This Friday we celebrate the Feast of Mary Help of Christians!\u00a0 Happy Feast day to all the Salesian Family.\u00a0 As all of you well know, Mary Help of Christians meant so much to Don Bosco.\u00a0 From the age of nine years of age, when Don Bosco had that famous dream, Johnny Bosco saw Mary (the women his Mother taught him to pray to three times a day) as a Mother and Teacher.\u00a0\u00a0 Mary was to be Don Bosco\u2019s guide and she was to accompany him, his Salesians and his boys for the rest of their lives.\u00a0\u00a0 For Don Bosco, as we read in the story of his visit to the Salesian Sisters in Nizza, was tangibly present and visible.\u00a0 He felt her warmth and care.\u00a0 She was not an academic idea or figure in the sky.\u00a0\u00a0 She was as real as Mama Margarita was to him.\u00a0\u00a0 Don Bosco taught his boys to invoke her help daily with three Hail Mary\u2019s and instilled in us that belief that if we trusted and believed in her intercession, we would see miracles!\u00a0 Truly, we as a Salesian Congregation, have been blessed by her and many have witnessed miracles due to her intercession and love.\u00a0\u00a0 May this feast of Mary, on May 24th<\/sup>, inspire us to strengthen our devotion and belief in her presence and guidance.\u00a0 Mary continues to walk among us.<\/p>\n Don Bosco felt that every young person who came to our schools or one of our works, was sent there by Mary.\u00a0 That is a powerful message which reminds us of the dignity and specialness of each young person we encounter in our ministries.\u00a0 To reject one of them is to reject Mary\u2019s wish to treat each young person with reverence, respect and love.\u00a0 We pray for our young people, especially, those who will be graduating these weeks.\u00a0\u00a0 May Mary accompany them and guide them.<\/p>\n A special thank you to the Salesian Sisters and ADMA.\u00a0\u00a0 The Salesian Sisters were identified by Don Bosco as the living memorial of Mary Help of Christians.\u00a0 They were to be a memorial, not of stone or steel, but a living memorial of Mary, living among us.\u00a0 ADMA, also founded by St. John Bosco, was founded as an organization to help promote this special devotion to Mary Help of Christians.\u00a0 Both the Salesian Sisters and ADMA have been wonderful reminders of this devotion and the love Don Bosco had for Mary and wanted his Salesian Family to cultivate and spread.\u00a0 \u201cHave Faith in Mary Help of Christians and you will see miracles.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 May it be so for each one of us.<\/p>\n Last Saturday, I attended St. John Bosco High School\u2019s Gala in Bellflower.\u00a0 The Gala was held on the school grounds of SJB.\u00a0\u00a0 More and more our schools are organizing their Galas on their school grounds rather than a hotel or reception hall.\u00a0\u00a0 It seems that bringing donors and friends to the place of ministry has a greater impact than holding the function at some distant hotel.\u00a0\u00a0 This gives all an opportunity to see the school and interact with the young who are involved in different functions during the night of the event.\u00a0\u00a0 At St. John Bosco, the students welcomed the guests, served the meal, gave some testimonials, played in the band that performed and helped remind us of why we were there.\u00a0 Many thanks to all those who participated and to the team that worked so hard to organize and put everything together.\u00a0\u00a0 It entails many hours and much dedication.\u00a0\u00a0 We are grateful for the work and love which is quite obvious during an event like this.\u00a0 It was fun to be there and help honor the Chavez Family who had two sons graduate from Bosco and have been friends of the school.\u00a0 Congratulations to the Bosco Braves community!<\/p>\n Tomorrow, I drive down to Watsonville for a Members meeting at St. Francis High School.\u00a0 This school is jointly run by the Salesians and the Diocese of Monterey.\u00a0\u00a0 The Members (owners) consist of the Provincial with three Salesians or those appointed by the Provincial and the Bishop and members appointed by the Bishop.\u00a0\u00a0 While the responsibility of running the school is the Board of Directors along with the school administrators, the Salesians and the Diocese have the responsibility of supporting and helping to maintain the Salesian Charism and helping to keep the school going.\u00a0 A lot of good is done in all of our schools.\u00a0\u00a0 And, as I travel, I see the dedication and commitment of so many lay persons.\u00a0\u00a0 It is admirable and encouraging to witness the love and strong faith they have in the Salesian mission and Spirit.\u00a0 THANK YOU!<\/p>\n These days, most of our schools are preparing for Baccalaureate Masses and Graduation Ceremonies.\u00a0\u00a0 We wish to CONGRATULATE all of our graduates and wish them the best of luck!\u00a0 We also wish to thank all of our staff members and school administrators for their commitment and dedication.\u00a0 THANK YOU! THANK YOU!\u00a0 THANK YOU!\u00a0 We are proud of your service and professionalism.\u00a0\u00a0 We are also proud that you hold \u201cSALESIAN\u201d so dear to your hearts!<\/p>\n On Friday, May 24th<\/sup>, I will be presiding at the bilingual Mass of Mary Help of Christians at St. Dominic Savio Parish in Bellflower.\u00a0 During the Mass, several people will be inducted as Salesian Cooperators.\u00a0\u00a0 On Sunday, at St. Bridget\u2019s Salesian Parish, others will be inducted as Salesian Cooperators there during one of their Masses.\u00a0 I too will be presiding. One group is mostly Spanish speaking and the other English speaking.\u00a0 We are grateful for this gift to the Salesian Family.\u00a0\u00a0 As we know, the Salesian Cooperators were dear to the heart of Don Bosco.\u00a0 The Association of Salesian Cooperators is the movement of laity of the Salesian Family of Don Bosco.\u00a0 It is also one of the three main branches of the Salesian Family founded directly by Don Bosco in 1876.\u00a0 They are Catholics who are living the Gospel message in the spirit of Saint John Bosco while choosing to live in the world.\u00a0 The other two branches founded by Don Bosco are the Salesians Priests and Brothers and the Salesian Sisters.\u00a0 \u00a0Let us give thanks to God and to Mary for this wonderful blessings and movements that help promote Don Bosco\u2019s dream to reach out to the young, especially, those who are poor and most in need.\u00a0 Mary Help of Christians, pray for us!<\/p>\n Please keep our province in prayer as we prepare to attend the Provincial Chapter at Three Rivers from June 16-21, 2019.\u00a0\u00a0 The Directors and elected delegates of the province, plus delegated members of the Salesian Family will be participating.\u00a0\u00a0 The theme chosen for next year\u2019s General Chapter in Turin is \u201cWhat kind of Salesians for the Youth Of Today.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 It is a very relevant topic as we look at our ministry to and for the young and reflect on our response, preparation and presence among them.\u00a0 How do we interact with the young today.\u00a0\u00a0 Are we still working and acting out of outdated models of education and irrelevant ways of interacting with them?\u00a0\u00a0 Fr. John Itzaina is the moderator for our Provincial Chapter.\u00a0\u00a0 I wish to thank him for his availability and generous service.\u00a0\u00a0 Fr. John is already committed to other province ministries and services but generously said, \u201cyes\u201d to moderate our provincial chapter.\u00a0 Please pray for the success of the Chapter and for its effectiveness in our service and presence among the young.<\/p>\n With warm regards and gratitude,<\/p>\n Ted<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Salesian Sisters and Brothers, This Friday we celebrate the Feast of Mary Help of Christians!\u00a0 Happy Feast day to all the Salesian Family.\u00a0 As all of you well know, Mary Help of Christians meant so much to Don Bosco.\u00a0 From the age of nine years of age, when Don Bosco had that famous dream, Johnny Bosco saw Mary (the women his Mother taught him … Continuar leyendo Provincial Letter: May 22nd, 2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20310044,69785],"tags":[35890],"class_list":["post-1545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-province-news","category-provincial","tag-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-oV","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10336596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1546,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545\/revisions\/1546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}