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INTRODUCTION
ABOUT VIET NAM
VIET
NAM
OFFICIAL SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
NAME
AREA 330,900 SQUARE KILOMETERS
3,260 KMS OF COASTLINE
CAPITAL CITY HA NOI
CHINA
LAOS
CAMBODIA PACIFIC OCEAN
VIETNAM (SOUTH CHINA SEA)
THAILAND GULF
VIET
NAM
POPULATION 82,689,518
(July 2004 est.)
AGE STRUCTURE
0-14 years : 29.4 %
(male :
12,524,098)
(female :
11,807,763)
15-64 years : 65 %
(male :
26,475,156)
(female :
27,239,543)
Chinese
Hmong
Thai
Khmer
Mountain Cham
Groups
VI ET N AM
Indig. Beliefs
Buddhist
RELIGION
Hoa
Muslim Hao
Christian Cao
VIET NAM
Baptised Catholics : 5,412,000
Cath/ 100 Inhabitants : 6,84
%
Dioceses :
Parishes :25
2,559
Other Centers :
126
Bishops : 37
Diocesan Priests :
2,027
Religious Priests :
474 Deacons :
Permanent
10
Male Religious : 1,487
Female Religious :
9,548
VIET
NAM
Co Nhue
Kontum
Duc Le Tan Cang
Duc Huy
DaLat
Xuan
Lien Khuong
HiepHoc Mon
Nghia Cau Bong
Lam
K’Long Ben Cat
K’Ren Can Gio
Bac Hoi Ba Thon
Tan Ha
Phuoc Loc
Cau Dung Lac
Vong
My Lam Binh Son
PRESENCE AND WORKS
Of The SDB in VietNam
HISTORICAL DATA
3 BEGINNINGS
HISTORICAL DATA
1st BEGINNING
1952 1952 - 195
4
1952 : ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST SALESIANS
Fr. Anthony Giacomino (Brasilian)
Fr. Andrej Majcen (Jougoslavian)
Taking over the St. TERESA Family of the
Orphans founded by Bishop PAUL SEITZ
2nd BEGINNING
1954 – 197
Fr. Majcen 5
1960 : FIRST NOVICIATE IN THU DUC
DaLat Fr. Majcen, Novice Master, 14
Novices
1961 : TRANSFER of the NOVICIATE to Tram
Hanh (Tuyen Duc Province)
Fr. Mario Acquistapace, 2nd Prov.
1961 Delegate
1963 : Opening of the Govap Aspirantate
for Lay
Brother Aspirants
1966 : Opening of apostolic school in Tram
Hanh
--> 50 students (junior aspirants)
1968 : Official Opening of the Don Bosco
Govap
Technical
1971 : Opening ofschool
Postnoviciate and
Theologate
in DaLat with 24 students of
PRESENCE AND
Of The SDB in
W
VietNam
ORKS
2nd BEGINNING
1954 - 197
1974 5: 12 July 1974
SPECIAL DELEGATION UNDER THE
JURISDICTION OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
--> Fr. Aloysius Massimino,
nominated
Delegate of the Rector Major
Fr. Massimino --> First Independent Provincial
Chapter:
--> First Salesian Lay Brother’s
Congress Projects of DaNang, Bao Loc
1975 : Communists took over the South
Vietnam
--> Fr. John Ty, nominated Delegate
of the --> Under the Communist Regime
Rector
Sale. Major for
schools werethe new over
taken political
by the
Fr. John Ty situation
Gov.
--> Foreign Salesians had to return
PRESENCE
Of The SDB in
AND W
VietNam
ORKS
3rd BEGINNING
1975 1975 - 200
• Abandon of Don Bosco Tram 5 Hanh
• Loss of Don Bosco Go Vap Technical school
• Expulsion of the foreign Salesians
• Novitiate formation continued until 1977 in Tam
Hai
• Postnovitiate & specific formation continued in
Dalat
• Opening of new Presences :
HCM city : Ba Thon & Ben Cat
Lam Dong: Lien Khuong & Thanh Binh
Dong Nai Salesian
: Phu Son, Tan Cang,
1976 : Last foreign expelled fromCam
Viet
Duong,
Nam
Suoi Quyt, Phuoc thanh, Phuoc
Fr. Andrej Majcen
Loc
1977 : Second Provincial Chapter
1978 : Loss of Don Bosco Thu Duc & Tam Hai
1979 : Loss of Don Bosco Govap Foyer
Opening of new Presences : Hien Duc, Cau
PRESENCE
Of The SDB in
AND W
VietNam
ORKS
1984
• DON BOSCO VIETNAM ERECTED VICE-PROVINCE
• Re-opening of the two-year-novitiate
1995
• RETURN TO HA NOI (teaching in HaNoi Seminary)
• Beginning of the Salesian presence in Vinh Long
Diocese
1997 : Canonical Erection of 9 communities
1999 : First expedition of the first two Vietnamese
Salesian Missionaries
2000 : Opening of Salesian Presences : Ha Noi, Tan
Cang,
Bac Hoi, Tan Ha, Can Gio, Cau Vong
2000 : Entrustment of the Salesian Mongolia
Mission to
Don Bosco VietNam Province
2001 : First Salesian Vietnamese Bishop : Mgr
Salesian Mongolia Missions
26 127
30
1975 63 61
67
238 7
14
Professed PRESENCES
COMMUNITIES
142 96
Perp.Prof. Temp.Prof. 4. BAC
CAU HOI
BONG
5. CAN GIO
BA THON
6. DUNG
BEN CATLAC
32 79 7. HA NOI
DALAT
Lay Bro. 2005 Priests 8. VINH
XUANLONG
HIEP
9. DARKHAN
HOC MON
10. AMGALANG
XUAN HIEP
(Pro. Office)
34 35 12. DUC HUY
3
Novices PreNov. 13. TAN CANG
282 NEW
14. PRESENCES
PHUOC LOC
Aspirants
15. K’LONG
(Ad Expe.)
16. LIEN NGHIA
17. PLEIKU
• TAN HA
18. MY
• ULAANBATA
LAM
• AR
PH. CHINH
Centers of Vocation
5 CENTERS with 282 aspirants
Ba Thon
46
15 8 QUASI
PARISHES PARISHES
4. BAC HOI
5. LIEN
KHUONG 5. DALAT
6. NGHIA LAM 6. DINH AN
7. DUC HUY 7. K’REN
8. TAN CANG 8. LONG DIEN
9. BINH SON 9. SUOI TRAU
10. PHUOC LOC 10. CAU LON
11. DUNG LAC 11. TIEN DAT
12. LONG TAM 12. BINH CHANH
13. XUAN HIEP
14. TAM HAI
15. BEN CAT
16. BA THON
17. CAU BONG
18. HOC MON
Professional training
IN NEAR
4 SMALL
FUTURE
Centers IN NEAR
3 BIG
CENTERS CENTERS
FUTURE
To the
4. BA Guidelines
THON 3.
4. BUI CHULOC
PHUOC
5. ofHOC
PC 2004
MON 5.
4. TAN TIEN
PLEIKU
Opening
6. XUAN HIEP 6.
5. ULAANBATAA
DAKLAK
Missionary
7. K’ LONG work 6. R
VINH LONG
in the North 7. KIEN GIANG
In Central
Highlands
In Mekong
Delta
STREET CHILDREN
2
CENTERS
4. BEN CAT
5. AMGALANG
(Mongolia)
VIET
NAM
64 20 POSTNOVICES : 64 in DALAT
PostNovices 2005 Assistants ASSISTANTS : 20
(11 in VietNam, 6 in Philippines, 3 in
Italy)
CANDIDATES FOR PER. PROF : 12
12 25 (6 in VietNam, 4 in Philippines, 2 in
Cand. For Per. Pro. Sp. Formation Italy)
10
Specilization
SPECIFIC FORMATION : 25
(16 in VietNam, 5 in Philippines, 4 in
Italy)
SPECILIZATION : 10
(1 Priest, 3 Clerics, 6 Lay Brothers)
Resources
Good spirit & zeal of the confreres
Pastoral Activities
in
15 Parishes and 7
Quasi Parishes
High Percentage
persevering to 4 Missionary
the vocation : Centers
Many
Faithful to
different 3 Profess. training
Only 3 of 238 the
Apostolic Centers
left the VOCATION
WORKS
Congregation 4 Profess.
During the last Training
3 years Workshops
Care of
Street Children
Alphabetization
Classes
Resources
High esteem, trust, acceptance
OF THE CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS AUTHORITIES
GOOD RELATIONS
NS IN ECCLESIAL & SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
IN ECCLESIAL ORGANIZATIONS
• Federation of Religious Congregation
• Diocesan Commissions : YP -
Catechesis
• Teaching
MEMBERS & Formation
OF VARIOUS SOCIAL in Great
Seminaries
ORGANIZATIONS
• National People’s front
• People’s council in different levels
• Union of the Catholics
prospectives
Missionary Spirit and Zeal
Sending confreres for the cooperation
with other provinces
FRATERNAL LIFE
Evangelical Witness
Monthly financial report of each confrere
Making financial affairs of community public
Sharing responsibility with the young
and lay people
Faithful to the personal and comm. project
Witness
EVANG. of chastity : fraternal love, descretion
COUNSELS
in relations with female and in use of media
SALESIAN COMMUNITY
Making contact and dialogue with the young in their own cultural settings
Paying more concerns about the young drug addict or HIV-infected people
Sharing responsibility with the young and lay people
Opportunities of sharing spiritual experiences in view of their education an
evangelization offered to the young
Setting up a retreat house and organizing retreats for the young
Animating Presence
among the Young
SALESIAN COMMUNITY
Being interested in the ongoing formation and the Community Day
Offering the conferes some course of renewal and updating
The rector’s tasks : spiritual guide, animator of the community
conferences, spiritual guidance, fraternal talks…
Fraternal talk with the rector done loyally by the confere
Priviledged Setting
for Formation
and Animation
SALESIAN COMMUNITY
Community plan done together in the spirit of corresponsibility each ye
Organizing and increasing the activities in the EPC
Re-examination of the quality and quantity of the confreres of each loc
community each year to make the adjustment or addition of new
members if necessary
The accordance of Personal plan of each confrere and Community plan
Sharing the responsibilities of the community. Being willing and ready
transfer to another house if necessary
Organizational and
Structural conditions
for living & working together
Qualitative & quantitative
CONSISTENCY OF COMMUNITIES
Qualitative Consistency
Community Project of Life
Of the communities
To improve the com. quality
Qualitative & quantitative
CONSISTENCY OF COMMUNITIES
2005 2006 2007 2008
1 Assistants from Postnovitiate 22 22 20 35
2 Graduates from Theologate 5 4 7 6
3 Lay Brothers graduated from 1 4
Specilization
4 Priests graduated from 1 3
Speciliazation
TOTAL OF CONFRERES AVAILABLE 28 26 28 48
Personnel Resources
From 2005 to 2008
Qualitative & quantitative
CONSISTENCY OF COMMUNITIES
Personnel Distribution
From 2005 to 2008
Qualitative & quantitative
CONSISTENCY OF COMMUNITIES
Salesian Brother
VOCATION PROMOTION
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