By J.C MontenegroExecutive Director Are you ready to experience the love? For the last two months, we have been MIA “Missing in Action.” Once our summer program started, we did not have time to share all the fantastic work at the Salesian Family Youth Center. Nonetheless, the work was done! We changed many lives. In this blog, we would like to pay tribute to all … Continue reading Salesian Family Youth Center Summer Experience
By Bro. Quang Nguyen, SDBCamp Assistant Many people look forward to summer every year. People look forward to vacations with their families and friends, and some simply want to rest. Students still in school look forward to three months break from studying to spend time with families, and friends, and rejuvenate before going back to school. Summer is not only for vacation and rest but … Continue reading Beating the Summer Heat at Camp SLR – Camp San Luis Rey
By: Sheila Kun RN, BA, BSN, MS For those of you who watch the news, inflation has been a word that makes the headline more often that we could count. Inspired by a cooking program from Hong Kong that promotes healthy menus but at the least cost, Louis and I discovered that we could provide a very decent dinner for 3 people for less than … Continue reading Inflation Buster – Healthy Meals under $5
Updated funeral and burial arrangements for Fr. Al Pestun: Friday, August 5th:Viewing will begin at 11:30 a.m. andthe Vigil Mass at 7:00 p.m. at Corpus Christi Church (62 Santa Rosa Ave., San Francisco, CA) Saturday, August 6th:Funeral Mass at 10:00 a.m. at Corpus Christi Church, followed by burial at Salesian Cemetery and then reception at the Salesian cafeteria in Richmond, CA Livestreaming of the Funeral … Continue reading Rest in Peace Fr. Al Pestun, SDB
Dear Salesian Family and Salesian Young People: I write this week’s message with a sad and heavy heart. Yestereday, July 22nd, 2022, at 4:01 PM Fr. Al Pestun SDB passed away at San Francisco General Hospital in the presence of the Salesians of Corpus Christi Salesian community and with Fr. Al’s niece and nephew. He was 93 years old. Fr. Al was born in Sulekovo, … Continue reading Provincial Letter: July 23, 2022
By Fr. Vien Nguyen, SDBCamp Coordinator THE RETURN OF CAMP ST. FRANCIS When the campers show up, the sun breaks through the sky and the sound of music accompanies the laughter of kids, Camp Saint Francis becomes alive again. After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the summer program at Camp St. Francis was open once again. Usually, the summer program lasts four weeks, … Continue reading The Return of Camp St. Francis
By: Sheila Kun RN, BA, BSN, MS Below is the latest posting from the Los Angeles County Department of Health website. July 15, 2022 LA County Enters High COVID-19 Community Level and Urges Residents to Take Precautions to Limit Spread of the Highly Transmissible BA.5 Variant – 8,954 New Positive Cases and 16 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County Yesterday, Los Angeles … Continue reading Updates on COVID–19
Dear Salesian Family and Salesian Young People: Today I am filled with joy, grateful for the opportunity to experience in the past few days the joy and laughter of children at two different summer ministries in our Province. The first was at the Summer Camp at San Luis Rey Parish in Laredo, Texas. When I dropped in and presided at the Eucharist at the Salesian … Continue reading Provincial Letter: July 17th, 2022
By: Sheila Kun RN, BA, BSN, MS Last week we discussed the fifth Divine Secret: Locate New, Old Friends. Friends help to reintegrate our seniors who are going through loss and re-connect with them familiar faces, friendship and fond memories. Our last Divine Secret this week is: Some Things Never Change. For our last “divine secret” let us restate an obvious truth: despite the reality … Continue reading Divine Secrets (Part VI)
By Joselyn RiveraCamp Counselor What has Camp taught me? Camp has taught us many things whether it’s cheers, dances, or how to become more responsible. It has taught us to be more patient and to have better communication with everyone just in general. Before camp I was really nervous and was just in my own zone, I didn’t want to talk to anyone but that … Continue reading What I learned at Camp Savio
Dear Salesian Family and Salesian Young People: Greetings from Don Bosco Tech, Rosemead, where I and the Provincial Council have just spent this past week in meetings to reflect and plan for this coming year 2022-2023. It has been a good few days of meetings and a great opportunity to be with the Bosco Tech Salesian community. We are grateful to Fr. Thien, the Director, … Continue reading Provincial Letter: July 8th, 2022
By: Sheila Kun RN, BA, BSN, MS Last week we discussed the fourth Divine Secret: Allow for Future Productivity. This is an abstract from The Divine Secrets of the Dwindling Sisterhood, a chapter of The Overwhelmed Woman’s Guide to … Caring for Aging Parents by Julie-Allyson Ieron. It might have taken someone a year to process the grief before he/she could move on. When they … Continue reading Divine Secrets (Part V)
By Joselyn RiveraCamp Counselor What does “Commitment” Even Mean? Commitment is a promise to stick to your values even when times are hard. When I start thinking about commitment the first thing I get reminded of are relationships, but commitment isn’t just that. Other things that require commitment would be working out, having a job, or being part of an organization just like Savio. Just … Continue reading Our commitment to Camp Savio
By: Sheila Kun RN, BA, BSN, MS Divine Secret 3: Not Everyone Responds the Same Way. We got a lot of feedback on this Divine Secret last week. This message resonates with many people. The bottom line is; we are all different people. We may not behave the same way, especially during our grieving period. This week, let us examine the fourth Divine Secret: Allow … Continue reading Divine Secrets (Part IV)
By Bro. Alphonse Vu, SDB and Fr. Kristian Laygo, SDBTranslated by Fr. Alejandro Rodriguez, SDB (Bellflower, California – USA) – Bajo el lema: “Por ti estudiamos, por ti trabajamos, y por ti damos la vida”, del 19 al 24 de junio, la Inspectoría Salesiana (San Andrés Apóstol) de Estados Unidos Americanos Oeste convocó su Capítulo Provincial con 26 capitulares junto con 20 laicos y jóvenes. … Continue reading Capítulo Provincial 2022 del Oeste de Los Estado Unidos: “Reforcemos y Renovemos nuestra misión salesiana”
By Bro. Alphonse Vu, SDB and Fr. Kristian Laygo, SDB (Bellflower, California – USA) – Under the theme: “For you we study, for you we work, and for you we give our lives”, from June 19-24, the Salesian Province (St. Andrew the Apostle) of USA West convened its Provincial Chapter with 26 Chapter members along with 20 laity and youth. Reminded by General Chapters 27 … Continue reading Provincial Chapter 2022 of USA West Concludes: “Let Us Strengthen and Renew Our Salesian Mission!”
By Frank LavinSalesian Cooperator, former Club member and past board president On Saturday, June 18, the Salesian Boys’ and Girls’ Club of Sts. Peter and Paul Church in San Francisco, California, USA celebrated its 100th anniversary. Fr. Mel Trinidad, SDB provincial of the US West province (SUO) presided at Mass for the feast of Corpus Christi assisted by pastor Fr. Tho Bui, SDB before the … Continue reading The Salesian Boys’ and Girls club at Sts. Peter and Paul, San Francisco Celebrates 100 Years
By: Sheila Kun RN, BA, BSN, MS The Divine Secret 2: allow for a season of the blues. Embracing grief without losing hope leads to the second “divine secret,” letting our seniors’ grief be expressed and run its course. The wisdom of Julie-Allyson Ieron’s book on “The Overwhelmed Woman’s Guide… Caring for Aging Parents” gives us another wonderful suggestion in her Divine Secret. Divine Secret … Continue reading Divine Secrets (Part III)
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