
Salesian Youth Club at Lunar New Year celebration
Lunar New Year is an important event in many Asian countries. It is a special time for migrants of Asian background, especially young people, to learn more about their heritage as they wade their ways through both Australian and Asian cultures. This year, leaders and children of the Salesian Youth Club at Brunswich had a game stall and performed three dances at two Vietnamese New Year Festivals in Richmond and Melbourne Showgrounds. The Festivals were a massive endeavour of t

A week at St Marys
This Week at St Marys - 8 th February Feast of St Bakhita and International Day of Prayer reflection and Action Against Human Trafficking and Slavery - A Catholic response Launching Sr Noelene Simmons Publication with ACRATH and Bishop Vincent 13 February - Anniversary of the Apology to the Stolen generation of Australians Indigenous people at Holy family Mount Druiitt to hear Aunty Rhonda share her story of being taken away from her family and the family she found and loves

ASYC Retreat 2017
ASYC (Australian Salesian youth Community) - changed from ASYM - met at Dromana for their annual “Mission” Retreat. It was an awesome weekend, with input, personal quiet time, prayer and activities for reflection. These young people are really a credit to us FMAs and SDBs.. They are indeed eager to live the Salesian Spirituality in their own lives and to share it with others. Just by way of sharing….One of the activities we did, was each person pulled out from a hat, a Gospel