Day 3 continued the theme of the Beatitudes, particularly meaningful for the Salesian Sisters who take the vows to "follow the Beatitudes radically". With today's Beatitude "Blessed are the merciful for they will receive mercy", the Engadine and St Marys' communities led us in a very reflective morning prayer centering on God's Mercy and Trust in God with beautiful images and song. The question for today challenges us to "live conversion to communion and sincere fraternity in

Day 2 was spent reflecting on the question: "How do we renew our missionary passion in our commitment to education and evangelisation together with young people?" In order to help us discerning and deliberating answers to this question, our young people and lay collaborators were invited to attend today's morning session (if possible) and to give us feedback, suggestions, comments, ideas, or recommendations on what more Salesian Sisters can do to empower them as we carry out

The South Pacific Region (SPR) Province has started the Chapter on Friday 2/10/2026, facilitated by Fr Phil Gleeson SDB, and moderated by Sr Rochelle Lamb FMA. This is an important event in the life of the Province, happening every 6 years. Delegates from all three countries - Samoa, the Solomon Islands and Australia, gathered together in Melbourne to pray, discuss, discern and deliberate responses to important questions from the Generalate to prepare for the global General C

As 2025 is well underway, the Engadine community would like to share five significant events that have occurred since the year began. The Engadine community This year the St Maria D Mazzarello Novitiate reopened as Betty Pauromae began her first-year novitiate on 8 December 2024 under the guidance of St Hieu Luong, community leader and novice formator. The novitiate program comprises the following. Betty spends Mondays with the children at St John Bosco Primary School in a c

By Catholic Communications Solomon CATHOLIC SALESIAN Sisters the institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians in Honiara celebrated 150th anniversary of the foundation of their institute at Don Bosco Technical Institution and Mary Mazzarello Development Centre, Henderson on September 24th 2022. The institute was founded by Don Bosco and Maria Mazzarello in 1872. The celebration begins with a thanksgiving Holy Mass led by Archbishop Christopher Cardone OP along with

by Renewable Energy in Samoa The Renewable Energy Division of MNRE in association with the IMPRESS Project conducted its first School Awareness Campaign for the financial year 2022/2023 on the selected schools in Upolu on Thursday 11th August and in Savaii on the 18th and 19th of the same month. There were a total of three schools from Upolu and five in Savai’i which the team had the privilege to visit individually. Schools in Upolu included Samoa Seventh Day Adventist Schoo

By Michael Gartland After two long years, OzBosco was able to return to an in-person event, to the great joy of all that gathered! Around...

Today the community leaders of the SPR (South Pacific Region) Province of the Salesian Sisters meet to reflect on their role of...

Our newest addition to the SPR Province. Sr. Kim PT Nguyen who made her first profession on the 3rd Dec 2016. In the presence of her parents and her large family, Kim made her first vows as a Salesian Sister. It was indeed a great day for our Province and we are so pleased and thank God for her commitment and total dedication to our FMA way of life. The crucifix which Kim receives, and which she wears with great pride, is a symbol of her 'following' in the way of Jesus. Kim m

On Saturday 10 December, the same day that Sr. Esperanza celebrated her 75th anniversary of FMA profession, Sr. Mena made her fourth...