 2022

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By SDB Reporter

A time of

grace for the THAI Province

อาสนวิหารราฟาเอล จ.สุราษฎร์ฯ 17.05.22

ร.ร.ธิดาแม่พระ จ.สุราษฎร์ฯ 17.05.22

วัดอัครเทวดาคาเบรียล และ ร.ร.เจริญศรีศก ึ ษา จ.ปัตตานี

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พบสมาชิก ซาเลเซียน ที่ท�ำงานภาคใต้ 17.05.22

ร.ร.แสงทองวิทยา อ.หาดใหญ่ จ.สงขลา 18.05.22

ร.ร.ธิดานุเคราะห์ อ.หาดใหญ่ จ.สงขลา

18.05.22

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By SDB Reporter

The first religious

profession of

10 Salesians

Ten novices from the Salesian Province of Thailand, Cambodia and Laos (THA) made their first profession of vows as Salesians of Don Bosco on May 13, at Baan SantithamSavio, Nakhonpathom Province.

The Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime received their vows and Bishop Joseph Prathan Sridarunsil, SDB, Bishop of Surat Thani, was the celebrant at the celebration of the Holy Eucharist on this occasion with The Rector Major, Fr Joseph Phuoc, the Regional Councilor and Fr. John Bosco Dheparat Pitisant, provincial Forty-five priests, mostly Salesians, concelebrated.

Many members of the salesian family and members of the families of the ten newly professed were present.

Total attendance was about 250.

The following are the names of the 10 salesians who made their first profession: 1. Cl.Peter Nguyen Van Tao 2. Cl.Henry Armue Archae 3. Cl.Camillo Jirasak Temnuch 4. Cl.Anthony Nontachai Klinmai 5. Cl.Matthew Patipol Toayoa 6. Cl.John Pongthorn Saewang 7. Cl.Luke Preeda Ngamwong 8. Bro.Andrew Dung Lac Nguyen Anh Tuan 9. Bro.Andrew Kiettipong Saeher 10. Bro.Gabriel Lathapon Chuenprayunsab Among these numbers, there are two confreres who are missionaries from Vietnam who are members of the Thai Province since they were pre-novices.

They are Cl.Peter Nguyen Van Tao and Bro.Andrew Dung Lac Nguyen Anh Tuan.

We continue to pray for the 10 brothers, that they may continue to live their Religious Profession and grow in the Salesian Vocation to be signs and bearers of God’s Love to the young, day by day. ติดตามข่าวสาร Salesian Thailand

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